ISLANDS SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY

This recent category embraces the malt whiskies made on the islands of Orkney (Highland Park and Scapa), Skye (Talisker), Mull (Tobermory), Jura (Isle of Jura) and Arran (Isle of Arran). Although there was a long tradition of making whisky in the Hebridean islands, few distilleries took out licenses: they didn’t need to for the islands were almost impossible to police.

All the island malts might be described a ‘maritime’ in character, except Isle of Arran, which is as sweet and fruity as a Speyside. Highland Park and Scapa and lightly smoky, Talisker and Ledaig (an expression made at Tobermory Distillery) distinctly so. Tobermory and Jura have no smoke.

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