Wonderfully drinkable and an excellent aperitif Tullibardine Single Malt Scotch Whisky could and should be everyones introduction to the infinite wonders of single malts.

Almost all of the production goes to Chivas blends but thankfully distillery bottlings are available together with a few independents.

Tomintoul can be wonderfully fruity.

Tomatin Single Malt Scotch Whisky is available in a wide range of expressions

Tobermory Single Malt makes a wonderful introduction to Island Malts as its flavour is only lightly peated, coming exclusively from the water source used in production as opposed to the malt being peated, unlike the majority of other Island Malts which are heavily peated.

It is smooth, fruity with a spicy tang.

Port Askaig 30 Tasting

Nose: nicely coastal, with wet sand and oyster, but quite fruity as well. A soft, liqueur-like fruitiness, rather exotic for a Caol Ila. Nice interplay of two characters. Lemon, honeysuckle, vanilla. A few medicinal notes in the background.

Mouth: lemon at first, then some walnuts and almonds. Apricots. Peat as well, and a few salty notes, which make it sharper than on the nose. Again a nice showcase of older Caol Ila elements.

Finish: long, with spicy smoke, hints of tea and salty fish.

I’m fond of older Caol Ila. Port Askaig 25yo was already my favourite of the range and now this place is taken by the 30yo (although the 25yo has quite a price advantage).

Very elegant while at the same time showing impressive power for a 30 year-old.

Most of the production goes to blends such as Johnnie Walker. The first distillery bottlings of Teaninich Single Malt only became available in 1992 although independent bottlings can also be had.

Teaninich is a full, densely flavoured malt to be savoured.

It is a Single Malt worth trying.

Most of the distillery’s output goes to well known popular blends Famous Grouse, J&B and Cutty Sark with the first Single Malt being sold in its own right in 1976. A few distillery bottlings together with some independent offerings are available.