Islay whisky is Scotch whisky made on Islay one of the southernmost of the Inner Hebridean Islands located off the west coast of Scotland. Islay is one of five whisky distilling localities and regions in Scotland whose identity is protected by law. There are nine active distilleries and the industry is the island’s second largest employer after agriculture. Islay is a centre of “whisky tourism”, and hosts a “Festival of Malt and Music” known as Fèis Ìle each year on the last week of May, with events and tastings celebrating the cultural heritage of the island.
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Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old (5cl, 46.3%)
This entry level Bunnahabhain bottling comes in a redesigned bottle. This 12 year old is lightly peated for an Islay single malt and consequently is a light, fresh dram. Now at the higher strength of 46.3% – for more complexity and flavour.
Bowmore 12 Year Old (5cl, 40%)
Please note, fill level at the top shoulder.
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The heart of the Bowmore range, the 12 year old exhibits some beautiful coastal notes with a gentle peat, it is the balance that the floral element presents that makes this a great entry bottling for Bowmore.
Bowmore 12 Year Old The Original pre-2017 (35cl, 40%)
First launched in 2007 as a core-range replacement to the much-loved 17 year old (which became a travel retail exclusive. This is the first version of the expression, packed like this until the range was rebranded in 2017.
Notice :there is a high percentage of cork that will fail when trying to open the bottle.
Crabbie 12 Year Old (70cl, 43%)
12 year old single malt from an undisclosed distillery, released by John Crabbie & Co. as its distillery gets set up. According to the label, this is a lightly peated Island single malt, so we’ll leave you to try and figure out which distillery it came from…
Ileach Peaty (70cl, 40%)
The Ileach Peaty (pronounced Eee-luhk) is a young and peaty single malt whisky from a secret Islay distillery, independently bottled by the Vintage Malt Whisky Company. Ileach is what the Islay natives call themselves, and this whisky is Islay through and through. There’s no mucking about here, this is one peaty dram. Of course, it says so in the name.
Hamiltons Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky (70cl, 40%)
Get a taste of classic Islay peated whisky with this Hamiltons bottling. It’s a blended malt made with whiskies produced on the famous Inner Hebridean isle. The Hamiltons range explores four regions of Scotch whisky – Highlands, Lowlands, Speyside and Islay.
Sheep Dip Blended Malt (70cl, 40%)
A great whisky made from 16 malt whiskies aged from 8 to 21 years. Jim Murray describes Sheep Dip as “young and sprightly”. Great retro packaging too. The only thing is, the picture of the sheep on the bottle doesn’t actually look like a sheep, it actually looks like an angry spaniel with horns.
Bowmore Legend (70cl, 40%)
Bowmore Legend is the NAS entry-level expression of the distillery, age between 8 to 10 years on North American Oak casks which previously contained Bourbon. A young, rather gentle Bowmore. Whilst not massively complex or full-bodied, Legend is still a great value for money malt.
The Gladstone Axe The Black Axe (70cl, 41%)
The Black Axe is a blended malt from The Gladstone Axe, combining whiskies from the Highland and Islay regions of Scotland. There is a portrait of former prime minister of the United Kingdom, William Gladstone on the label, wielding an axe! It is said that in his spare time, he took great pleasure in cutting down trees.