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Islay
Islay is located on the Inner Hebrides of Scotland and has eight
distilleries within its boundaries.
These are some of the strongest flavoured whiskies of all and tend to be dry and quite peaty in flavour. Peat is certainly one of the most significant flavours in these whiskies and this comes from the peat fuel which is used to malt the barley.
Distilleries include Ardbeg, Bruichladdich, Lagavulin and Laphroaig.
Campbeltown
Campbeltown lies towards the end of the Mull of Kintyre on the West
Coast of Scotland.
Malts here tend to be very distinctive. A hint of peat but a deep and complex flavour with a slightly salty seaweed finish.
DIstilleries include Glen Scotia, Longrow and Springbank
Highlands
With question the largest producing region of Scotland and
full of variety as one might expect when you consider the
depth of representation it enjoys in the whisky world.
Northern Highland whiskies tend to be much less peaty in flavour and have a sweetness on the initial stages of the palate before developing into quite a dry finish.
The Far Northern Highlands are distinctive because of their coastal location and soil. They are generally light boded whiskies, slightly spicy and with a dry finish.
Whiskies from the Central Highlands or Southern and Eastern Highlands are generally fruity and sweet, although not as sweet as a Speyside. But like all other Highland malts they have the distinctive dry finish.
Distilleries include Blair Athol, Edradour, Deanston, Glenmorangie, Oban, Royal Lochnagar, Old Pulteney and Glen Ord
A subdivision of the Highlands but important enough in its own right this region enjoys the habitation of over half the distilleries in Scotland.
Whilst they tend to be sweeter than most whiskies they can generally be broken down into two distinct types. These being the heavy rich sherry flavoured malts and the more complex and lighter floral malts.
Some can have a small influence of peat but this is not a major characteristic of the Region.
Some of the most well known distilleries are in this Region including Aberlour, Balvenie,, Glenburgie, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Glen Rothes, Strathisla, Tamnavulin, Macallan and Tomatin.
Lowlands
The Southernmost Region of Scotland this region produces whiskies
that are generally light in colour and quite sweet and fruity.
They make excellent aperitif malts as well as a great place for those seeking a gentle introduction to the pleasures of malt drinking.
The majority of whisky produced in this region is used in blends although there are a small number of single malts produced by distilleries.
These include Auchentoshan, Glenkinchie,
Inverleven, Rosebank and St Magdalene.
Who would have thought that the biggest selling whisky in the United States before Prohibition would have been an Irish whisky!?
Traditionally light in style the whiskies are almost exclusively blended rather than singe malt. Indeed there is only one single malt produced in Ireland and this is Bushmills Malt.
Other well know blended whiskies that are popular in this country include Jameson, Powers Gold Label, Tullamore Dew and Black Bush
USA
Bourbons have a strong vanilla
flavour as with all American whiskey they are matured in new white
oak casks which are naturally high in vanillins.
American whiskies include Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Wild Turkey to
name but a few.
New Zealand
Milford is
a single malt that was distilled and aged in New Zealands South
Island. Produced at the Willowbank Distillery in Dunedin.
Similar in style to a Lowland Malt it is light in body and aroma
with a elegant if delicate nose. A soft citrus flavour and a very
smooth finish.
Japan
Japan is the largest
producer in the world outside of the UK and US for whisky. Even the
worlds largest distillery is in Japan and not Scotland or Ireland!
Japanese whisky is actually ideally suited to food where other whiskies are perhaps a little more intended to be drunk alone.
United
Kingdom
I cannot in all honesty not include our own country in this list if
for no other reason than it is responsible for producing one of my
favourite whiskies. Penderyn.
A welsh whisky that is extremely good and well worth trying, I will leave the final decision to you....
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