Whisky

The Scalasaig ‘Island Hopper’ takes its name from the port village on the Isle of Colonsay where our company has its brewery/micro-distillery/headquarters.

43%

The Scalasaig ‘Island Hopper’ evokes a journey of discovery, setting out to source the finest casks of mature single malt from distilleries around the Scottish islands and coastlines.

These aged peated whiskies, selected from the Orkney isles right down to Islay, are vatted together and filled into fresh first-fill Spanish sherry oak casks to create an expertly crafted and perfectly balanced smoky-sweet Scotch
Only ever produced in small batches of 3,000 bottles, the
‘Maiden Voyage’ was released in September 2019!

The Ileach is a peaty single malt from a secret Islay distillery, this has received rave reviews from whisky critics and has a solid core of peat and malt.

NOSE:  Youthful peat, herbal notes, oak, grassy, notes of the coast.

PALATE:  Sublimely smooth malty notes, peat, peppery spices, tannins, a touch of fruit.

FINISH:  Faint iodine. Coastal notes, malt.

Country: Scotland

Region: Islay

ABV: 40%

Grain Spirit

The Story of the Vintage Malt Whisky Co.

The Vintage Malt Whisky Co. was founded in 1992 by Brian Crook, an honours graduate in Food Science with twenty years experience in the malt whisky industry, latterly as Export Director for one of Scotland's principal distillers. The aim was to produce a range of malt whiskies from Scotland's finest distilleries and to make them available to independent wine and spirit importers throughout the world.

One hundred years ago there were over one hundred and twenty malt whisky distilleries throughout Scotland, independently owned and producing malts of rare character from the Highlands, Islands and Lowlands. Today probably only seventy or eighty still produce malt whisky on a regular basis, and of these, only a handful are owned by family companies. The vast majority of malts available from Scotland today are produced by multi-national companies, so the opportunity for family companies worldwide to deal with small, independent scotch whisky distillers has virtually gone. The Vintage Malt Whisky Co. was formed to fill this gap.

Illeach

For centuries the stormy weather of the Atlantic Ocean has not only shaped the character of the people of islay but also the character of their world famous whiskies. In many ways this fine malt mirrors the character of the islay people - strong yet gentle, warm yet mellow but with a maturity beyond its years. Robustly peaty, with that unmistakable breath of the seashore.

Delicious small batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey made by Kentucky Bourbon Distillers who are based at the Willett Distillery.

Country: USA

Region: Kentucky

ABV: 53.5%

Grain Spirit

Unlike in Cognac, XO Bourbon is not legally defined. This whiskey is about 12 years old though!

Notes of delicate orange lead followed by a touch of apricot and popcorn. Subtle pipe tobacco adds to the elegant smokiness and is rounded our by honey and vanilla and oak spice

The Scalasaig ‘Island Hopper’ Jura
Single Cask
Aged 29 Years / Cask # 2505
Distilled in 1992 and bottled February 2022
Only 180 bottles available
Bottled at 48.1% / Non-chill filtered and 100%
natural colour.

Full of early-1990s complex Jura “funk” with notes of ripe fruits, camphor oil, sea salt, damp dunnage warehouse, cigar box and muscovado sugar.

48.1%

Notes of green and red apples, fresh coconut and shortbread biscuits.

Country: Ireland

Region: West Cork

ABV: 40%

Made with 100% Irish barley

This single cask, cask strength, limited edition Irish whiskey is a real find! Matured in Moscatel casks, providing layers of dark chocolate and candied orange peel, giving way to a smooth, nutty finish reminiscent of roasted hazelnuts and almonds.

Country: Ireland

Region: West Cork

ABV: 60.5%

SINGLE CASK IRISH WHISKEY
Matured in Ex-Bourbon and Moscatel casks
Made with 100% Irish barley

Hatozaki Small Batch 12-Year-Old Umeshu Cask Finish is a 100% hand-crafted malt whisky, a blend of premium single malts, each aged for a minimum of 12 years in American Oak casks before being married and then further finished in bespoke barrels that previously held superior Umeshu liqueur for an additional 6 months.

Properties
Unpeated, rich & fruity, it offers a generous profile of cereals, with iodine notes, fresh pear, apricots and a delicate hint of malty honey. The yellow plum finish brings a lasting touch of sweetness.

Led by Master Distiller and Blender Kimio Yonezawa of the Kaikyō Distillery, Hatozaki celebrates traditional whisky-making with a Japanese twist, through dedicated craftsmanship and local ingredients including Sakura, Mizunara, and Umeshu oak casks.

ABV: 44%

Aged in American oak and Sherry casks

A rich bouquet with a full and rounded flavour. Flavours of honey, malt and flowery scents with a hint of dates and figs and wood smoke. A long finish with the sweetness of dried fruit and nuttiness.

Region: Highland

ABV: 43%

Aged: 15 years

Wood: American white oak and Spanish Oloroso

Baked apple, fresh fruit salad and cloves, vanilla custard creams but also some serious cereal and hay aromas.
Slightly hard on entry, then herbaceous fresh fruit, toffee popcorn, more cereal and some spicy barley sugar. At the finish, there is a dryish spirit touch.
13 year old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
ABV: 56%
Volume: 700ml
Finish: Apple Brandy Cask
Total bottles 347
Non chill-filtered, not coloured

After ten years in smaller barrels, this whisky has a fragrant grassy nose with dried apple, linseed and some light vanilla.  The palate starts sweeter with a little biscuity malt and vanilla cream, some  floral spice and a delicious
delicate light spice on quite a long dry  finish.

ABV: Cask strength - 55.9%
Volume: 700ml
Non chill- ltered, not coloured

One of Diageo’s smallest distilleries with four pot stills. Originally a mill, but remodelled as a distillery in 1878, Glen Spey sits in the centre of the village of Rothes next door to the Glenrothes Distillery and across the road from Forsyths the famous still-makers. Glen Spey’s production has a characteristic lightness from the purifiers  fitted to the spirit stills which return vapours back for further distillation.

Region: Highland

ABV: 46%

Aged: 12 years

Region: Highland

ABV: %

Aged: 16 years

Wood: 

A rich and complex Ardbeg, with the smoke softened by the Marsala casks giving aromas and flavours of apricot, date and raisin.

Non chill filtered at 47.8 ABV%.

Matured in Marsala and Bourbon barrels

Only 1139 bottles from the cask

Ash, iodine and butter.

Bottled in Scotland in 2020

ABV: 45%