ScotchClub

Dedicated to the search for the perfect single malt Scotch...no matter how long it takes.

Our History

The Club's first meeting was in June 2007 with seven members in attendance. All had already developed an appreciation for good Scotch, and most had tasted the occasional single malt, but none had any real understanding of or appreciation for the specific qualities that make a really great Scotch. So, with the simple goal of learning more about that which we already loved, we ratified the club rules shown below and embarked on this noble quest. If you think you might want to join us on our mission or just come for a visit, contact Don Ward at dwardm4@att.net or Mike Simms at msimms@peoplescom.net.

Memorable quote from the Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch: "Those who suffer from fear of flavour might feel safer with white rums or vodka."

Scotch Club Rules

1. We meet once each month, Sat. at 5:00, for one to one and a half hours. The meeting day is the Saturday after the third Friday of the month (i.e., the Saturday after the ladies' book club).

2. The meeting host responsibility rotates among members .

3. Only single malt Scotches are tasted (no blends).

4. The Club agrees on selections before the next meeting (more of a goal than a rule). The price of the Scotch must fit within The Club’s budget.

5. Two 2-oz. tasting samples will be served to each taster. The host will provide bottled water and ice from purified water.

6. The host will provide some information about the Scotches being sampled .

7. The Scotch will be bought from a kitty generated by initial membership ($50) and a monthly membership fee ($15). The membership fee is assessed each month, even if you don't attend. The treasurer will provide a monthly statement showing all club transactions (Current Treasurer: Mike Simms) .

8. All Scotch bought by The Club stays in The Club (i.e. partial bottles will be saved for a later tasting) .

9. The tasters will rate the Scotches per the evaluation sheets and the club will maintain a record of the results (Current Scribe: Don Ward) .

10. During the nosing and tasting period, only one person shall speak at a time.

11. Guests may be invited, but host should be notified ahead of time so that adequate Scotch is on hand. Club member pays additional $15 for each guest.

12. Any gentleman over 21 who is an El Dorado property owner may join The Club until the membership reaches twelve.

Our Members

Larry Gray

Jim Gwisdala

Chuck Kobdish

Mark Moore

Frank Morton

Richard Nail

Trenton Patterson

Jeff Roy

Mike Simms

Don Ward

A Typical Meeting

The host prepares for a meeting by setting up a table with enough places to seat the expected number of tasters. Each place will have one glass for water, with each member bringing two glasses for the tasting. The host will also provide bottled water and ice from bottled or filtered water as well as pens or pencils for the scoring. At the start of the meeting, the treasurer collects dues and the scribe passes out score sheets for the two Scotches to be tasted. One of the members (usually the host) will provide background information on the distilleries and the Scotches to be tasted. The host will then open the first bottle and each member will pour two ounces of spirits from the first selection into his glass. The evaluation begins by first observing the color, which ranges from pale yellow to mahogany. That's the easy part. Next comes the nosing. While many experts claim to discern five to ten unique aromas from a single glass, most of us still struggle to find three or four. Obviously, we need more practice. Undaunted by our shortcomings, we press on and test the palate. This is usually first done straight up with no water or ice. Some may then add a few drops of water or an ice cube. This often brings out tastes and aromas previously undetected. Common flavors are vanilla, tobacco, coffee, smoke, salt, etc. Finally, we consider body (mouth feel) and finish (short/long). We repeat this same process with the second selection. Taking all of these factors into account, we also score our selections from 1-100. Less than 70... we probably won't be trying it again. More than 95... well, that's the holy grail. It should be noted that during this process there is usually much discussion about a variety of serious manly topics.

The Glass

The official glass for our club is the Glencairn Whisky Glass. The Glencairn Glass is a style of whisky glass developed by Glencairn Crystal Ltd, Scotland. The shape of the glass is derived from the traditional nosing copita used in whisky labs around Scotland. The glass first came into production in 2001 and in 2006 the glass was given the Queen's Award for innovation. Below is a photo of the club celebrating our first toast with the Glencairn glasses.

Below is a photo of the Club raising a toast at our 3-year anniversary (6/19/10)

Below is a photo of the Club at our 5-year anniversary (6/16/12)

Below is a photo of the Club at our 10-year anniversary (6/17/17)

Below are two photos of the Club at our 15-year anniversary/Tastester's Choice Meeting (2022)

Below are two photos from a Tastester's Choice Meeting on 5/20/2023. 74 Bottles on Scotch on the rail.

Meeting History

Date	Host	Scotches Tasted
6/30/2007	Ward	Highland Park 12yo Balvenie 12yo
7/21/2007	Simms	Aberlour 12yo Glenmorangie 12yo port wine finish
8/18/2007	Fitzgerald	Tomatin 12yo Dalmore 12yo
9/22/2007	Oesch	Glenlivit 12yo Glengoyne 12yo
10/20/2007	Burgdorf	Bowmore 12yo Cragganmore 12yo
11/16/2007	Horn	Speyburn 10yo Glenrothes Select
12/21/2007	Hartmann	Ardbeg 10 yo Glenfarclas 12yo
1/19/2008	Ward	Review (Flight of Six) -- Highland Park, Balvenie, Bowmore Ardbeg, Glenmorangie (Sherry finish), Tomatin
2/16/2008	Simms	Macallan 12yo Macallan C.S.
3/22/2008	Fitzgerald	Highland Park 12yo Highland Park 18yo
4/19/2008	Oesch	Glendronach 12yo Bushmills 10yo Irish Whiskey (Oops)
5/17/2008	Burgdorf	Glenfiddich 12yo Dalwhinnie 15yo
6/28/2008	Horn	BenRiach Glenallachie Signatory
7/19/2008	Hartmann	Lagavulin 16yo Dalmore Cigar Malt
8/16/2008	Ward	Deanston 12yo Macallan 15yo
9/20/2008	Simms	Review (Flight of Six) -- Aberlour 12yo, Cragganmore 12yo, Glenrothes Select, The Macallan Cask Strength 10-12yo, Highland Park 18yo, Dalwhinnie 15yo
10/25/2008	Fitzgerald	Laphroaig 10yo C.S. Talisker 10 yo
11/22/2008	Schmeling	Glenmorangie 12yo Sherry Wood Glenmorangie 12yo Sauterne Wood
12/20/2008	Oesch	Auchentoshan 3 Wood Caol Ila 12yo
1/17/2009	Darling	Strathisla 12yo Old Pulteney
2/21/2009	Burgdorf	Yamazaki 12yo Springbank 10yo
3/21/2009	Horn	Bowmore 15yo Glenfiddich 15yo
4/18/2009	Westerheim	Aberlour a'bunadh Batch #21 C.S. GlenDronach 12yo
5/16/2009	Hartmann	Clynelish 14yo Bunnahabhain 12yo
6/20/2009	Ward	Two Year Anniversary! - Noser's Choice (Flight of Six using our new Glencairn glasses) . No grading, just enjoying! Anniversary Photo.
7/18/2009	Simms	Glenfiddich 18yo Aberlour 16 yo
8/22/2009	Darling	Laphroaig 15yo Cragganmore 1992
9/19/2009	Fitzgerald	Arran 10 yo non-chill filtered Talisker 12 yo
10/17/2009	Oesch	Isle of Jura 16 yo Balvenie 15 yo Single Barrel
11/21/2009	Schmeling	Lagavulin 17 yo Double Matured Singleton 12 yo
12/19/2009	Horn	Ardmore NAS Bruichladdich 15 yo
1/16/2010	Burgdorf	Glenlivet 15 yo French oak finish Tomintoul 16 yo
2/20/2010	Westerheim	Macallan 10 yo Edradour 10 yo
3/20/2010	Hartmann	Glen Grant 16 yo Sherry finish Laphroaig Quarter Cask - NAS - 48% ABV
4/17/2010	Ward	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
5/22/2010	Gray	Ardbeg Corryvreckan NAS 57.1% ABV Sprinbank 12yo Sherry 56.1% ABV
6/19/2010	Simms	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
7/17/2010	Fitzgerald	Ardbeg Uigeadail NAS 52.4% ABV Auchentoshan 12yo (Triple Distilled)
8/21/2010	Oesch	Aberfeldy 12yo Highland Park 11yo Single Cask 59.6% ABV
9/18/2010	Schmeling	Cardhu 12yo Glenrothes 1994 15yo
10/16/2010	Horn	anCnoc 12yo Lismore NAS
11/20/2010	Burgdorf	Auchentoshan 18yo Laphroaig 18yo
12/18/2010	Westerheim	Balvenie 14yo Caribbean Rum Cask Glenlivit 16yo Nadurra 57.6% ABV
1/22/2011	Hartmann	Glen Garioch 14yo 43.0 ABV Glenkinchie 12yo 48.0%ABV
2/19/2011	Moore	Aberlour 18yo Glenmorangie 18yo
3/19/2011	Ward	Arran 14 yo non-chill filtered Glenmorangie Finealta NAS
4/16/2011	Simms	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
5/21/2011	Oesch	Dalmore 15yo Auchentoshan Classic
6/18/2011	Fitzgerald	Balvenie 17yo Peated Bunnahabhain 18yo
7/16/2011	Schmeling	Glenlivet 18yo Tomatin 18yo
8/20/2011	Horn	Pebble Beach 12yo Oban 14yo
9/17/2011	Burgdorf	Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix NAS Glenkinchie 13 yo
10/22/2011	Schmeling	Glenmorangie Astar NAS 57.1 ABV Scapa 12 yo
11/19/2011	Hartmann	Arran Machrie Moore NAS Glencadam 15yo
12/17/2011	Moore	Smith's Glenlivet 21yo Connoisseur's Choice Craigellachie
1/21/2012	Westerheim	Longmorn Distiller's Reserve 18yo Ladaig 10yo
2/18/2012	Gray	Glendronach Revival 15yo BenRiach 12yo Arumaticus Fumosus
3/17/2012	Simms	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
4/21/2012	Ward	Glen Moray 16yo Aberfeldy 21yo
5/19/2012	Fitzgerald	Tullibardine 18yo Dalmore Signatory Vintage 19yo
6/16/2012	Horn	Signatory Highland Park 20yo ADR Bowmore 20yo
7/21/2012	Burgdorf	Fettercairn 1995 16yo (Signatory) Stronachie 12yo
8/18/2012	Hartmann	Glenmorangie Artein 15yo Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 12yo
9/22/2012	Schmeling	Barcones NAS, Waco Balvenie Doublewood 12yo
10/20/2012	Gray	Glenfarclas 105 NAS Glen Grant 10yo Sherry Finish
11/17/2013	Wernick	Glenfiddich Malt Masters NAS Glenrothes 1998 10yo
12/22/2013	Simms	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
1/19/2013	Ward	Mortlach 16yo Highland Queen 16yo
2/16/2013	Oesch	Isle of Jura Prophecy NAS Glenrothes 18yo (Alexander Murray)
3/16/2013	Fitzgerald	Singleton Auchroisk (ADR) 20yo 54% Auchentoshan Octave 11yo 52.8%
4/20/2013	Schmeling	Glenlivit Nadura Triumph 17yo Mortlach 22 yo (Alexander Murray)
5/18/2013	Horn	Bruchladdich Port Charlotte PC7 7yo 61% ABV Springbank 2000 12yo 52.7 ABV
6/22/2013	Burgdorf	Glenfarclas 17yo 43% ABV Cragganmore 13yo 40% ABV
7/20/2013	Hartmann	Glendarroch (aka Glenfarclas) 42yo Jura by Duncan Taylor 18yo
8/17/2013	Gray	Cragellachie 11yo Auchentoshan 12yo
9/21/2013	Wernick	Dalmore Gran Reserve NAS Jura, Isle of, Superstition NAS
10/19/2013	Simms	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
11/16/2013	Ward	Balvenie 12 Single Cask Glenmorangie 18yo Rare
12/21/2013	Oesch	Glenrothes 22yo A.D. Rattray 54.1% ABV Glen Elgin 19yo Duncan Taylor 53.6% ABV
1/18/2014	Benson	Kilkerran 10yo 43.6% ABV Arran 16yo 55.1% ABV
2/22/2014	Fitzgerald	Kilchoman 5yo Single Cask 60.5% ABV Lagavulin 12yo Cask Strength 55.1% ABV
3/22/2014	Schmeling	Imperial by Duncan Taylor 17 yo CS 53.5% ABV Bowmore by Signatory 13yo 46% ABV
4/19/2014	Burgdorf	Tamdhu 10yo Sherry Cask 43% ABV Edradour 10yo Single Cask for Specs 46% ABV
5/17/2014	Horn	Dailuaine by Duncan & Taylor 14yo 46% ABV Bowmore 15yo Darkest Sherry Cask 43% ABV
6/21/2014	Hartmann	Longmorn (Signatory) 17yo 46% ABV Imperial (Signatory) 18yo 46%ABV
7/19/2014	Gray	Longrow Peated NAS 46% Kilkerran 9yo Bourbon Wood 46%
8/16/2014	Simms	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
9/20/2014	Ward	Glenlivet Guardians Chapter NAS 48.7% ABV Auchentaoshan Signatory 14yo 46% ABV
10/18/2014	Oesch	Hazelburn 12yo 46% ABV Tormore 18yo (Signatory) 43% ABV
11/22/2014	Wernick	Edradour 8yo 46% ABV (Specs) Tomintoul 12yo 40% ABV
12/19/2014	Fitzgerald	Springbank 9yo 54.7% ABV Imperial 18yo 52.7% ABV
1/17/2015	Simms	Glen Kirk 8yo 40% ABV Shieldaig NAS 40% ABV
2/20/2015	Schmeling	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
3/20/2015	Horn	Jura Origin 10yo 43% ABV Old Ballantruan 10yo 50% ABV
4/18/2015	Hartmann	Kilchoman Islay Sherry Cask NAS 46% ABV Tobermory 10yo Isle of Mull 46.3% ABV
5/16/2015	Burgdorf	Tomatin 15yo 43% ABV Arran 12yo Cask Strength, 53.2% ABV
6/20/2015	Fitzgerald	Battle Hill Mortlach 14yo 46% ABV Shielddaig 18yo 40% ABV
7/18/2015	Gray	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
8/22/2015	Horn	Bunnahabhain Ceobanach 10yo 46.3% ABV Glenburgie 1995 (Signatory) 19yo 46% ABV
9/19/2015	Oesch	Glenrothes (Signatory) 1999 15yo 46% ABV Springbank 10yo 46% ABV
10/17/2015	Schmeling	Balvenie DW 12yo 43% ABV Highland Park 12yo 43% ABV
11/21/2015	Simms	Aberlour 12yo Double Cask 40% ABV Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 12yo 46% ABV
12/18/2015	Ward	Clynelish 1996 18yo Signatory bottled for Specs 55.2% ABV Glenburgie 6yo by Lonach 46% ABV
1/16/2016	Burgdorf	Old Ballantruan 10yo Peated 50% ABV Glenlivet Nadurra NAS Peated C.S. 61.5% ABV
2/20/2016	Wernick	Tomatin 12yo 43% ABV Dalmore (The) 12yo 40% ABV
3/19/2016	Fitzgerald	Macallen 12yo 43% ABV Glenfiddich 14yo 43% ABV
4/16/2016	Hartmann	Smokey Joe NAS 46% ABV Smokehead NAS 43% ABV
5/21/2016	Gray	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
6/18/2016	Horn	Springbank 10yo 46% ABV Highland Park 12yo 43% ABV
7/16/2016	Simms	Kilchoman Sanaig NAS 46% ABV Royal Brackla 15yo by A. D. Rattray 40% ABV
8/20/2016	Ward	Auchentoshan 15yo by Cadenhead (Small Batch) 53.4% ABV Glen Scotia NAS 46% ABV
9/17/2016	Schmeling	Balblair 2002 46% ABV Lismore 18yo 43% ABV
10/17/2016	Burgdorf	Aultmore of the Foggy Moss 12yo Loch Lomond 12yo 46% ABV
11/19/2016	Wernick	Loch Lomond 12yo 46% ABV Inchmurrin 12yo
12/17/2016	Fitzgerald	Lagavulin 16yo 43% ABV Maccallan 12yo Double Cask 43% ABV
1/21/2017	Gray	Grangestone 21yo Oak Cask Finish 40% ABV Grangestone 8yo Rum Cask Finish 40% ABV
2/18/2017	Hartmann	Balvenie 14yo Caribbean Cask 43% ABV Glenfarclas 12yo 43% ABV
3/18/2017	Horn	Glenfiddich 14yo Bourbon Barrel Reserve 43% ABV Clynelish 14yo 46% ABV
4/22/2017	Schmeling	Aberlour A'bunadh 61.2% ABV Aberlour 12yo Double Cask 40% ABV
5/20/2017	Ward	Deanston Virgin NAS 46.3% ABV Glen Scotia 15yo 46% ABV
6/17/2017	Simms	Ten Year Anniversary (Taster's Choice)
7/22/2017	Burgdorf	Ballechin by Edradour 12yo, Single Bourbon Cask, , 46% ABV Tamdu NAS, Batch Strength No. 2, Sherry Cask, 58.5% ABV
8/19/2017	Fitzgerald	Glen Moray 15yo 40% ABV Singleton 15yo 40% ABV $44.49+3.67
9/16/2017	Crawford	Arrans Amarone Cask Finish NAS 50% ABV Glenrothes by Signatory 16yo 46% ABV
10/21/2017	Hartmann	Glen Moray Elgin Peated Classic NAS 40% ABV Port Askaig (Caol Ila?) 55% ABV
11/18/2017	Gray	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
12/22/2017	Horn	Glenmorangie 18yo Extremely Rare 43% ABV Arran 18yo 46% ABV
1/20/2018	Wernick	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
2/17/2018	Schmeling	Macallan 10yo 40% ABV Tomintoul 10yo 40% ABV
3/17/2018	Simms	Glen Moray 18yo 47.2% ABV Laphroig Cairdeas NAS 57.2% ABV
4/21/2018	Ward	Glenlivet 2006 10yo 46% ABV Bowmore 2001 13yo 57.5% ABV
5/19/2018	Burgdorf	Aberlour 12yo Double Matured 40% ABV Aberlour A'bunadh Oloroso Sherry Butts 60% ABV
6/16/2018	Hartmann	Bunnahabhain Toiteach NAS 46% ABV Ardbeg An Oa NAS 46.6% ABV
7/21/2018	Fitzgerald	Singleton 12yo 40% ABV Singleton 15yo 40% ABV
8/18/2018	Crawford	Arron 14yo 46% ABV Balvenie Peat Week 14yo 48.3% ABV
9/22/2018	Gray	Ladaig 10yo 46.3% ABV Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve NAS 44% ABV
10/20/2018	Gwisdala	Grangestone Bourbon Cask NAS 40% ABV Amrut Fusion (Indiia) NAS 50% ABV
11/17/2018	Horn	Glen Moray Classic Port Cask NAS 40% ABV Royal Brackla (ADR) 15yo 40.6% ABV
12/22/2018	Schmeling	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
1/19/2019	Wernick	The Deveron (McDuff Distillery) 12yo 40% ABV Craigellachie 13yo 46% ABV
2/16/2019	Simms	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
3/16/2019	Burgdorf	Aberlour Casg Annamh Small Batch 0001 NAS 48% ABV Glen Fohdry 21yo 47.1% ABV
4/20/2019	Ward	Glenfiddich Project XX #2 NAS 47% ABV Macallan Classic Cut NAS 51.2% ABV
5/18/2019	Crawford	Lagavulin 16yo 43% ABV Benrinnes (Sutherlands) 18yo 45.2% ABV
6/22/2019	Gray	Highland Park 12yo 40% ABV Glenfarclas 12yo 43% ABV
7/20/2019	Gwisdala	Glenmorangie Signet NAS 46% ABV Grangestone Highlands NAS 40% ABV
8/17/2019	Fitzgerald	Talisker Storm NAS 45.8% ABV Highland Park Valkyrie NAS 45.9 ABV
9/21/2019	Horn	Bladnoch 10yo 46.7% ABV Glenlivet 14yo Cognac Cask 40% ABV
10/19/2019	Simms	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
11/16/2019	Hartmann	Tobermory 10yo (Duncan Taylor) 53% ABV Aultmore 10yo (Duncan Taylor) 53% ABV
12/21/2019	Schmeling	Ardbeg An Oa NAS 46.6% ABV Balnellan 12yo 40% ABV
1/18/2020	Ward	Mortlach 12YO "The Wee Witchie" 43.4% ABV Mortlach 2008 by Signatory 10YO 46% ABV
2/22/2020	Burgdorf	Glen Scotia 15yo 46% ABV Tomatin NAS 57.5% ABV
3/21/2020		Corona Virus
4/18/2020		Corona Virus
5/16/2020	Simms	Aerstone Land Cask 40% ABV Bunnahabhain Stiuireadair 46.3% ABV
6/20/2020		Corona Virus
7/18/2020		Corona Virus
8/22/2020		Corona Virus
9/19/2020	Simms	Highland Park Twisted Tatoo 16yo 46.7% ABV Aberlour Casg Annamh NAS 48% ABV
10/17/2020	Simms	Longmorn (ADR) 11yo 58.1% ABV Auchroise (ADR) 10yo 56.9% ABV
11/21/2020	Langham	Creag Isle 12yo 46% ABV Glenglassough NAS 42.2% ABV
12/19/2020		Corona Virus
1/16/2021		Corona Virus
2/20/2021		Corona Virus
3/20/2021		Corona Virus
4/17/2021	Gray	Glenfiddich IPA NAS 43% ABV Auchentoshan American Oak NAS 40% ABV
5/22/2021	Crawford	Glenrothes 12yo Sherry Cask 40% ABV Dalmore 12yo Sherry Cask Select 43% ABV
6/19/2021	Fitzgerald	Lagavulin 8yo 48% ABV Auchroisk 10yo bottled by A.D. Rattray 56.9% ABV
7/17/2021	Nail	Tomintoul 12yo Port Cask Limited Edition 40% ABV Dalwhinnie 15yo 43% ABV
8/21/2021	Schmeling	Tomintoul Tlath NAS Glendronach 15yo Revival
9/18/2021	Simms	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
10/16/2021	Wernick	Tamdhu 15yo 43% ABV Oloroso Sherry Casks Glenmorangie The Cadboll Estate 15yo Batch No. 2
11/20/2021	Gwisdala	Glen Ness 18yo 40% ABV Oban Little Bay NAS 43% ABV
12/17/2021	Ward	Bunnahabain 12 yo 46.3% ABV Auchentushan Three Wood NAS 43% ABV
1/22/2022	Burgdorf	Glenfarclas 105 Cask Strength NAS 60% ABV Glendronach 15 Year Revival 15yo 43% ABV
2/19/2022	Crawford	Glen Fohdry 12yo Oak Cask 47.1% ABV Highland Park Cask Strength No. 2 NAS 63.9% ABV
3/19/2022	Fitzgerald	Glenlivet Illicit Still 12yo 48% ABV Balblair 12 yo 46% ABV
4/16/2022	Gray	Torabhaig Allt Gleann NAS 46% ABV Balvenie 14 Yr Caribbean Cask 43% ABV
5/21/2022	Gwisdala	Glengoyne 18yo 43% ABV Creag Isle 12yo 42.2% ABV
6/18/2022	Ward	The Macallan Double Cask 12yo 43% ABV Glenmorangie The Original 10yo 43% ABV
7/16/2022	Kobdish	Jura Journey NAS 40% ABV Shieldaig Oloroso Cask Finish NAS
8/20/2022	Nail	Glenmorangie 13 Year Cognac Finish 46% ABV Benriach The Smoky Twelve 12yo 46% ABV
9/17/2022	Simms	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
10/22/2022	Burgdorf	Lagavulan 16yo 43% ABV Highland Park 15yo Viking Heart 44% ABV
11/19/2022	Cook	Oban 14yo 43% ABV Singleton Of Glendullan 18yo 40% ABV
12/17/2022	Gray	Grangestone 12yo 43% ABV Lagavulin 11yo 46% ABV
1/21/2023	Gwisdala	Jura 21 Yr Tide 46.7% ABV Islay Gold 10yo 40% ABV
2/18/2023	Nail	Benriach 10yo 40% ABV Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10yo 50% ABV
3/18/2023	Kobdish	Glendronach Port Wood 10yo 46% ABV Loch Lomond 18yo 46% ABV
4/22/2023	Roy	anCnoc 12yo 43% ABV Berry’s Macduff 19yo 2002 cask strength 56.7% ABV
5/20/2023	Simms	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
6/17/2023	Ward	Aberfeldy 16yo 40% ABV Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 50% ABV
7/22/2023	Williams	Glen Fohdry 12yo Mizunara Oak Cask 47.1% ABV Lagavulin 16yo 43% ABV
8/19/2023	Gray	Bowmore 12yo 40% ABV Ardbeg Uigeadail 54.2% ABV
9/16/2023	Gwisdala	Isle of Raasay NAS (3yr) 700ml 61.9% ABV Aberfeldy 16yo 40% ABV
10/21/2023	Nail	Mortlach 16yo 43.4% ABV Glenfiddich Sherry Cask 12yo 43% ABV
11/18/2023	Hartmann	Bunnahabhain Stiuireadir NAS 46.3% ABV Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14 Year 46% ABV
12/16/2023	Kobdish	1933 Macleod's 15yo 40% ABV Tamdhu 12yo 43% ABV
1/20/2024	Moore	Glenglassaugh 12yo NAS Ardnamurchan Cask Strength 58.3 ABV
2/17/2024	Kobdish	Grangestone Bourbon Cask Finish NAS 40% ABV Lagavulin Distillers Edition NAS 43% ABV
3/16/2024	Ward	Alexander Murray Highland 10Yr Sherry Cask 46% ABV Battlehill Bunnahabhain 8Yr Peated 2014 Sherry 46% ABV
4/20/2024	Simms	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
5/18/2024	Morton	Glenmorangie A Tale Of Tokyo NAS 46%ABV Glenmorangie A Tale Of Forest Scotch NAS 46% ABV
6/22/2024	Gray	Singleton of Glendullan 15yo Sutherlands Inchgower Malt 17yo
7/20/2024	Moore	Glenglassaugh Sandend NAS 50.5% ABV Glenglassaugh Portsoy NAS 49.1% ABV
8/17/2024	Gwisdala	Isle of Skye 21yo 40% ABV Buchanan's Master NAS
9/21/2024	Hartmann	Tamnavulin Red Wine Cask Cabernet 40% ABV Grangestone 14yo PX Cask Finish 40% ABV
10/19/2024	Nail	Benromach 15yo 43% ABV Benromach Peat Smoke Sherry 2014
11/16/2024	Simms	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
12/20/2024	Morton	Spey River 12yo Highland Park 15yo Viking Heart 15yo
1/18/2025	Ward	Benriach 2010 Cask Edition No. 3683 700ml Glengoyne 15yo 750ml
2/22/2025	Roy	Smokehead Islay Invergordon 18Yr Single Grain
3/22/2025	Gray	Laphroaig Quarter Cask Single Malt Scotch Aberlour A'bunadh Single Malt Scotch
4/19/2025	Gwisdala	Tamnavulin Double Cask Islay Gold 12 Year Sherry Cask
5/17/2025	Hartmann	Alexander Murray Highland 14Yr Sherry Cask Ballantine's 17 Year
6/21/2025	Moore	Glen Grant 12yo Lindore's Abbey 12yo
7/19/2025	Kobdish	Bothan Lowland Sherry NAS Benromach 10Yr
8/16/2025	Nail	Balvenie Caribbean Cask 14yo 43% ABV The Glenlivet Caribbean Reserve NAS 40% ABV
9/20/2025	Ward	Bruichladdich Islay Barley The Glenturret Triple Wood 2024
10/18/2025	Simms	Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
11/22/2025	Gray	Alexander Murray Highland 12yo Grangestone Highland 14yo
12/20/2025	Roy	Bothan Lowland Single Malt Isle of Skye 25yo
1/17/2026	Morton	Kilchoman NAS Islay Glen Garioch (Geery) Highland 12yo
2/21/2026	Gwisdala	Highland Park Cask Strength Heather NAS Lagavulin 16yo
3/21/2026	Nail	Talisker Distillers Edition Glenfiddich 14 Year Old Bourbon Barrel
4/18/2026	Kobdish	Tamdhu Distinction Grangestone 18yo
5/16/2026	Gray	Glengoyne 15 Year Single Malt Scotch Balblair 12 Year Single Malt Scotch
6/20/2026	Gray	Linkwood 10yo Caol Ila
7/18/2026	Nail	Glenmorangie Harrison Ford Limited Edition Bladnoch 13yo
8/22/2026	Moore	Caol Ila 11yo Clan Denny 20yo
9/19/2026	Ward	Alexander Murray 18yr, Triple Cask, 46% ABV, 750ml The Glendronach Highland 18yr, 46.2% ABV, 700ml
10/17/2026	Simms
11/21/2026	Gray
12/19/2026	Gwisdala
1/16/2027	Kobdish
2/20/2027	Moore
3/20/2027	Morton
4/17/2027	Nail
5/22/2027	Roy
6/19/2027
7/17/2027
8/21/2027
9/18/2027
10/16/2027
11/20/2027
12/18/2027

Special Meetings

From time-to-time we will forgo our typical meeting to revisit some of our previous selections. This not only allows us to replenish our kitty, but is an opportunity to confirm (or not) our previous impressions. Instead of the usual two 2-ounce samples, we taste a flight of six 1-ounce samples. The experience more than justifies the challenge of the setup which is shown in the picture below.

Scotches Tasted (Updated 1/26/2026)

Scotch	Region	Paid 1	Date 1	Score 1	Paid 2	Date 2	Score 2	Paid 3	Date 3	Score 3	Paid 4	Date 4	Score 4
Aberfeldy 12yo	Highland	$28.88	8/21/2010	79.7
Aberfeldy 16yo	Highland	$99.99	6/17/2023	87.4	$99.99	9/16/2023	86.6
Aberfeldy 21yo	Highland	$55.93	4/21/2012	87.1
Aberlour a'bunadh Batch #21	Speyside	$52.98	4/18/2009	88.0
Aberlour A'bunadh 61.2% ABV	Speyside	$94.71	4/22/2017	88.7
Aberlour A'bunadh Oloroso Sherry Butts 60% ABV	Speyside	$83.72	5/19/2018	88.3
Aberlour 12yo Double Matured 40% ABV	Speyside	$61.99	7/21/2007	76.2	$44.99	11/21/2015	87.7	$50.92	4/22/2017	85.2	$45.57	5/19/2018	86.4
Aberlour 16yo	Speyside	$46.31	7/18/2009	84.0
Aberlour 18yo	Speyside	$78.48	2/19/2011	82.5
Aberlour Casg Annamh Small Batch 0001 NAS 48% ABV	Speyside	$64.99	3/16/2019	85.8	$64.99	9/19/2020	87.3
Aberlour A'bunadh Single Malt Scotch NAS	Speyside	$104.99	3/22/2025	84.0
Aerstone Land Cask 40% ABV	Speyside	$30.14	5/16/2020	No Score
Alexander Murray Highland 10yo 40% ABV	Highland	$44.99	3/16/2024	89.4
Alexander Murray Highland 14yo Sherry Cask	Highland	$69.99	5/17/2025	87.6
Alexander Murray Highland 12yo	Highland	$49.99	11/22/2025	85.0
Amrut Fusion (Indiia) 50% ABV NAS	India	$65.49	10/20/2018	86.4
anCnoc	Highland	$30.00	10/16/2010	73.3
anCnoc 12yo 43% ABV	Highland	$43.99	4/22/2023	?
Ardbeg 10 yo **	Islay	$56.99	12/21/2007	74.7
Ardbeg Corryvreckan NAS 57.1%	Islay	$96.29	5/22/2010	85.3
Ardbeg Uigeadail NAS 52.4%	Islay	$68.18	7/17/2010	85.7	$79.99	8/19/2023	83.2
Ardbeg An Oa NAS 46.6% ABV	Islay	$49.49	6/16/2018	86.3	$54.99	1/21/2019	86.6
Ardmore NAS	Highland	$37.33	12/19/2009	81.9
Ardnamurchan Cask Strength NAS 58.3% ABV	Highland	$83.99	1/20/2024	85.6
Arran 10yo Non-chill filtered	Highland (Island)	$43.06	9/19/2009	81.9
Arran 12yo Non-chill filtered C. S. 53.2% ABV	Highland (Island)	$47.99	5/16/2015	82.4
Arran 14yo Non-chill filtered	Highland (Island)	$53.91	3/19/2011	78.8	$46.69	8/18/2018	86.4
Arran 16yo Sherry 55.1% (Spec's Private Cask)	Highland (Island)	$70.09	1/20/2014	82.7
Arran 18yo Non-chill filtered	Highland (Island)	$94.74	12/17/2017	86.0
Arran Machrie Moore NAS	Highland	$56.42	11/19/2011	77.3
Arrans Amarone Cask Finish NAS 50% ABV	Highland	$57.99	9/16/2017	84.8
Auchentoshan Classic NAS	Lowland	$27.75	5/21/2011	78.2
Auchentoshan 3 Wood	Lowland	$51.83	12/20/2008	86.0	$69.99	12/17/2021	85.1
Auchentoshan 12yo	Lowland	$35.07	7/17/2010	85.3	$41.77	8/17/2013	x
Auchentoshan 15yo by Cadenhead (Small Batch) 53.4% ABV	Lowland	$79.54	8/20/2016	80.1
Auchentoshan 18yo	Lowland	$78.51	11/20/2010	85.3
Auchentoshan Octave 52.8% ABV	Lowland	$67.39	3/16/2013	87.4
Auchentaoshan Signatory 14yo 46% ABV	Lowland	$50.85	9/20/2014	83.1
Auchentoshan American Oak NAS 40% ABV	Lowland	$41.79	4/17/2021	85.5
Auchroise (ADR) 10yo 56.9% ABV	Speyside	$70.79	10/17/2020	82.1
Auchroisk 10yo A.D. Rattray 56.9% ABV	Speyside	$78.99	6/19/2021	83.7
Aultmore of the Foggy Moss 12yo 46% ABV	Speyside	$47.39	10/22/2016	80.4
Aultmore 10yo (Duncan Taylor) 53% ABV	Speyside	$62.49	11/16/2019	83.8
Ballantine's 17 Year Blend	Speyside	$99.99	5/17/2025	81.4
Balblair 2002 46% ABV	Highland	$53.99	9/17/2016	81.3
Balblair 12 yo 46% ABV	Highland	$58.99	3/19/2022	84.1
Balcones 53% ABV	Waco	$52.72	9/22/2012	80.5
Ballantruan, Old 10yo 50% ABV	Speyside	$59.99	3/21/2015	81.4	$59.99	1/16/2016	82.4
Balvenie Doublewood 12yo	Speyside	$44.95	9/22/2012	82.9	$47.82	10/17/2015	86.4
Balvenie Doublewood 12yo	Speyside	$48.99	6/30/2007	80.8
Balvenie 12yo single cask	Speyside	$65.09	11/16/2013	85.6
Balvenie 14yo Rum Cask Finish	Speyside	$51.15	12/17/2010	80.1	$61.47	2/18/2017	82.5	$74.99	4/23/2022	85.5
Balvenie 15yo	Speyside	$53.82	10/17/2009	86.2
Balvenie 17yo	Speyside	$103.29	6/18/2011	88.9
Balvenie 25yo	Speyside	$112.00	?	87.8
Balvenie Peat Week 14yo 48.3% ABV	Speyside	$81.79	8/18/2018	85.2
Balvenie Caribbean Cask 14yo	Speyside	$93.99	8/16/2025	87.1
Benriach 12yo Arumaticus Fumosus	Speyside	$54.54	2/18/2012	84.3
Benriach	Speyside	$58.00	6/28/2008	67.2
Benriach The Smoky Twelve 12yo 46% ABV	Speyside	$60.99	8/20/2022	85.8
Benriach 10yo	Speyside	$54.99	2/18/2023	85.3
Benriach 2010 Cask Edition 700ml	Speyside	$104.99	1/18/2025	89.5
Benrinnes (Sutherlands) 18yo 45.2% ABV	Speyside	$88.90	5/18/2019	85.7
Benromach 15yo 43% ABV	Speyside	$89.95	10/19/2024	87.3
Benromach Peat Smoke Sherry 2014	Speyside	$59.99	10/19/2024	86.6
Benromach 10Yr	Speyside	$49.99	7/19/2025
Bladnoch 10yo 46.7% ABV	Lowland	$42.99	9/21/2019	82.3
Bothan Lowland Sherry NAS	Lowland	$29.99	7/19/2025
Bothan Lowland Single Malt NAS	Lowland	$34.99	12/20/2025	85.0
Bowmore 12yo **	Islay	$44.91	10/20/2007	76.7	$69.99	8/19/2023	85.4
Bowmore 2001 13yo 57.5% ABV	Islay	$70.99	4/21/2018	83.3
Bowmore 15yo Darkest Sherry Cask Finish	Islay	$62.69	5/17/2014	81.1
Bowmore 15yo	Islay	$43.72	3/21/2009	85.2
Bowmore ADR 20yo	Islay	$127.04	6/16/2012	90.8
Bowmore by Signatory 13yo 46% ABV	Islay	$39.23	3/22/2014	78.1
Bruichladdich 15yo	Islay	$67.50	12/19/2009	84.0
Bruchladdich PC7 61% ABV	Islay	$74.61	5/18/2013	82.1
Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10yo	Islay	$69.99	2/18/2023	89.0
Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 50% ABV	Islay	$53.99	6/17/2023	82.8
Bruichladdich Islay Barley	Islay	$79.69	9/20/2025	86.2
Buchanan's Master NAS Blended	?	$41.99	8/17/2024	84.5
Bunnahabhain 12yo	Islay (North Shore)	$38.35	5/16/2009	78.4	$56.99	12/17/2021	82.6
Bunnahabhain 18yo	Islay (North Shore)	$81.98	6/18/2011	89.1
Bunnahabhain Ceobanach 10yo 46.3% ABV	Islay (North Shore)	$66.81	9/19/2015	84.4
Bunnahabhain Toiteach NAS 46% ABV	Islay (North Shore)	$62.99	6/16/2018	85.8
Bunnahabhain Stiuireadair 46.3% ABV	Islay (North Shore)	$32.98	5/16/2020	No Score
Bunnahabhain Stiuireadir NAS 46.3% ABV	Islay (North Shore)	$47.99	11/18/2023	88.3
Bunnahabhain Battlehill	Islay (North Shore)	$49.99	3/16/2024	82.8
Caol Ila 12yo	Islay	$48.06	12/20/2008	76.0
Cardhu	Speyside	$32.22	9/18/2010	79.1
Clynelish 14yo	Highland	$47.28	5/16/2009	80.4	$57.99	3/18/2017	82.6
Clynelish 1996 18yo Signatory bottled for Specs 55.2% ABV	Highland	$96.78	12/18/2015	86.8
Creag Isle 12yo 46% ABV	Islay	$38.99	11/21/2020	???
Creag Isle 12yo 42.2% ABV	Islay	$44.99	5/21/2022	85.6
Cragganmore 12yo **	Speyside	$47.82	10/20/2007	77.8
Cragganmore 1992	Speyside	$55.83	8/22/2009	86.6
Cragganmore 1998 13yo	Speyside	$62.27	6/22/2013	83.9
Craigellachie 11yo Connoisseur's Choice	Speyside	$48.80	8/17/2013	x
Craigellachie 11yo Connoisseur's Choice	Speyside	$51.99	12/16/2011	84.4
Craigellachie 13yo 46% ABV	Speyside	$52.99	1/19/2019	84.4
Dailuaine (Duncan Taylor) 14yo 46%	Speyside	$69.99	5/17/2014	80.0
Dalmore 12yo**	Highland	$29.99	8/18/2007	74.0	$45.99	2/20/2016	82.7
Dalmore Cigar Malt **	Highland	$25.95	7/19/2008	81.8
Dalmore 15yo	Highland	$66.19	5/21/2011	85.2
Dalmore 21yo	Highland	$85.00	?	81.8
Dalmore 1990 Signatory 19yo	Highland	$58.68	5/19/2012	84.8
Dalmore Gran Reserve	Highland	$54.55	9/21/2013	79.9
Dalmore 12yo Sherry Cask Select 43% ABV	Highland	$79.99	5/22/2021	87.5
Dalwhinnie 15yo	Highland	$52.00	5/17/2008	81.2
Dalwhinnie 15yo Sherry Cask 43% ABV	Highland	$71.99	7/17/2021	85.0
Deanston 12yo	Highland	$36.99	8/16/2008	75.8
Deanston Virgin NAS 46.3% ABV	Highland	$24.99	5/20/2017	81.5
(The) Deveron (McDuff Distillery) 12yo 40% ABV	Highland	$44.99	1/19/2019	83.7
Edradour 8yo 46% ABV (Specs)	Highland	$63.41	11/22/2014	78.9
Edradour 10yo	Highland	$58.12	2/20/2010	82.0
Edradour 10yo Single Cask 46%	Highland	$49.40	4/19/2014	74.7
Edradour Ballechin 12yo, Single Bourbon Cask, Heavily Peated Highland Malt, 46% ABV	Highland	$74.79	7/22/2017	84.6
Fettercairn 1995 16yo 43% ABV Cask 43 Btl 86	Highland	$52.96	7/16/2012	74.2
Glen Elgin 19yo Duncan Taylor 53.6%	Speyside	$47.63	12/20/2013	84.3
Glen Fohdry 21yo 47.1% ABV	Speyside	$74.99	3/16/2019	85.4
Glen Fohdry 12yo Oak Cask	Speyside	$59.99	2/19/2022	83.6
Glen Fohdry 12yo Mizunara Oak Cask 47.1% ABV	Speyside	$69.99	7/22/2023	86.0
Glen Grant 10yo	Speyside	$31.90	10/20/2012	80.3
Glen Grant 16yo	Speyside	$62.21	3/20/2010	86.1
Glen Grant 12yo	Speyside	$53.26	6/21/2025	82.4
Glen Garioch	Highland	$44.44	1/22/2011	76.4
Glen Kirk 8yo 40% ABV	Speyside	$19.42	1/17/2015	76.8
Glen Moray 16	Speyside	$58.50	4/21/2012	82.6
Glen Moray 15yo 40% ABV	Speyside	$49.99	8/19/2017	83.3
Glen Moray 18yo 47.2% ABV	Speyside	$71.49	3/17/2018	87.0
Glen Moray Elgin Peated Classic NAS 40% ABV	Speyside	$24.99	10/21/2017	85.0
Glen Moray Classic Port Cask NAS 40% ABV	Speyside	$22.09	11/17/2018	82.5
Glen Ness 18yo 40% ABV	Highland	$76.99	11/20/2021	86.0
Glen Scotia NAS 46% ABV	Campbeltown	$46.94	8/20/2016	86.3
Glen Scotia 15yo 46% ABV	Campbeltown	$69.99	5/20/2017	86.5
Glen Scotia 15yo 46% ABV	Campbeltown	$57.74	2/22/2020	85.9
Glenallachie Signatory	Speyside	$39.00	6/28/2008	77.7
Glenburgie 1995 (Signatory) 19yo 46% ABV	Speyside	$64.62	8/22/2015	86.8
Glenburgie 6 yo by Lonach 46% ABV	Speyside	$35.21	12/18/2015	84.3
Glencadam 15yo	Highland	$41.91	11/19/2011	80.0
Glendarroch (aka Glenfarclas) 42yo	Speyside	$92.77	7/20/2013	83.3
Glendronach 15yo Revival	Highland	$72.99	2/18/2012	83.9	$89.99	8/21/2021	87.2	$89.99	1/22/2022	88.9
Glendronach Port Wood 10yo 46% ABV	Highland	$95.99	3/18/2023	85.6
Glenfarclas 12yo 43% ABV **(aka Glenfarclas)	Highland	$47.00	4/19/2008	88.8	$39.99	4/18/2009
Glenfarclas 105 NAS	Speyside	$73.31	10/20/2012	86.9	$89.99	1/22/2022	85.3
Glenfarclas 12yo **	Speyside	$53.99	12/21/2007	78.8	$41.37	2/18/2017	84.3	$44.97	6/22/2019	86.3
Glenfarclas 17yo	Speyside	$91.78	6/22/2013	83.8
Glenfiddich 12yo	Speyside	$42.95	5/17/2008	-----
Glenfiddich 14yo	Speyside	$44.99	3/19/2016	86.4	$49.99	3/18/2017	85.1
Glenfiddich 15yo	Speyside	$37.15	3/21/2009	86.1
Glenfiddich 18yo	Speyside	$62.84	7/18/2009	86.7
Glenfiddich Sherry Cask 12yo 43% ABV	Speyside	$49.99	10/21/2023	88.3
Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix	Speyside	$75.00	9/17/2011	82.4
Glenfiddich Malt Masters	Speyside	$63.88	11/17/2012	83.9
Glenfiddich Project XX #2 NAS 47% ABV	Speyside	$69.99	4/20/2019	86.9
Glenfiddich IPA NAS 43% ABV	Speyside	$56.69	4/17/2021	84.6
Glenglassough NAS 42.2% ABV	Highland	$49.99	11/21/2020	???
Glenglassough 12yo 45% ABV	Highland	$60.73	1/20/2024	88.3
Glenglassaugh Sandend NAS 50.5% ABV	Highland	$64.29	7/20/2024	82.9
Glenglassaugh Portsoy NAS 49.1% ABV	Highland	$70.29	7/20/2024	85.5
Glengoyne 12yo	Highland	$45.99	9/22/2007	-----
Glengoyne 18yo 43% ABV	Highland	$149.99	4/22/2023
Glengoyne	Highland	$89.99	1/18/2025	87.5
Glenkinchie 12yo	Lowland	$50.67	1/22/2011	83.0
Glenkinchie 13yo Distiller's Edition	Lowland	$50.67	9/17/2011	80.8
Glenlivet 2006 10yo 46% ABV	Speyside	$53.49	4/21/2018	86.6
Glenlivet 12yo	Speyside	$35.99	9/22/2007	-----
Glenlivet 15yo French oak finish	Speyside	$40.88	1/16/2010	82.3
Glenlivet 16yo, Nadurra 57.6% abv	Speyside	$49.11	12/17/2010	78.0
Glenlivet 17yo, Nadurra Triumph 48.0% abv	Speyside	$66.81	6/22/2013	81.4
Glenlivet Nadurra NAS Peated C.S. 61.5% ABV	Speyside	$69.99	1/16/2016	83.0
Glenlivet 18yo	Speyside	$73.74	7/16/2011	85.3
Glenlivet Guardians Chapter NAS 48.7% ABV	Speyside	$61.41	9/20/2014	83.7
Glenlivet 14yo Cognac Cask 40% ABV	Speyside	$45.26	9/21/2019	86.0
Glenlivet Illicit Still 12yo 48% ABV	Speyside	$62.99	3/19/2022	86.0
Glenlivet Caribbean Reserve NAS	Speyside	$41.99	8/16/2025
Smith's Glenlivet 21yo	Speyside	$102.99	12/16/2011	84.4
Glenmorangie Original 10yo	Speyside	$35.99	6/18/2022	83.5
Glenmorangie 12yo port wine finish **	Highland	$59.99	7/21/2007	74.9
Glenmorangie Astar NAS (9/10) 57.1% ABV	Highland	$70.00	10/22/2011	82.5
Glenmorangie Nectar D'or 12yo (Sauterne Wood)	Highland	$59.00	11/22/2008	85.0
Glenmorangie Lasante 12yo (Sherry Wood)	Highland	$50.67	11/22/2008	85.0
Glenmorangie 18yo	Highland	$71.67	2/19/2011	84.1
Glenmorangie 18yo Rare	Highland	$71.66	11/16/2013	81.3	$89.99	12/16/2017	88.1
Glenmorangie Finealta	Highland	$71.59	3/19/2011	83.4
Glenmorangie Artein 15yo	Highland	$67.38	8/18/2012	84.7
Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 12yo	Highland	$34.87	8/18/2012	83.5	$41.90	11/21/2015	85.1
Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14 Year 46% ABV	Highland	$54.99	11/18/2023	86.4
Glenmorangie Signet NAS 46% ABV	Highland	$179.99	7/20/2019	92.6
Glenmorangie The Cadboll Estate 15yo Batch No. 2	Highland	$89.99	10/16/2021	84.0
Glenmorangie 13 Year Cognac Finish 46% ABV	Highland	$89.99	8/20/2022	80.7
Glenmorangie A Tale Of Tokyo NAS 46%ABV	Highland	$99.99	5/18/2024
Glenmorangie A Tale Of Forest Scotch NAS 46% ABV	Highland	$98.99	5/18/2024
Glenrothes Select **	Speyside	$43.99	10/21/2007	80.1
Glenrothes 1994 15yo	Speyside	$59.94	9/18/2010	82.0
Glenrothes 1998 10yo	Speyside	$39.92	11/17/2012	79.0
Glenrothes (Signatory) 1999 15yo 46% ABV	Speyside	$59.99	9/19/2015	81.4
Glenrothes 18yo Alexander Murray	Speyside	$36.24	2/16/2013	81.9
Glenrothes 22yo A.D. Rattray	Speyside	$68.88	12/20/2013	86.3
Glenrothes by Signatory 16yo 46% ABV	Speyside	$59.99	9/16/2017	83.1
Glenrothes 12yo Sherry Cask 40% ABV	Speyside	$50.99	5/22/2021	86.9
Glenturret Triple Wood 2024	Highland	$68.99	9/20/2025	89.2
Grangestone Bourbon Cask NAS 40%	Highland	$28.99	10/20/2018	85.0	$32.99	2/17/2024
Grangestone 8yo Rum Cask 40% ABV	Highland	$28.99	1/21/2017	83.8
Grangestone 21yo 40% ABV	Highland	$82.99	1/21/2017	86.8
Grangestone Highlands NAS 40% ABV	Highland	$21.59	7/20/2019	80.2
Grangestone 12yo 43% ABV	Highland	$34.99	12/17/2023	84.7
Grangestone 14yo PX Cask Finish 40% ABV	Highland	$54.99	9/21/2024	85.1
Grangestone Highland Sherry PK Finish 14yo	Highland	$49.99	11/22/2025	86.2
Hazelburn 12yo 46% ABV	Campbeltown	$77.92	10/18/2014	79.4
Highland Park 12yo 40% ABV **	Highland	$36.99	3/22/2008	87.3	$35.49	10/17/2015	87.2	$36.99	6/18/2016	85.8	$36.97	6/22/2019	83.1
Highland Park 18yo	Highland	$67.99	3/22/2008	90.2
Highland Park 11yo Single Cask 59.6% ABV	Highland	$51.77	8/21/2010	86.1
Highland Park Signatory 20 yo	Highland	$97.67	6/16/2012	87.3
Highland Park Valkyrie NAS 45.9 ABV	Highland	$72.99	8/17/2019	85.1
Highland Park Twisted Tatoo 16yo 46.7% ABV	Highland	$87.99	9/19/2020	84.1
Highland Park Cask Strength No. 2	Highland	$89.99	2/19/2022	87.5
Highland Park 15 Year Viking Heart	Highland	$104.99	10/22/2022	85.3	$116.79	12/20/2024
Highland Queen 16yo	Highland	$49.99	1/19/2013	84.3
Islay Gold	Islay	$39.99	1/21/2023	85.6
Islay Gold 12 Year Sherry Cask	Islay	$79.99	4/26/2025	87.2
Isle of Sky 21yo 40% ABV	Islay	$89.99	8/17/2024	86.4
Isle of Skye 25yo Blended	Islay	$159.99	12/20/2025	87.5
Imperial by Duncan Taylor 17yo 53.5%	Speyside	$106.24	3/22/2014	87.8
Imperial (Signatory) 18yo 46% ABV	Speyside	$59.95	6/21/2014	80.3
Imperial (Signatory) 18yo 52.7% ABV	Speyside	$78.03	12/19/2014	81.3
Inchmurrin 12yo 46% ABV	Highland	$57.29	11/19/2016	83.9
Inchgower Malt 17yo by Sutherlands	Speyside	$62.99	6/22/2024	86.7
Invergordon 18Yr Single Grain	Highland	$99.99	2/22/2025
Jura, Isle of, Origin 10yo	Highland	$39.99	3/21/2015	84.6
Jura, Isle of, Superstition	Highland	$42.90	9/21/2013	82.4
Jura, Isle of 16yo	Highland (Island)	$38.33	10/17/2009	78.7
Jura Prophecy NAS	Highland (Island)	$61.14	2/16/2013	78.7
Jura by Duncan Taylor 18yo	Highland (Island)	$71.02	7/20/2013	81.3
Jura Journey Scotch NAS 40% ABV	Highland (Island)	$34.99	7/16/2022	81.8
Jura Tide 21yo	Highland (Island)	$196.99	1/21/2023	89.1
Kilchoman Islay Sherry Cask NAS 46% ABV	Islay	$69.79	4/18/2015	83.0
Kilchoman 5yo Single Cask 60.5%	Islay	$77.90	2/22/2014	84.6
Kilchoman Sanaig NAS (4-5yo) 46% ABV	Islay	$49.99	7/16/2016	81.7
Kilkerran	Campbeltown	$52.85	1/20/2014	81.7	$59.99	7/19/2014	78.3
Ladaig 10yo Torbermory Distillery Isle of Mull	Highland (Island)	$44.36	1/21/2012	83.0
Lagavulin 12yo Cask Strength 55.1% ABV	Islay	$69.72	2/22/2014	84.9
Lagavulin 16yo 43% ABV (1)	Islay	$69.17	7/19/2008	91.1	$87.39	12/17/2016	89.6	$77.12	5/18/2019	91.1	$103.99	10/22/2022	90.3
Lagavulin 16yo 43% ABV (2)	Islay	$89.99	7/22/2023	93.3
Lagavulin 17yo Double Matured	Islay	$78.89	11/21/2009	89.6
Lagavulin 8yo 48% ABV	Islay	$66.99	6/19/2021	82.9
Lagavulin 11 Offerman 46% ABV	Islay	$91.99	12/17/2022	86.1
Lagavulin Distillers Edition NAS 43% ABV	Islay	$114.99	2/17/2024
Laphroaig 10yo C.S.	Islay	$41.99	10/25/2008	88.0
Laphroaig 15yo	Islay	$56.60	8/22/2009	85.2
Laphroaig Quarter Cask NAS	Islay	$48.66	3/20/2010	81.2
Laphroaig 18yo	Islay	$55.45	11/20/2010	83.0
Laphroaig Cairdeas NAS 57.2% ABV	Islay	$71.07	3/17/2018	87.5
Laphroaig Quarter Cask NAS	Islay	$80.99	3/22/2025	84.0
Lindore's Abbey 12yo	Lowland	$57.88	6/21/2025	85.7
Lismore	Speyside	$23.00	10/16/2010	81.9
Lismore 18yo 43% ABV	Speyside	$51.99	9/17/2016	80.3
Loch Lomond 12yo 46% ABV	Highland	$54.84	10/22/2016	81.3	$54.84	11/19/2016	81.0
Loch Lomond 18yo 46% ABV	Highland	$88.99	3/18/2023	87.1
Longmorn Distiller's Reserve	Speyside	$69.99	1/21/2012	81.3
Longmorn (Signatory) 17yo 46% ABV	Speyside	$61.01	6/21/2014	80.7
Longmorn (ADR) 11yo 58.1% ABV	Speyside	$84.99	10/17/2020	84.9
Longrow Peated NAS 46%	Campbeltown	$49.99	7/19/2014	80.3
Macallan 10yo	Speyside	$32.62	2/20/2010	82.2	$46.12	2/17/2018	80.1
Macallan 12yo	Speyside	$38.99	2/16/2008	86.0	$47.99	3/19/2016	85.9
Macallan 15yo	Speyside	$64.99	8/16/2008	87.0
Macallan C.S. **	Speyside	$52.99	2/16/2008	88.8
Macallan 12yo Double Cask 43% ABV	Speyside	$59.47	12/16/2016	87.1	$62.99	6/18/2022	83.6
Macallan Classic Cut NAS 51.2% ABV	Speyside	$89.99	4/20/2019	87.6
Macduff (Berry's) 19yo 56.7 ABV	Highland	$149.99	4/22/2023	?
Macleod's, 1933, 15yo 40% ABV	Unknown	$99.99	12/15/2023	86.6
Mortlach 16yo 43.4% ABV	Speyside	$107.99	10/21/2023	90.5
Mortlach 16yo Alexander Murray	Speyside	$23.00	1/19/2013	85.4
Mortlach 22yo Alexander Murray	Speyside	$58.33	4/20/2013	86.1
Mortlach Battle Hill 14yo 46% ABV	Speyside	$59.65	6/20/2015	80.0
Mortlach 12YO "The Wee Witchie" 43.4% ABV	Speyside	$47.60	1/18/2020	88.2
Mortlach 2008 by Signatory 10YO 46% ABV	Speyside	$53.00	1/18/2020	85.8
Oban 14yo	Highland	$63.44	8/20/2011	84.3	$87.99	11/19/2022
Oban Little Bay NAS 43% ABV	Highland	$74.99	11/20/2021	85.8
Old Pulteney	Highland	$28.89	1/17/2009	80.8
Pebble Beach	Speyside	$70.99	8/20/2011	83.1
Port Askaig (Caol Ila?) 55% ABV	Islay	$59.84	10/21/2017	84.6
Raasay, Isle of, NAS (3yr) 700ml 61.9% ABV	Highland (Island)	$99.99	9/16/2023	83.2
Royal Brackla 15yo 40.6% ABV	Highland	$79.99	7/16/2016	83.3
Royal Brackla (ADR) 15yo 40.6% ABV	Highland	$70.99	11/17/2018	82.6
Scapa 16yo	Speyside	$52.00	10/22/2011	81.4
Shieldaig NAS 40% ABV	Highland (Island)	$17.56	1/17/2015	81.0
Shieldaig 18yo 40% ABV	Highland (Island)	$42.99	6/20/2015	83.4
Shieldaig Oloroso Cask Finish NAS 43% ABV	Highland (Island)	$52.99	7/16/2022	84.8
Singleton of Glendullan 18yo	Highland (Island)	$92.99	11/19/2022	88.6
Singleton 15yo 40% ABV	Speyside	$44.99	8/19/2017	83.7	$40.04	7/21/2018	No Score	$61.74	6/22/2024
Singleton of Glendullan 12yo	Speyside	$31.11	11/21/2009	87.3	$30.32	7/21/2018	No Score
Singleton Auchroisk by ADR 54% ABV	Speyside	$69.20	3/16/2013	82.6
Smokehead NAS 43% ABV	Islay	$49.99	4/16/2016	79.8
Smokehead NAS 43% ABV	Islay	$39.99	2/22/2025	89.4
Smokey Joe NAS 46% ABV	Islay	$34.99	4/16/2016	81.0
Speyburn 10yo	Speyside	$22.99	11/16/2007	82.0
Spey River 12yo	Speyside	$44.99	12/20/2024
Springbank 10yo	Campbeltown	$51.63	2/21/2009	77.6	$39.99	9/19/2015	80.6	$39.99	6/16/2016	80.6
Springbank 12yo 56.1% ABV	Campbeltown	$80.99	5/22/2010	86.5
Springbank 12yo 52.7% ABV	Campbeltown	$78.73	5/18/2013	78.9
Springbank 9yo 54.7% ABV	Campbeltown	$68.78	12/19/2014	83.0
Strathisla 12yo	Speyside	$35.55	1/17/2009	83.3
Stronachie 12yo 43% ABV	Highland	$37.09	7/16/2012	76.0
Talisker 10 yo	Highland	$52.00	10/25/2008	87.0
Talisker 12 yo Distiller's Edition	Highland	$66.72	9/19/2009	86.6
Talisker Storm NAS 45.8% ABV	Highland	$54.99	8/17/2019	81.4
Tamdhu 10 yo Shery Cask 43% ABV	Speyside	$43.94	7/22/2017	80.8
Tamdu NAS, Batch Strength, Sherry Cask, Batch No. 2, 58.5% ABV	Speyside	$69.99	7/22/2017	84.0
Tamdhu 12yo 43% ABV	Speyside	$67.99	12/15/2023	85.7
Tamdhu 15yo 43% ABV Oloroso Sherry Casks	Speyside	$109.99	10/16/2021	85.0
Tamnavulin Red Wine Cask Cabernet	Speyside	$39.99	9/21/2024	86.4
Tamnavulin Double Cask Single Malt Whisky	Speyside	$31.99	4/26/2025	85.8
Tobermory 10yo Isle of Mull 46.3% ABV	Highland (Island)	$45.99	4/18/2015	81.1
Tobermory 10yo (Duncan Taylor) 53% ABV	Highland (Island)	$55.49	11/16/2019	82.4
Tomatin 12yo	Highland	$23.99	8/18/2007	73.0	$26.99	2/20/2016	84.0
Tomatin 15yo	Highland	$57.49	5/16/2015	79.6
Tomatin 18yo	Highland	$58.74	7/16/2011	80.3
Tomatin NAS 57.5% ABV	Highland	$52.55	2/22/2020	83.8
Tomintoul 10yo 40% ABV	Speyside	$35.81	2/17/2018	80.3
Tomintoul 12yo 40% ABV	Speyside	$62.52	11/22/2014	81.6
Tomintoul 16yo	Speyside	$44.94	1/16/2010	79.3
Tomintoul 12yo Port Cask Limited Edition 40% ABV	Speyside	$81.99	7/17/2021	84.3
Tomintoul Tlath NAS	Speyside	$31.99	8/21/2021	85.4
Torabhaig Allt Gleann NAS 46% ABV	Island	$65.99	4/23/2022	82.8
Tormore 18yo (Signatory) 43% ABV	Speyside	$56.72	10/18/2014	82.4
Tullibardine 18yo	Highland	$58.55	5/19/2012	82.5
Yamazaki 12yo	Japan	$30.44	2/21/2009	70.0
Total	Scotland (mostly)	$20,173.24		83.8	$2,116.78		84.6	$476.71		86.2	$186.53
Total with Tax		$21,837.53			$2,291.41			$516.04			$201.92

What Is Single Malt Scotch and How Is It Made?

(Much of the following information is derived from Wikipedia, although it has been edited to provide further detail)

Single Malt Scotch is a type of single malt whisky, distilled by a single distillery in a pot still, using malted barley as the only grain ingredient, in Scotland. As with any Scotch whisky, a Single Malt Scotch must be distilled in Scotland and matured in oak casks in Scotland for at least three years (most single malts are matured for longer).

• "Single" indicates that all the malts in the bottle come from a single distillery. Multi-distillery malts are usually called "blended malt", "vatted malt" or "pure malt".
• "Malt" indicates that the whisky is distilled from a single "malted" grain. Not all grains can be malted (rye is another grain which can be malted) but in the case of single malt Scotch, barley is always the grain used.

Production

All single malt Scotch goes through a similar batch production process, as outlined below. At bottling time various batches are mixed together or vatted to achieve consistent flavours from one bottling run to the next. Even so, some variation does occur, both intentionally and due to inexperience, and as such some distilleries will be better at creating consistent expressions than others. Also, distillers (both independent and official) may choose to change expressions in any way to attract more or a different kind of buyer. On the other hand, distillers might also choose to make batch variation into an asset, such as Edradour — which at the time was too small to maintain batch consistency — did after it was taken over by a new owner in 2002.

Water: Water is used in all phases of the production of whisky. It is added to the barley to promote germination, it is mixed with ground barley grist to create a mash and it is used to dilute most whisky before maturation and once again before bottling. Most distilleries use different water sources in the various steps. Most new-make malt whisky is diluted to about 63.5% before it is placed in casks to mature. These days, many distilleries are using distilled water for diluting whisky before it is casked as well as for diluting the whisky to bottling strength (40–46% Alcohol by Volume (ABV)) after maturation. Others, like Jura or Bruichladdich, use water from local burns or springs to dilute new-make before it is casked. Much new-make whisky is shipped in tanker trucks to central warehouses where local tap water is used to dilute it before casking, and again at bottling time. Since huge amounts of water are used during the process of whisky production, water supplies are a key factor for the location of any distillery.

Malting: Barley, yeast and water are the only ingredients required in the production of single malt Scotch. The barley used to make the whisky is "malted" by soaking the grain in water for 2–3 days and then allowing it to germinate to produce the necessary enzymes required to convert starch into fermentable sugars. Traditionally each distillery had its own malting floor where the germinating seeds were regularly turned. Most of the distilleries use commercial "maltsters" who prepare each distillery's malt to exact specifications, but the "pagoda roof" (many now false) which ventilated the malting floor can be seen at nearly every distillery. The germination is halted (by heating) after 3–5 days, before the starch begins to be converted into the fermentable sugars. The method for drying the germinated barley is by heating it with hot air produced by an oil, coal or even electric heat source. In most cases, some level of peat smoke is introduced to the kiln to add phenols, a smoky aroma and flavour to the whisky. Some of the more intensely smoky malts from Islay have phenol levels between 25 and 50 parts per million (ppm). The three smokiest/peatiest malts, in order of phenol concentration, are Ardbeg, Laphroaig (la-froyg) and Lagavulin (lagga-voolin), all from Islay. More subtle malts can have phenol levels of around 2–3 ppm.

Mashing: The malt is milled into a coarse flour (grist), and added to hot water to activate the enzymes which will convert starches to fermentable sugars. Long starch chains are broken into glucose, maltose, and maltriose, which yeast is able to ferment. The extraction is done in a large kettle (usually made of stainless steel) called a mash tun. At first, the hot water activates the enzymes by providing an optimal temperature for activity in the grist. The enzymes act on the starch to convert it into sugar, and producing a sugary liquid called wort.

Fermentation: Yeast is used to ferment malted barley in washbacks.Yeast is added to the wort in a large vessel (often tens of thousands of litres) called a washback. Washbacks are commonly made of Oregon Pine or stainless steel. The yeast feeds on the sugars and as a by-product produces both carbon dioxide and alcohol; this process is called fermentation and can take up to three days to complete. When complete, the liquid has an alcohol content of 5 to 7% by volume, and is now known as wash. Up until this point the process has been quite similar to the production of beer.

Distillation: The wash, 5%–7% alcohol, is distilled in copper pot stills, eventually boosting the alcohol content to 60%–80%. To start, the wash is pumped into a copper pot still, known as the wash still, to be distilled. The wash is heated, boiling off the alcohol, which has a lower boiling point than water; the vapour is collected in a condenser which has been submerged in cool water. The lower temperatures cause the vapour to condense back into a liquid form. This spirit, known as low wine, has an alcohol content of about 20 to 40%. The low wines are then pumped into a second pot still, known as the spirit still, and distilled a second, (and in the case of Lowlander, Auchentoshan, a third) time. The final spirit, called new make spirit, generally has an alcohol content of 60 to 80%. Much of the body, or mouth feel, of the final whisky is believed to come from the size and shape of the stills used in its production. When a still wears out and has to be replaced, or when a distillery decides to expand the number of stills it operates, precise measurements of the existing stills are taken to ensure the new stills are reproduced exactly like the old. There are urban legends (mostly untrue) of master distillers having dents placed in brand new stills so that they matched those in the old still. Another urban legend states that one distiller refuses to allow the cobwebs to be cleaned off his stills for fear of altering the whisky.

Maturation: The "new-make spirit", or unaged whisky, is then placed in oak casks to mature. By law, all Scotch whisky must be aged for a minimum of three years in oak casks in Scotland; though many single malts are matured for much longer. The whisky continues to develop and change as it spends time in the wood, and maturation periods of twenty years or more are not uncommon. Each year spent in the wood decreases the alcohol content of the whisky. The lost volume from evaporation is known as the angel's share. The selection of casks has a profound effect on the character of the final whisky. Single malt Scotch is too delicate to be aged in new oak casks, as new oak would overpower the whisky with tannin and vanillin, making it overly astringent. Thus used casks are needed. The most common source of casks is American whiskey producers, as U.S. laws require that bourbon and Tennessee whiskey be aged in new oak casks. Bourbon casks impart a characteristic vanilla flavour to the whisky. An important minority of whisky maturation occurs in sherry casks. This practice arose because sherry used to be shipped to Britain from Spain in the cask rather than having been bottled, and the casks were expensive to return empty and were unwanted by the sherry cellars. Sherry casks are more expensive than bourbon casks, and account for only seven percent of all casks imported for whisky maturation. In addition to imparting the flavours of their former contents, sherry casks lend maturing spirit a heavier body and a deep amber colour. For this reason, single malt Scotches that have been matured in sherry casks are especially prized by blenders, as they give a blend a roundness and richness. Stainless steel shipping containers, however, have reduced the supply of wooden sherry casks, to the extent that the Macallan Distillery builds casks and leases them to the sherry cellars in Spain for a time, then has them shipped back to Scotland. Other casks used include those that formerly held port wine and madeira, while experiments with used red wine, rum and cognac casks are being performed.

Bottling: To be called a single malt Scotch, a bottle may only contain whisky distilled from malted barley produced at a single distillery. If the bottle is the product of single malt whiskies produced at more than one distillery, the whisky is called a vatted malt, or a blended malt. If the single malt is mixed with grain whisky, the result is a blended Scotch whisky. Single malts can be bottled by the distillery that produced them or by an Independent Bottler. The age statement on a bottle of single malt Scotch is the age of the youngest malt in the mix, as commonly the whiskies of several years are mixed together in a vat to create a more consistent house style. On occasion the product of a single cask of whisky is bottled and released as a "Single Cask." While "cask-strength", or undiluted, whisky (often having an alcohol content as high as 60%) has recently become popular, the vast majority of whisky is diluted to its "bottling strength" — between 40% and 46% ABV — and bottled for sale. It should also be noted that for whisky, unlike wine, the maturation process does not continue in the bottle. Independent bottlers, such as Gordon & MacPhail, Murray McDavid, Signatory, Hart Brothers, and Cadenhead, buy casks of single malts and either bottle them immediately or store them for future use. Many of the independents began as stores and merchants who bought the whisky in bulk and bottled it for individual sales. Many distilleries do not bottle their whisky as a single malt, so independent bottlings are the only way the single malt gets to market. The bottling process is generally the same, but independents generally do not have access to the distillery's water source, so another source is used to dilute the whisky. Additionally, independents are generally less concerned with maintaining a particular style, so more single year and single cask bottlings are produced.

History

Distillation of whisky has been performed in Scotland for centuries. The earliest written record of whisky production in Scotland from malted barley is an entry on the 1494 Exchequer Rolls, which reads "Eight bolls of malt to Friar John Cor, by order of the King, wherewith to make aqua vitae." In the following centuries, the various governments of Scotland began taxing the production of whisky, to the point that most of the spirit was produced illegally. However, in 1823, Parliament passed an act making commercial distillation much more profitable, while imposing punishments on landowners when unlicensed distilleries were found on their properties. George Smith was the first person to take out a license for a distillery under the new law, founding the Glenlivet Distillery in 1824. In the 1830s, Aeneas Coffey refined a design originally created by Robert Stein for a continuous still which produced whisky much more efficiently than the traditional pot stills, but with much less flavour. Quickly, merchants began blending the malt whisky with the grain whisky distilled in the continuous stills, making the first blended Scotch whisky. The blended Scotch proved quite successful, less expensive to produce than malt with more flavour and character than grain. The combination allowed the single malt producers to expand their operations as the blended whisky was more popular on the international market. As of 2004, over 90% of the single malt Scotch produced is used to make blended Scotch. Most distilleries in Scotland are not owned by Scots. The Japanese beverage company Suntory owns Morrison-Bowmore, while other international companies, such as LVMH & Pernod-Ricard (France), and Diageo (England), own the majority of distilleries. The largest distiller to remain under Scottish ownership is William Grant & Sons, owned by the Grant family, with headquarters in Motherwell, Scotland. Other distilleries owned by Scottish companies/families are Glenfarclas, Bruichladdich, and Bunnahabhain.

Regions

Scotland was traditionally divided into four regions:  Highlands, Lowland, Islay and Campbeltown.  Speyside, which encompasses the Spey River valley in north-east Scotland, once considered part of the Highlands, has the most (51) of the total number of distilleries (132) in Scotland.  It is now considered a separate region.  Campbeltown was removed as a region several years ago, but was later re-instated as a recognized production region. The Island region was considered part of the Highlands, but have now been recognized as a separate region by the Scotch Whisky Association.  As shown on the map and the chart below, there are now six Scotch distillation regions.

Distilleries By Region (2022)

	Speyside	Highland	Lowland	Island	Islay	Campbeltown
1	Aberlour	Aberfeldy	Aberargie	Abhainn Dearg	Ardbeg	Glengyle
2	Allt-A-Bhainne	Arbikie	Ailsa Bay	Arran	Ardnahoe	Glen Scotia
3	Auchroisk	Ardmore	Annandale	Barra	Bowmore	Springbank
4	Aultmore	Ardnamurchan	Auchentoshan	Harris	Bruichladdich
5	Ballindalloch	Balblair	Bladnoch	Highland Park	Bunnahabhain
6	Balmenach	Ben Nevis	Borders	Jura	Caol Ila
7	Balvenie	Blair Athol	Clydeside	Kimbland	Kilchoman
8	BenRiach	Royal Brackla	Daftmill	Lagg	Lagavulin
9	Benrinnes	BrewDog	Eden Mill	Raasay	Laphroaig
10	Benromach	Brora	Falkirk	Scapa
11	Braeval	Burn O'Bennie	Glasgow	Talisker
12	Cardhu	Clynelish	Glenkinchie	Tobermory
13	Cragganmore	Dalmore	Holyrood	Torabhaig
14	Craigellachie	Deanston	Inchdairnie
15	Dailuaine	Dornoch	Kingsbarns
16	Dalmunach	Edradour	Leven
17	Dalwhinnie	Fettercairn	Lindores Abbey
18	Dufftown	Glencadam	Lochlea
19	Glenallachie	Glendronach
20	Glenburgie	Glen Garioch
21	Glendullan	Glenglassaugh
22	Glen Elgin	Glengoyne
23	Glenfarclas	Glenmorangie
24	Glenfiddich	Glen Ord
25	Glen Grant	Glenturret
26	Glen Keith	GlenWyvis
27	Glenlivet	Loch Lomond
28	Glenlossie	Royal Lochnagar
29	Glen Moray	Macduff
30	Glenrothes	Nc'nean
31	Glen Spey	Oban
32	Glentauchers	Pulteney
33	Inchgower	Persie
34	Kininvie	Strathearn
35	Knockando	Teaninich
36	Knockdhu	Tomatin
37	Linkwood	Tullibardine
38	Longmorn	Wolfburn
39	Macallan
40	Mannochmore
41	Miltonduff
42	Mortlach
43	Roseisle
44	Speyburn
45	Speyside
46	Strathisla
47	Strathmill
48	Tamdhu
49	Tamnavulin
50	Tomintoul
51	Tormore
132	51	38	18	13	9	3

Distilleries By Region (2007)

	Speyside	Highlands	Islay	Lowlands	Campbeltown
1	Aberlour	Aberfeldy	Ardbeg	Auchentoshan	Glengyle
2	Allt A'Bhainne	anCnoc	Bowmore	Bladnoch	Glen Scotia
3	Auchroisk	Ardmore	Bruichladdich	Glenkinchie	Springbank
4	Aultmore	Arran (Island)	Bunnahabhain
5	Balmenach	Balblair	Caol Ila
6	Balvenie, The	Ben Nevis	Kilchoman
7	Benriach	Blair Athol	Lagavulin
8	Benrinnes	Clynelish	Laphroaig
9	Benromach	Dalmore
10	Braeval	Dalwhinnie
11	Caperdonich	Deanston
12	Cardhu	Edradour
13	Cragganmore	Fettercairn
14	Craigellachie	Glencadam
15	Dailuaine	Glendronach, The
16	Dufftown	Glen Garioch
17	Glenallachie	Glenglassaugh
18	Glenburgie	Glengoyne
19	Glendullan	Glenmorangie
20	Glen Elgin	Glen Ord
21	Glenfarclas	Glenturret
22	Glenfiddich	Highland Park (Island)
23	Glen Grant	Isle of Jura (Island)
24	Glen Keith	Knockdhu
25	Glenlivet, The	Loch Lomond
26	Glenlossie	Macduff
27	Glen Moray	Oban
28	Glenrothes	Pulteney
29	Glen Spey	Royal Brackla
30	Glentauchers	Royal Lochnagar
31	Imperial	Scapa (Island)
32	Inchgower	Talisker (Island)
33	Kininvie	Teaninich
34	Knockando	Tobermory (Island)
35	Linkwood	Tomatin
36	Lismore	Tullibardine
37	Longmorn
38	Macallan, The
39	Mannochmore
40	Miltonduff
41	Mortlach
42	Speyburn
43	Speyside
44	Strathisla
45	Strathmill
46	Tamdhu
47	Tamnavulin-Glenlivet
48	Tomintoul
49	Tormore

Distillery Location, Region, Owner and Pronunciation (if available)

Distillery	Location	Region	Owner	Audio
Aberargie	Aberargie	Lowland	Perth Distilling Co
Aberfeldy	Aberfeldy	Highland	Bacardi
Aberlour	Aberlour	Speyside	Pernod Ricard
Abhainn Dearg	Uig, Isle of Lewis	Island	Independent
Ailsa Bay	Girvan	Lowland	William Grant & Sons
Allt-A-Bhainne	Glenrinnes	Speyside	Pernod Ricard
Annandale	Annan	Lowland	Annandale Distillery Company
Arbikie	Inverkeilor	Highland	Independent
Ardbeg	Port Ellen	Islay	LVMH
Ardmore	Kennethmont	Highland	Beam Suntory
Ardnahoe	Port Askaig	Islay	Hunter Laing & Co Ltd
Ardnamurchan	Ardnamurchan	Highland	Adelphi Whisky
Arran	Lochranza	Island	Isle of Arran Distillers Ltd.
Auchentoshan	Dalmuir	Lowland	Beam Suntoryÿ(Morrison Bowmore)
Auchroisk	Mulben	Speyside	Diageo
Aultmore	Banffshire	Speyside	Bacardi
Balblair	Edderton	Highland	ThaiBev
Ballindalloch	Ballindalloch	Speyside	Independent
Balmenach	Cromdale	Speyside	ThaiBev
Balvenie	Dufftown	Speyside	William Grant & Sons
Barra	Borve	Island	Uisge Beatha nan Eilean Ltd
Ben Nevis	Fort William	Highland	Nikka Whisky Distilling Co Ltd
BenRiach	Morayshire	Speyside	Brown-Forman
Benrinnes	Banffshire	Speyside	Diageo
Benromach	Forres	Speyside	Gordon & MacPhail
Bladnoch	Wigtown	Lowland	David Prior
Blair Athol	Pitlochry	Highland	Diageo
Borders	Hawick	Lowland	The Three Stills Company
Bowmore	Bowmore	Islay	Beam Suntoryÿ(Morrison Bowmore)
Royal Brackla	Nairn	Highland	Bacardi
Braeval	Ballindalloch	Speyside	Pernod Ricard
BrewDog	Ellon	Highland	Independent
Brora	Brora	Highland	Diageo
Bruichladdich	Rhinns of Islay	Islay	R‚my Cointreau
Bunnahabhain	Port Askaig	Islay	Distellÿ(Burn Stewart)
Burn O'Bennie	Banchory	Highland	Deeside Brewery & Distillery Ltd.
Caol Ila	Port Askaig	Islay	Diageo
Cardhu	Knockando	Speyside	Diageo
Clydeside	Glasgow	Lowland	Morrison Glasgow Distillers
Clynelish	Brora	Highland	Diageo
Cragganmore	Ballindalloch	Speyside	Diageo
Craigellachie	Craigellachie	Speyside	Bacardi
Daftmill	Fife	Lowland	Independent
Dailuaine	Aberlour	Speyside	Diageo
Dalmore	Alness	Highland	Alliance Global Groupÿ(Emperador Inc)
Dalmunach	Carron	Speyside	Pernod Ricard
Dalwhinnie	Dalwhinnie	Speyside	Diageo
Deanston	Doune	Highland	Distellÿ(Burn Stewart)
Dornoch	Dornoch	Highland	Independent
Dufftown	Banffshire	Speyside	Diageo
Eden Mill	Fife	Lowland	Independent
Edradour	Pitlochry	Highland	Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky Co
Falkirk	Falkirk	Lowland	Independent
Fettercairn	Fettercairn	Highland	Alliance Global Groupÿ(Emperador Inc)
Glasgow	Glasgow	Lowland	Independent
Glenallachie	Banffshire	Speyside	The GlenAllachie Distillers Co Limited
Glenburgie	Morayshire	Speyside	Pernod Ricard
Glencadam	Angus	Highland	Angus Dundee Distiller
Glendronach	Aberdeenshire	Highland	Brown-Forman
Glendullan	Banffshire	Speyside	Diageo
Glen Elgin	Morayshire	Speyside	Diageo
Glenfarclas	Ballindalloch	Speyside	J. & G. Grant
Glenfiddich	Dufftown	Speyside	William Grant & Sons
Glen Garioch	Oldmeldrum	Highland	Beam Suntoryÿ(Morrison Bowmore)
Glenglassaugh	Portsoy	Highland	Brown-Forman
Glengoyne	Dumgoyne	Highland	Ian Macleod Distillers
Glen Grant	Rothes	Speyside	Campari
Glengyle	Campbeltown	Campbeltown	Mitchell's Glengyle Ltd
Glen Keith	Keith	Speyside	Pernod Ricard
Glenkinchie	Pencaitland	Lowland	Diageo
Glenlivet	Ballindalloch	Speyside	Pernod Ricard
Glenlossie	Elgin	Speyside	Diageo
Glenmorangie	Tain	Highland	LVMH
Glen Moray	Elgin	Speyside	La Martiniquaise
Glen Ord	Muir of Ord	Highland	Diageo
Glenrothes	Rothes	Speyside	Edrington
Glen Scotia	Campbeltown	Campbeltown	Loch Lomond Group
Glen Spey	Rothes	Speyside	Diageo
Glentauchers	Mulben	Speyside	Pernod Ricard
Glenturret	Crieff	Highland	Lalique Group
GlenWyvis	Dingwall	Highland	Independent (community ownership)
Harris	Tarbert	Island	Independent
Highland Park	Kirkwall	Island	Edrington
Holyrood	Edinburgh	Lowland	Independent
Inchdairnie	Glenrothes	Lowland	Independent
Inchgower	Buckie	Speyside	Diageo
Jura	Craighouse, Jura	Island	Alliance Global Groupÿ(Whyte & Mackay)
Kilchoman	Kilchoman	Islay	Independent
Kimbland	Sanday	Island	Independent
Kingsbarns	Kingsbarns	Lowland	Wemyss Malts
Kininvie	Dufftown	Speyside	William Grant & Sons
Knockando	Knockando	Speyside	Diageo
Knockdhu	Knock	Speyside	ThaiBev
Lagg	Lagg	Island	Isle of Arran Distillers Ltd.
Lagavulin	Port Ellen	Islay	Diageo
Laphroaig	Port Ellen	Islay	Beam Suntory
Leven	Leven	Lowland	Diageo
Lindores Abbey	Newburgh	Lowland	Independent
Linkwood	Elgin	Speyside	Diageo
Lochlea	Ayrshire	Lowland	Independent
Loch Lomond	Alexandria	Highland	Loch Lomond Group
Royal Lochnagar	Ballater	Highland	Diageo
Longmorn	Elgin	Speyside	Pernod Ricard
Macallan	Craigellachie	Speyside	Edrington
Macduff	Banff	Highland	Bacardi
Mannochmore	Elgin	Speyside	Diageo
Miltonduff	Elgin	Speyside	Pernod Ricard
Mortlach	Dufftown	Speyside	Diageo
Nc'nean	Lochlaline	Highland	Drimnin Distillery Co
Oban	Oban	Highland	Diageo
Pulteney	Wick	Highland	ThaiBev
Persie	Glen Shee	Highland	Independent
Raasay	Isle of Raasay	Island	R&B Distillers
Roseisle	Roseisle	Speyside	Diageo
Scapa	Kirkwall	Island	Pernod Ricard
Speyburn	Rothes	Speyside	ThaiBev
Speyside	Drumguish	Speyside	Independent
Springbank	Campbeltown	Campbeltown	J & A Mitchell & Co Ltd.
Strathearn	Methven	Highland	Douglas Laing & Co.
Strathisla	Keith	Speyside	Pernod Ricard
Strathmill	Keith	Speyside	Diageo
Talisker	Carbost, Isle of Skye	Island	Diageo
Tamdhu	Knockando	Speyside	Ian Macleod Distillers
Tamnavulin	Tomnavoulin	Speyside	Alliance Global Groupÿ(Whyte & Mackay)
Teaninich	Alness	Highland	Diageo
Tobermory	Tobermory, Isle of Mull	Island	Distellÿ(Burn Stewart)
Tomatin	Tomatin	Highland	Takara Shuzo Co
Tomintoul	Ballindalloch	Speyside	Angus Dundee Distiller
Torabhaig	Teangue, Isle of Skye	Island	Mossburn Distillers
Tormore	Grantown-on-Spey	Speyside	Pernod Ricard
Tullibardine	Blackford	Highland	Picard Vins & Spiritueux
Wolfburn	Thurso	Highland	Independent

*Audio files from http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jhb/whisky/pronounc.html

A basic recipe for single malt scotch can found at the Bruichladdich website:

What you will need:

1 Mill

1 Large Tank – ‘Mash Tun’

4 Fermentation vats

4 Stills – 2 Wash 2 Spirit

1 Spirit Safe

1 Boiler

Assortment Vats, piping, and other implements - to taste

Ingredients: (To make the "beer")

Grain - barley, malted. Or maize/corn/rye will do)

Water (plenty of)

Yeast (Distiller’s)

Method:

Collect barley, allow to germinate, then smoke it. Grind the now malted barley, to obtain flour, soak the flour in the tank add hot water on top to remove the sugar. Put the sugary water into fermentation vats, add yeast. Allow to ferment for 3 days.

Put fermented beer (5% vol.) into copper stills. Cook for 5 hours. Collect re-condensed vapour (at 30% vol.), and put aside.

Repeat the process in the smaller still, this time collecting re-condensed vapour after 3 hours at 70% vol, discarding the poor quality and weaker spirit, and the gunk that is left.

Put the 70% spirit into oak casks and put aside and leave for a decade or more.