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Highlands including Campbeltown

Blair Athol 12 year old - 43% Lightly smoke, spiced cake with candied lemon peel. £4.90

Dalmore 12 year old - 40% Rum butter nose with malt loaf on a light peat heath. £4.70

Glendronach 12yr - 43% Fruits, peels, buttery. Pain au chocolat, a little marmalade on toast before becoming firmer and nuttier with spiced raisins. £4.30

Glengoyne 10yr - 40% Barley rich, more bourbon influence. Clean and dry. £3.30

Glenmorangie 'The Original' The original expression of elegance, floral spirit and the real backbone of the Glenmorangie. £3.30

Glenturret 10yr - 40% Fruity and rich with thick sweetness and well-balanced oaked tannins. A touch of cut hay and a little earthen notes. £3.50

Highland Park 12 year old - 40% This is one of the best entry-level whiskies, and represents among the best value for money as well. Great balance of subtle peat and honey sweetness. £3.40

Isle of Jura 10 year old - 40% Bright gold. Light and sweetish, slowly developing a soft dry saltiness. £3.40

Longrow 10yr - 46% The palate is quite big and firm. There is a solid slab of peat with a good malty feel. £7.50

Old Fettercairn 10yr - 40% A good long finish with the peat slowly taking precedence over the malt and toffee. £3.45

Talisker 10 year old - 45.8% Full bodied with huge plumes of smoke and volcanic, peppery peat. Intense. £4.40

Tobermory 10 year old - 46.3% Light, faintly peaty with a malty nutty dryness. £3.30

Lowlands

Auchentoshan 12yr This beautiful whiskey has nice tannins, a little sweet barley and vanilla. £3.40

Glenkinchie 12 year old - 43% Fruity, with notes of Madeira and sweet stewed fruits. A hint of calvados and tannic oak lining the mouth. £3.40

Islay and Islands

Arran of Malt 10yr - 46% This exudes all the honeyed richness we have come to associate with the island distillery. £3.60

Bowmore 12 year old - 40% Pears soaked in honey, smoked over peat with dark chocolate. £3.00

Lagavulin 16 year old - 43% One of the smokiest noses from Islay. Sweet spices, good, mature sherry and creamy vanilla. Stunning £5.00

Laphroaig 10 year old - 40% Famously medicinal and sea-weedy in taste, with a hint of oily sweetness. £3.70

Ledaig 10yr - 46.3% Medium-bodied and quite rich. There are notes of spice and smoke gathering above the charred oak. The peat is quiet and dry with a touch of black pepper and earth. £3.50

Speyside

Aberlour 10 year old - 40% Sweet nutmeg spice with a peppery dryness. A flavoursome oxymoron. £3.30

Balvenie 12 year old - 40% Amber coloured, with nuts, heather and mellow spices. £4.00

Cragganmore 12 year old - 40% A complex malty aroma backed by restrained herbs and flowers. £3.50

Dalwhinnie 15 year old - 43% Soft honeyed sweetness, hints of fennel and cream, balanced by sharp citrus. £3.90

Glen Elgin 12yr - 43% Soft, malty. Honey, lightly salted butter on toasted sultana loaf. Hints of tiramisu. £3.80

Glenfarclas 15 year old - 46% Amber with sherry and malt and a touch of smoke. Long and smooth. £4.90

Glen Grant 10yr - 40% Firm. Sweetness, fruity, vanilla. Gentle peat, malty. £3.30

Glenlivet 12 yr - 40% Excellent balance between fruity and floral flavours. £3.50

Inchgower 14 yr - 43% Floral aromas develop sweet, honey'd elements and a touch of biscuit. £5.10

Knockando 12 year old - 43% Golden colour with honeyed sweetness, Jamaican ginger cake and malty peatiness. £3.50

Linkwood 15yr - 43% The palate is full and firm with notes of arak, dark toffee, vanilla spice and buttery oak. £8.60

Macallan Gold - 40% Citrus and boiled sweets rule the palate, along with hints of ginger and cinnamon, while soft oak tones reveal toasted apples. £5.50

Singleton of Duffton 12 year old - 40% Orange zest spiciness perks up a malty core of nuts, oak and toffee, hints of cut grass. £4.30

Strathisla 12yr - 40% Malty core with notes of sultanas and cinnamon pastries. Allspice, cooked apple and mince pies. £3.40

Tamdhu 10yr - 40% Love the Sherry cask stuff £3.30

Blended Scotch

The Antiquary - 40% A well rounded and smooth blend. £3.80

Ballantines Whisky - 40% Rich and sweet. Barley and caramel, very gentle peat. £3.10

Black Bottle - 40% Rich and punchy, peat smoke wafting over plumes of fresh blossom and fruit... Something coastal. £3.20

Chivas Regal 12 year old - 40% Round and creamy, heather honey and apples layered on hot buttered toast. £3.50

Haig Dimple 15yr - 40% Surprisingly rough at first but quickly settling to a warm slightly smokey taste at the back of the mouth with an underlying caramel sweetness. £3.90

Haig Club Single Grain Whiskey - 40% A fresh, clean style with flavours of butterscotch and toffee - very smooth. £4.40

J & B Rare - 40% The palate is of medium-body with good balance. £3.30

Johnnie Walker Black Label 12yr - 40% The palate is quite rich and full. There are notes of wood smoke and dry spice, hints of barley and cereal with creamy toffee and a distinct herbal note. £3.30

Johnnie Walker Blue Label - 40% Supple and balanced. Good toffee and hints of very wistful smoke. Chocolate, hints of grass and a good hit of malt. £12.50

Johnnie Walker Red Label - 40% The palate is quite full and rich. There are notes of malted barley and potpourri, a touch of winter spice and fruitcake. £3.10

Monkey Shoulder - 40% Batch 27, smooth and rich, a blend of three Speyside malts. £3.40

Te Bheag - 40% Coffee and salt are very present with a hint of peat and some sweeter notes of caramel in the background. £4.50

Indian & Japanese Whisky, Irish & American Whiskeys and Bourbons

Balcones Baby Blue Corn Whiskey - 46% Rich, thick, palate entry. A touch of dark caramel and baked apple. Baking spices, salted butter. £8.00

Balcones Texas Single Malt Whiskey - 53% Ester-y with apple and orchard fruits. Brown sugar makes an appearance and transforms into molasses. £8.25

Bushmills Black Bush - 40% Very fruity and milky, finish in Sherry casks. £3.30

Canadian Club - 37% Tastes of caramel, butter, orange zest and cereal notes. £3.10

Connemara - 40% Full and smooth with notes of malt and peat, honeyed smoke and barley sweetness. £3.50

Green Spot - 40% Sugary porridge and vanilla on the nose, spicy soft with bourbon oak on the palate. £5.60

Kilbeggan - 40% Medium-bodied, smooth and sweetish with lots of toasted maltiness. £3.10

Millars Special Reserve - 40% The palate is quite full and punchy with notes of dessert wine and sherried peels. £3.10

Nikka Straight From The Barrel - 51.4% This Japanese Whiskey is full-bodied and punchy. There is plenty of winter spice and toffee, a little caramel and vanilla and a good mouthful of fruit. £3.50

Penderyn Whiskey Madeira Finish - 46% Thick and sweet, spices, green, biscuity. Custard. £3.80

Tullamore Dew - 40% An approachable blend; apples and blackcurrants with a soft spicy finish. £3.30

Bourbon

1792 Small Batch Bourbon - 46.9% Smooth, velvety, dangerous in its soft mouth feel. Beautiful and delicious. £5.30

Bakers 7yr - 53.5% Nutty, with good grip. Plenty of tangy fruit with vanilla spice and rounded char. £4.50

Basil Hayden's Bourbon - 40% Plenty spicy, well balanced with herbal notes of peppermint and a touch of fruit. £4.50

Blanton's Gold Edition - 51.5% Complex, enjoyable top notes, chewy oak. Dark stone fruits, deep spices, peppy and rich. £7.50

Blanton's Straight from the barrell 797 - 64.3% Chewy caramel, barrel char, waxy fruit and peppery spice. Enjoyably oily at times. £10.00

Blanton's Special Reserve - 40% Light, balanced, gentle spices, toffee. Dried peels. £5.00

Buffalo Trace Bourbon - 40% A great whiskey, with oodles of vanilla, barrel char and spicy complexity. £3.30

Bulleit Bourbon - 40% Quite full with notes of zesty orange, a hint of dried peel, a note of winter spice, a cigar box character and a touch of perfume. £3.30

Eagle Rare 10 year old - 45% Lots of vanilla and caramel with smoke at the end. Angel-light on the tongue, an absolutely beautiful sipping whiskey. £4.50

F.E.W. Bourbon - 46.5% The flavour is sweet with notes of toffee and caramel with spicy notes of cardamom and cloves. £5.75

Elijah Craig 12 year old - 46% Stone fruit; coconut, vanilla, char - it''s all there; complex, balanced classy whiskey. £5.00

Four Roses Single Barrel - 50% Tart stone fruits, prunes, spices, morello cherries, cocoa and vanilla. £4.30

Gun fighter bourbon - 50% Chocolatey at first, followed by brown sugar and honey'd cereals. £4.75

High West American Prairie - 46% Sweet, toasty spices, vanilla, cherries and manuka honey. £4.70

Hudson Baby Bourbon 46% - New York Marzipan and candied ginger, with a thick layer of caramel on top. A touch of rye spiciness develops. £8.70

Hudson Four Grain Bourbon 46% - New York If you like spice and a long finish,this is it! A definite sipper for a cold winter night. Don't let the bottle size fool you. This baby is big. £8.70

Jack Daniels Single Barrel - 45% A touch of cigar box and nut oils, a little spice and an aniseed character, with a hint of citrus and plenty of cereal sweetness. £5.30

Kentucky Vintage - 45% Bonfire toffee and rich spice on the palate. Cooked fruit and linseed oil. Buttery cereal grains. £3.75

Knob Creek, 50% Peppy and full. Notes of candy floss and nut oil, a touch of spice and dark chocolate, a little spice and charred oak. £3.60

Makers Mark - 45% Rich and full. There are notes of rye and spice, barley malt, a little nut oil with butterscotch and vanilla. £3.90

NYDC Mister Katz's Rock & Rye - 32.5% Notes of satsuma segments up front, with boiled sweeties and real cherries soon after. Touches of cinnamon and unmistakable rye whiskey give it some balancing heat. An enjoyably thick mouth feel. £4.60

Old Forester Bourbon 43% - USA Starts quite sweet with caramel and maple syrup, though swiftly develops intense oak-y elements and hints of pine resin. Sweetness returns slightly on the mid-palate. £4.30

John E. Fitzgerald Larceny Kentucky Straight Bourbon - 46% Notes of oak, baking spice and honey emerge on the finish. £4.25

Smooth Ambler Contradiction - 50% Rather buttery indeed - think buttered toast with a fresh cup of coffee on the side and you're on the right track. More dried fruit and a subtle vegetal note on the mid palate. £7.00

Smooth Ambler Old Scout 10yr - 50% Light caramels and wood spices with an enjoyable interplay between rye and corn. £6.50

Wild Turkey 8yr - 50.5% The Real Serious Bourbon : not a boring,wimpy liqueur ,strong and well balanced .Old school. £3.50

Willett's pot Still - 47% Warming pepper and clove. Buttery corn, with a little caramel later on. £6.20

Woodford Reserve - 43.2% Unusual for being triple distilled and having the lowest proof upon entering the barrel where it matures for at least six years. A must have Kentucky bourbon. £3.50

Rum

Bacardi, Puerto Rico, 37.5% The palate is of medium-body with hints of tropical fruit and a note of dark brown sugar and winter spice. The finish is good with smooth vanilla spice notes. £3.30

Bundaberg, Australia, 37% The nose is sweet with Demerara and molasses, spice and pepper and plenty of oak. The palate is dry with oak and spice, a little brown sugar sweetness and spice. The finish is spicy and woody. £3.30

Captain Morgan Dark Rum, Jamaica, 40% Full, warming. Stone fruits, dried peels, a hint of aniseed. £3.20

Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, Jamaica, 40% The palate is of good body with notes of molasses and spice, buttery biscuits and pepper. The finish is medium with spice and sweetness. £3.20

Deadhead, Mexico, 40% Palate: Less fruit sweetness than the nose (though orchard fruits to persist subtly). More focus on cooking spices and runny caramel, as well as continued rhum agricole grassy notes. £5.75

Gold of Mauritius, Mauritius, 40% This light and mouthful rum gives us notes of oak, malt and roasted nuts. Well balanced nose, mouth and aftertaste. “Gold of Mauritius” captures the spirit of the island. £4.00

Black Seal, Bermuda, 40% Palate: Balanced with thick, sweet spices, stewed fruits. £3.20

Lambs, England, 40% Lambs is deep dark and luscious. It's not overly sweet, despite the large amount of caramel/molasses used to give it that dark colouration. £3.10

Mount Gay Eclipse, Barbados, 40% The nose is full and rounded with notes of fresh flowers and honey, a little vanilla and tropical fruit. The palate is fruity and well-rounded with notes of banana, vanilla, smoke, toasty oak, spice. The finish is long and spiced with toasty oak. £3.50