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LOWLANDLOWLAND MALTSMALTS Auchentoshan 10 year (och’n’tosh’n) – clean & fresh, lemongrass, gingery crisp, subtle - 8 Glenkinchie 12 year – soft, grassy sweetness, clean & well-defi ned, fi nish becoming spicy -9 HIGHLANDHIGHLAND MALTSMALTS Aberfeldy 12 year – heather honey softness, full body, gentle syrupy thickness - 8 Clynelish 14 year Coastal Highland (klyn-leesh) – maritime character; oily, malty, becoming fruity-spicy, mustard cress - 9 Dalwhinnie 15 year Mountain Highland – Scotland’s highest distillery produces “the gentle spirit” very aromatic; heather honey, malty sweetness, peat, long fi nish -11 Glenmorangie 10 year (glen-MORanjee) – from the tallest stills in Scotland “only the lightest spirits can ascend to such heights” spicy & fl owery, lighter side of medium body, malty sweet, creamy & rounded - 8 Glenmorangie 12 year Th e Quinta Ruban Port Wood – chocolate, full, velvety texture, sweet with some mint - 14 Glenmorangie 12 year Th e Lasanta Sherry Wood – honey & vanilla, rich, full body, nutty -14 Highland Park 12 year Orkney Islands – smoky, exceptionally smooth, succulent, heather honey maltiness; teasing & delicious - 8 Highland Park 18 year Orkney Islands – smooth & balanced, toff ee sweetness, mouth-wateringly smoky fi nish - 17 Oban 14 year Western Highland – peaty smokiness, quite rich, dry, malty & fruity undertones, aromatic fi nish - 11 Springbank 10 year Campbeltown – salt spray, smoke, coconut & toff ee, extraordinarily long fi nish -14 Talisker 10 year Isle of Skye – pungent, slightly syrupy, smoky & big pepperiness, long, huge fi nish - 11 SPEYSIDESPEYSIDE MALTSMALTS Aberlour 12 year Double Cask Matured (aber-lower) – nutty, soft-textured, medium body, spicy; sherry-accented - 8 Balvenie 12 year Double Wood – vanilla spiciness, complex, rich, honey sweetness; delicate sherry layer - 11 Benromach Organic – fi rst-use organic casks – smooth & sweet, oak, vanilla & toff ee - 14 Cragganmore 12 year – complex, herbal aroma, medium, yet fi rm & smooth, delicate, fl owery notes, long fi nish - 9 Glenfi ddich 12 year – light, fresh pear, lean & smooth, fruity with some smoke, restrained fi nish - 8 Glenfi ddich 15 year Solera Reserve – vatted – fruit & spice, layered richness, gratifying fi nish - 11 Glenfi ddich 18 year – smooth, mellow spiced-apple, robust oak, depth & complexity - 14 Th e Glenlivet 12 year – fresh fl owers, light to medium body, peachy & vanilla, gently warming fi nish - 8 Th e Glenlivet 15 year French Oak Reserve – new, limousin cask-matured fruity, floral aromas, dry cedarwood, spicy, creamy fi nish - 11 Th e Glenlivet 16 year Nadurra Cask Strength – soft fruits, silky, honeyed fl owers, oak fi nish - 14 Th e Glenlivet 18 year –“Th e Sean Connery of Single Malts” heather, sherry, smooth, memorable fi nish; serves nicely before & after dinner - 14 Th e Glenlivet 21 year Archive Special Edition – emphatic sherry character; fruity, elegant richness, toff ee & caramel -19 Th e Macallan 12 year – sherry & honey notes, full body, fl owering currant, satisfying fi nish - 9 Th e Macallan 18 year – big bouquet, some peat, soft body, nutty-sweet, sherry accent, warming fi nish - 21 Th e Macallan Cask Strength – intense expression of a classic Macallan sherry aroma, rounded body, nutty palate, spicy fi nish - 14 ISLAYMALTSISLAY MALTS from the island of Islay, pronounced “eye-luh” Ardbeg 10 year – smoke, brine, & iodine; a light heavyweight, sweet, mean & moody; hefty fi nish - 11 Caol Ila 12 year (cull-eye-luh) – “Islay’s hidden malt, cooled by crisp sea waters” fresh sea-air aromas, light oily body, peaty, spicy & olive-like, peppery fi nish - 11 Bowmore 18 year –“Original Islay distillery, legalized in 1779” complex & medicinal, medium body, dry creaminess & leafy smokiness - 17 Laphroaig 10 year (la-froyg) – medicinal & seaweedy, medium body, oily & salty, round & very dry - 9 Laphroaig Original Cask Strength – as the 10 year, yet drier & earthier, even tar-like; wonderfully complex - 14 Lagavulin 16 year (lagga-voolin) –“Time, say the Islanders, Takes out the fi re, but leaves in the warmth.” intense dryness, full body, smoky & salty; like campfi re remains, the morning after a rain - 14 BLENDSBLENDS & & MALT MALT SCOTCH SCOTCH Th e Famous Grouse - 5 Compass Box Peat Monster Malt Scotch - 11 Dewar’s “White Label” - 6 Johnnie Walker Red Label - 5 Chivas Regal - 6 Johnnie Walker Black Label - 6 Macleod’s Isle of Skye 8 year - 6 Johnnie Walker Blue Label - 35.