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Whisky
Menu
Islay Drams
Tel: 01496 300109
email:info@theislayhotel.com
www.theislayhotel.com
The Islay Hotel
18 Charlotte Street
Port Ellen
Isle of Islay
PA42 7DF All whiskies are served at our
standard measure of 35ml.Islay Malts Ardbeg 10 yr £4.80 Peaty nose burnt wood and citrusy pear flavours. Powerful whisky from a Bourbon barrel. Ardbeg Uigeadail £6.90 Bourbon and Sherry casks marry together creating a well-rounded dram with caramel and toffee flavours. Ardbeg Galileo £12.50 Ardbeg Serendibity 12yr £14.20 Ardbeg Blasda £7.80 Least peaty of the Ardbeg range, Blasda is light and floral yet perfectly balanced, still capturing Islay’s fine elements. Ardbeg Corryvreckan £9.20 Matured in Bourbon barrels and new French oak casks. Rich and oily it still contains the Smoky peat flavours as well as Christmas spice. Ardbeg Still Young (8yr) £35.00 Wood smoke and fruity notes combine with peat, and create a creamy and treacly dram. Ardbeg 1974 – Spirit of Scotland £37.00 Slightly bitter tasting initially with notes of Islay peat, this deep amber coloured dram then continues with notes of toffee and caramel on the palate. Ardbeg 1978 – Cadenheads £43.00 Tasting notes welcome Ardbeg 1976 £60.00 Unique malt straight from a single sherry cask, and bottled at cask strength. This dram begins with a coffee liquor nose and follows with a fruity palate, with a short enjoyable finish. Bowmore Legend £5.40 On the nose a hint of peat with a splash of sea air, on the palate bold zesty lemon and honey. Bowmore 12yr £4.70 Bowmore 10yr (Tempest) £5.60 Warm amber in colour with the Bowmore peatiness and smokiness, this dram has hints of lemon, honey and chocolate. Bowmore 15yr Darkest £8.60 Full and ripe peachy nose. Well balanced, long, polished oak finish Sherry and smoke and lots of fresh fruit. Complex and stylish. Bowmore 17yr £10.20 Rounded, firm, malty dram, with tightly combined flavours. Bunnahabhain 12yr £5.40
Bunnahabhain 18yr £9.60 sweetness and rounds out its rugged peaty character.
A smooth, slightly sherried dram, the epitome of
Bunnahabhain’s soft style. Glenlivit 18years Pure Single Malt Whisky £12.50
This superb whisky was drawn from a special cask after 18
Bunnahabhain Toiteach £9.80 years. In this time more than a third of the contents have
evaporated “gone to the angels” (Angles share) say the Scots.
Bunnahabhain 12yr Ltd Edition £16.95 When you enjoy the taste of Glenlivet 18years old take the
distiller’s advice: DON’T BE HURRIED!
Bunnahabhain 14yr Limited Edition £25.00
Inchmurrin Single Highland Malt 10years £5.80
John`s Peaty Dram 1997 £18.00 Scotland finest malted barley along with supplies of fresh
Highland water from Loch Lomond used in creating
Bunnahabhain 1966 £35.00 Inchmurrin. Subtle undertones and unique round bodied
A light spirit with immediate fruit, fairly sherried flavour.
becoming more complex with treacle toffee
The Distillers Choice Rare Speyside Single Malt £4.80
Bruichladdich Laddie 10 £6.25 Solid amber in colour, strong fresh barley notes, smooth and
Hints of Bourbon and Sherry combine with the flavours of firm with an oatmeal dry finish, a very fine dram.
sultanas and dates to make a medium and smooth whisky.
Bruichladdich Classic £5.95 Spirit of Scotland £28.00
Single Malt Highland whisky distilled by Tomatin 1962.
Bruichladdich Octomore (167ppm) £16.50
Medium weight and well defined for a young Islander. The Malt Whisky Society (Glenfarclas) £35.00
The texture is rich, sweet and mellow and the viscosity Distilled March 1965 bottled August 2005 is described as
of the Sauternes brings balance to the power of the peat “Old but muscular”
Bruichladdich XX Nostalgia Barolo Feis Ile 2012 £17.30 Secret Stills Single Malt Scotch Whisky 1989
Tasting notes welcome £14.50
From two sherry hogsheads No.7049 & 7050 distilled on 19
Bruichladdich Black Art £18.50 August 1989 bottled in Elgin in June 2006.
Opening of toasted oak and sweet barley on the nose
followed by red fruits merging on the palate with a long
joyful finish.
Coal Ila 12year £6.60
Caol Ila Cask Strength £8.80
A medicinal smoky whisky with a smooth light character
which then becomes more strong and assertive in the flavour.
Caol Ila (The Syndicates) 20yr £22.00
Coal Ila of this age should be full on coastal, mineral and
medicinal with pockets of white fruits, citrus and seashore
aromas.
Caol Ila (Frisky Whisky) 27yr £25.00
A marriage of two casks distilled in 1983 and matured
for 27 years before bottling in 2010 to produce a spicy
and nutty whisky with a peat smoke edge.
Lagavulin 16yr £7.50
A magical dram with dreamy peat and salt.
Lagavulin 1995 Double Matured £8.80
Sweet and luscious this offers coffee and vanilla
flavours, with a very long moreish finish.
Lagavulin 1994 Double Matured £9.80
This double matured Lagavulin has had a finishing period
in sweet, sticky Pedro Ximinez sherry casks. A whisky
that never disappoints.
Lagavulin Jazz 2012 £15.50
Lagavulin (1998) Feis Ile 2012 £15.80
Tasting notes welcome
Talisker Double Matured Distilled 1990 £12.00
Isle of Skye or Isle of Mists among the very greatest whiskies
of Scotland, its character has been accented by finishing
the malt in sweet Amoroso cask-wood natural hints ofPenderyn Single Malt Welsh Whisky
£5.30 Lagavulin 15yr Flaggan £45.00
Handcrafted and Madeira finished by our master distiller at On the nose, full of peat smoke and toffee sweetness,
Penderyn in the heart of Wales. followed by rich wood influence, citrus and aniseed
of the palate with a long full-bodied finish. Rare bottling.
Whiskies of Scotland Aged 20 years
£14.00 Laphroaig 10yr £4.75
Vatted Malt Scotch Whisky. A rare blend of single malts from A full bodied whisky with huge notes of smoke,
closed distilleries Mosstowie, Glen Mhor, Banff and Glencraig. also seaweed, salt and medicinal tones.
Sheep Dip “Old Hebridean” 1990 Laphroaig Triplewood £4.70
£4.40 Matured in Bourbon barrels & Quarter casks, then
Vatting of Aged Highland and Island single Malt Whiskies. finished in European Oak. This dram is the perfect
Rich, peaty and smokey Islay malts balanced with the marriage of Peat, Oak and subtle sherry sweetness.
sweetness of aged Highland Malts.
Laphroaig 18yr £9.80
The Singleton Single Malt Scotch Whisky of Dufftown £4.90 Typical Island nose,fruiy tang with roasted cereals
12years matured: Long maturation in a unique balance of
European and American Oak that gives The Singleton of Laphroaig Quarter Cask £4.75
Dufftown its smooth richly satisfying taste. Very peaty with a hint of sweetness
First Cask 1972 Speyside Malt Whisky Laphroaig Cask Strength £5.95
£28.00 Medium body with hints of syrup, wonderful
Distilled 23rd March 1972. An unblended cask of 31year old complex whisky
Malt Whisky
Centenary Reserve St Magdalene £23.00 Kilchoman Machir Bay £5.50
Lowland Malt Distilled 1980 bottled 1995. This whisky Sherry sweetness followed by peat smoke and
encapsulates whisky excellence. mixed fruits with a long refreshing finish.
(Rare Malts) Natural Cask Strength Kilchoman Feis Ile 2012 £15.00
Single Malt 19years £37.00
Distilled 1979 St Magdalene, on tasting, a very aromatic grassy
nose entices you into the malty, liquorice – like flavours of an Kilchoman Inaugural 100% £18.95
unusually big- boned lowland malt with a surprisingly robust
peaty finish.
Kilchoman Inaugural 100% 2nd ED £8.75
Loch Dhu (The Black Whisky) 10years £15.00
A fine malt, patiently rested in charred sweet oak casks to
create a whisky black as the night. Rich velvety taste with Port Ellen 25years old £28.00
a smooth intense flavour. Tasting Notes welcome
MacAllan 10yr £4.50
Port Ellen (Scotts) 1981 £20.00
Matured in a Spanish sherry oak cask, which
Tasting Notes welcome
results in a satisfyingly rich and complex Single Malt.
MacAllan 1861 Replica £38.00
A replica of bottle, nose and flavour of an original
bottle by John McWilliam a wine merchant.
Oban Double Matured 1987 £14.00
This Distillers Edition gives you a gentle sweetness and
surprising richness on palate and finish, dry delicate
cask-wood beautifully enhances Obans distinctive style.
Old Pultney 12years £4.25
With its 12 years maturation period, balanced with a
hint of sea air it gives a gentle clean finish.
Vintage 1976, Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky
£30.25
Matured in an Oak Cask for 27years and distilled at
Glenugie Distillery.
Knockando £7.80
Distilled in 1990 bottled in 2003 only when its reached its full
maturity, a pure Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
Talisker 10years £5.80
The only single malt on The Isle of Skye. An alluring sweet
full bodied spirit with a warming afterglow.
Lagavulin Jazz Edition (1993)Feis Ile 2011 £19.25
Tasting notes welcomeDalivhinnie 15year old Single Highland Malt
£5.00
Malts from the rest of Scotland Dalivhinnie comes from the Gaelic word for “meeting place”
smooth and clean, it is a mellow, subtle malt, creamy vanilla
and heather honey sweetness.
Aberlour 10year £6.45
A Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky, which comes from the
Finlaggan Cask Strength
famous Spey Valley. Matured in a fine balance of sherry and
£4.50
Bourbon casks. Rich, smooth, mellow flavour with aromas of
Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky. Rich in the aromas of
autumn fruits and hints of spices.
the peat smoke which dried the barley and of Scottish
sea shore where it matured.
Aberlour A’Bunadh) £12.50
(Means “of the origin” in Gaelic)
Campbells 100proof Tomintoul Special
Matured, exclusively in sherry butts bottled at cask strength,
£6.50
with the, use of modern chill- filtering methods to ensure a dark
Highland Whisky produced to the original recipe.
luxurious and rich whisky.
Glenfiddich Special Reserve Single Malt
Arran £4.50
£4.10
Captures the character of this beautiful islands, clear
12 year old single malt from the Speyside region. containing
mountain water and soft sea air.
fruity aromas, with a dash of pear with a touch of pine and
subtle peatiness.
Auchentoshan £5.80
Glenfarclas 10year
Triple Distilled lowland Single Malt Whisky. Distinctive
£4.95
flavour is fruity, sweet and delicate with surprising depth
Highland malt whisky named The Spirit of Independence.
of character.
Speyside
Balmenach 27yrs £18.00
The Glenrothes Single Speyside Malt
Highland selection Limited Edition 1973 introduces an
£14.00
oakwood note that blends into a vanilla sweetness with a
Distilled in 1989 it has mellow, oak and dried fruit flavours.
light to medium character it leaves a salt air freshness.
Glenmorangie Single Highland
The Balvenie Founders Reserve £32.00
Rare Malt Scotch Whisky
Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky est 1892
£11.50
A 15year casked in an American white oak barrel, previously
The Balvenie Doublewood Matured 12yrs £7.20
used in making bourbon, this giving a mellowness to the
First Cask is a traditional Whisky Oak then into an original
sleeping spirit and allows a more delicate flavour and aroma.
Sherry Oak thereby acquiring character from each cask.
Glenmorangie Warehouse 3 Reserve
Black And White Scotch Whisky £4.40
£12.00
Warehouse 3 is the oldest of our original 19th Century
Bushmills Malt 10years £5.95
warehouses. That results in an eegant whisky of great finesse
It’s a smooth rich Single Malt with overtones of vanilla, honey
with a subtle sweetness, notes of vanilla and a refreshing
and sherry.
spiciness.
Big Peat £5.25
Glenmorangie (Port Wood Finish) £14.00
Islay blended Malt between Ardbeg, Caol Ila, Bowmore and
Is the colour of antique copper, golden but with a rosy hue. The
Port Ellen. Historically we would call this – Whisper It –
malt has a complex balance of sweet and dry flavours, bitter
“A vatted malt”, but with a Big Peat Kick.
chocolate being offset by fresh minty notes. Hints of port and
walnut are also evident in the finish.
Dailuaine- Gaelic for- “The Green Vale” £12.50
Glenmorangie Madeira Wood Finish £11.50
Connemara £7.80
The colour of amber with a slight orange hue. The flavour is
Pure Pot Stilled from Ireland, with a unique and distinctive
cool to the palate and spicy on the tongue, fresh and citrus as it
flavour from clear spring water combined with peated malted
passes but with a fiery dry finish. The wine flavours are slight
barley and slowly matured in oak casks.
and identifiable; not as sweet as sherry with a distinct tangy
character.
Cragganmore 12years
Ardmore Highland Single Malt (peated) £4.30
£4.80
Full and rich, with unique Highland peat-smoke notes.
An elegant sophisticated Speyside with the most complex
aroma of any malt. Astonishingly fragrant with sweetish
Springbank 14years Single Malt Scotch Whisky £17.50
notes and a smoky malty-ness on the finish.
Ledaig Single Malt From The Isle of Mull £22.00
Dewars special reserve 12years
This rare old Single Malt Whisky was (1974 Vintage) distilled
£3.50
at the Ledaig Distillery on the Isle of Mull.
A Perthshire Whisky, which has been given the extra step
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