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Whisky List Unlike Wine and Champagne, in the World of Whisky There Are No Hard and Fast Rules Connecting Region to Flavour Characteristics Whisky List Unlike wine and Champagne, in the world of whisky there are no hard and fast rules connecting region to flavour characteristics. In saying this there are many other factors that historically have come to give each region and country their own style of whisky production. Aside from American, for the sake of simplicity we will refer to whisky without the 'e' in this menu. Sydney & Melbourne www.eaudevie.com.au @edvmelbourne @eaudeviebar facebook.com/eaudeviemelbourne facebook.com/eaudeviesydney Contents OUR SELECTIONS MALT MASTERS SCOTTISH WHISKY Lowlands Highlands Speyside Islands Islay Campbeltown Blended Whisky & Vatted Malts AMERICAN WHISKEY WORLD WHISK(E)Y Our Selections Light & Fresh Auchentoshan 12yo Lowlands 40.00% $14 Benromach Organic Speyside 43.00% $18 Bladnoch Samsara Lowlands 45.70% $20 Chivas Regal Ultis Vatted Malts 40.00% $28 The Deveron 12yo Highlands 40.00% $13 Glenkinchie 12yo Lowlands 43.00% $16 Mackmyra Svensk Rok Sweden 46.10% $26 Fun & Fruity Benromach 10yo Speyside 43.00% $13 Cragganmore 12yo Speyside 40.00% $13 Glenlivet Nadurra First Fill Speyside 63.10% $15 Jameson Black Barrel Ireland 43.00% $11 Rich & Sweet Clynelish 14yo Highlands 46.00% $13 Glenmorangie 18yo Highlands 43.00% $20 Longmorn 16yo Speyside 48.00% $19 Macallan 2007 Speymalt by G&M Speyside 40.00% $17 Spice & Everything Nice Amrut India 46.00% $14 Bowmore 18yo Islay 43.00% $22 Connemara Ireland 40.00% $14 Glenlivet 15yo French Oak Speyside 40.00% $13 Highland Park 15yo Orkney 40.00% $21 Royal Brackla 12yo Highlands 40.00% $15 Salt & Sea Spray Bowmore 12yo Islay 40.00% $12 Caol Ila 12yo Islay 43.00% $15 Oban 14yo Highlands 43.00% $15 Big & Bold Aberlour a’Bundah Speyside 60.80% $16 Ardbeg Uigeadail Islay 54.20% $20 Lagavulin 16yo Islay 43.00% $13 Laphroaig Quarter Cask Islay 48.00% $16 Octomore 7.3 Islay 63.00% $27 Port Askaig 100 Proof Islay 57.10% $20 Malt Masters If you know Eau De Vie you know that we love whisky! Members of our Malt Masters receive a standard 20% off all whiskies (a total of 40) featured in your Malt Masters book. Once you have tried them all and graduated to become a Malt Master you will have access to an enormous discount on our selection of rare and hard to find malts. You also receive 20% off all our whisky tastings. Lowlands Lowland whiskies are commonly referenced as feminine drams, ‘the Lowland Ladies’. The terrain of the Lowlands is characterised by rolling fields that are ideally suited to growing grain for whisky. The softer landscape is mirrored in the regions single malts that tend to be lighter in both colour and body than those of the Highlands. Auchentoshan is the only distillery in Scotland to triple distill all their whisky, giving their spirit a light character while retaining the malt character. With little or no peat traditionally used in the drying of the malt, the whiskies distilled here are generally fresh and light, fragrant and floral with cereal flavours. This however is changing in the modern era, with Ailsa Bay, distilled at the Girvan grain distillery, coming onto the market with a peated malt whisky. Auchentoshan 12 yo 40.00% $12 Auchentoshan Three Wood 43.00% $14 Bladnoch 15yo Adela 46.70% $23 Bladnoch Samsara 46.70% $50 Glenkinchie 12yo 43.00% $16 Rosebank 12yo F&F 43.00% $50 Highlands Known as one of the most scenic regions in Scotland, this land of rugged peaks and heather covered moor-land is the largest of the whisky producing regions. The Highlands are such a diverse region that is difficult to categorize their whiskies accurately. That said, it is common to split the Highlands into the Eastern and Western regions with Speyside in the middle. Technically speaking, the 'Islands' have not been officially recognised as a region of its own and, as such, is included in the Highlands region. For the sake of precise classification, we choose to note the separation as the maritime style of all the islands seperates them from most of the Highland whiskies. As a very vague rule of thumb, the Highlands region is one of big-bodied whiskies, often have a subtle peated smokiness and can be very powerful and oily. Use of traditional refill barrels allows the character of the spirit shine on many of the whiskies from this region. Aberfeldy 12yo 40.00% $14 Aberfeldy 21yo 40.00% $20 Ancnoc 16yo 46.00% $17 Aultmore 12yo 46.00% $14 Ben Nevis 11yo 1996 by Adelphi 60.10% $50 Brora 30yo 53.20% $120 Clynelish 14yo 46.00% $13 Clynelish 14yo 1993 by Adelphi 57.00% $22 Clynelish 16yo 1996 by Masterpieces 56.10% $26 Clynelish 17yo 1996 by Adelphi 57.10% $22 Craigellachie 13yo 46.00% $15 Dalmore 1263 King Alexander III 40.00% $43 Dalmore 12yo 40.00% $12 Dalmore 15yo 40.00% $18 Dalmore 18yo 43.00% $26 Dalmore Gran Reserva 40.00% $16 Dalwhinnie 15yo 43.00% $13 Deanston 12yo 46.30% $13 Deanston 19yo 1994 by Masters of Malt 58.00% $26 The Deveron 12yo 40.00% $13 Edradour 12yo 2003 CS 61.70% $30 Edradour 14yo 2001 CS 56.10% $30 Fettercairn Fior 42.00% $18 Glen Ord 12yo 40.00% $13 Glen Ord 25yo CS 58.30% $28 Glendronach 12yo 43.00% $12 Glendronach 15yo Revival 46.00% $15 Glendronach 18yo Allardice 46.00% $22 Glenmorangie 10yo Original 40.00% $12 Glenmorangie 18yo Extremely Rare 43.00% $20 Glenmorangie 1991 for Speakeasy 58.40% $60 Glenmorangie 25yo 43.00% $80 Glenmorangie Lasanta 46.00% $12 Glenmorangie Traditional 57.20% $60 Loch Lomond 18yo 43.00% $21 Loch Lomond Peated 46.00% $13 Milburn 25yo 1975 Rare Malts 61.90% $144 Oban 14yo 43.00% $15 Old Pultney 12yo 40.00% $12 Old Pultney 17yo 46.00% $21 Old Pultney 21yo 46.00% $28 Royal Brackla 12yo 40.00% $15 Royal Lochnagar 1994 Managers Choice 59.30% $60 Teaninich 32yo 1983 by Adelphi 50.80% $85 Speyside Over half of Scotland’s malt whisky distilleries can be found within this one region. Speyside: the lush, fertile valley of the River Spey is undoubtedly the heart of single malt whisky distilling in Scotland, and possibly the world. It’s classic flavours of honey, vanilla and fresh orchard fruits combine to create whiskies that are both sophisticated and elegant. Whiskies from this region are genrally lightly, or completely unpeated. We can split the Speyside style into two catagories; one is light and grassy with fresh apples and light delicate flavours. The other is rich and bold with christmas cake and sweet spice vharacteristics. With age, and especially when matured in sherry casks, they evolve to deliver dried fruit and chocolate flavours Aberlour A’Bunadh 60.80% $16 Balvenie 12yo Doublewood 40.00% $18 Balvenie 14yo Caribbean Cask 43.00% $16 Balvenie 15yo Sherry Cask 47.80% $19 Balvenie 17yo Doublewood 43.00% $20 Balvenie TUN 1509 Batch No. 1 47.10% $75 Benromach 10yo 43.00% $13 Benromach 8yo for W.D.C.S. 45.70% $15 Benromach Organic 43.00% $18 Cardhu 12yo 40.00% $14 Cardhu Special Cask Reserve 40.00% $14 Cragganmore 12yo 40.00% $13 Cragganmore 29yo 1986 by Adelphi 59.20% $80 Dufftown Spey Cascade (Singelton Range) 40.00% $12 Glenfarclas 105 CS 60.00% $19 Glenfarclas 10yo 40.00% $11 Glenfarclas 25yo 43.00% $35 Glenfiddich 125th Anniversary 43.00% $18 Glenfiddich 14yo Rich Oak 40.00% $14 Glenfiddich 15yo Solera 40.00% $15 Glenfiddich 18yo Ancient 40.00% $20 Glenfiddich 19yo AOD Madeira Cask 40.00% $25 Glenfiddich 21yo Gran Reserva 40.00% $32 Glenlivet 14yo Tervie 60.20% $40 Glenlivet 15yo French Oak 40.00% $13 Glenlivet 18yo 43.00% $17 Glenlivet 25yo (Minmore) by Cadenheads 54.50% $55 Glenlivet Nadurra First Fill 63.10% $15 Glenrothes 1988 43.00% $17 Glenrothes 1995 43.00% $16 Glenrothes 1998 43.00% $14 Glenrothes 25yo 1991 by Adelphi 55.50% $70 Kininvie 23yo 1990 42.60% $48 Linkwood 12yo F&F 43.00% $15 Linkwood 1991 Private Collection by G&M 45.00% $23 Linkwood 23yo 1989 by Adelphi 48.80% $23 Linkwood 25yo by G&M D.L. 43.00% $24 Longmorn 13yo 1996 by N.D.D. 49.00% $17 Longmorn 16yo 48.00% $19 Longmorn 18yo 1990 by The Whisky Society 58.00% $21 Longmorn 20yo 1992 Director’s Cut by D.L. 53.60% $35 Macallan 12yo 40.00% $35 Macallan 2007 Speymalt by G&M 40.00% $17 Macallan Amber 40.00% $18 Macallan Fifties 40.00% $51 Macallan Forties 40.00% $41 Macallan Ruby 40.00% $38 Mortlach 16yo F&F 43.00% $48 Mortlach 23yo 1990 by S.V. 51.60% $24 Mortlach 26yo 1987 by Adelphi 57.00% $44 Strathisla 12yo 40.00% $13 Islands The Islands represent a very geographically diverse region and one that is not strictly recognized as a region by the Scotch Whisky Association, technically the Islands are a part of the Highlands. There are so many different characteristics to be found in whisky form these Islands, although usually a slight salinity is to be found, thanks to the vicinity to the sea. To the very north there is Orkney, whose single malts are coastal and full, with plenty of honey, malt, heather and light floral smoke. Then there is the Isle of Skye with its sole distillery, Talisker. Single malts from here are often described as being 'volcanic' in character with plenty of body. To the west of the mainland lies Arran, whose sole distillery makes a malty, rich whisky.
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