So, one could also call it a double Sherry finish if they wanted to! That double finish has given the whisky a rich fruitiness and attracted plenty of Sherried whisky lovers to its banner. Auchentoshan took a different (and more costly) route of taking whisky aged in bourbon barrels, finishing it in Oloroso Sherry casks and then giving it a second finish in Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks. Another oddity is that typically when a malt is labeled a three or four (or even five!) wood, it is blended from stock drawn from that many cask types. This distillery is perhaps best known for producing “Irish Scotch,” because it uses the characteristically Irish practice of triple distillation, and is the only distillery in Scotland at present using that technique. The expression has developed a devoted fan following, and is one of the cheaper single malts listed here. Drawing on a mix of stock from first-fill bourbon and sherry casks, it was bottled at a respectable 46% ABV and stands as a sweet, malty, fruity whisky. Released in 2010, the 14 Year Old version of Isle of Arran’s malt replaced the 12 Year Old as their flagship expression.
Indeed, many of Scotch’s flagship expressions lie in the $50 to $75 range, and all seven of these whiskies have devoted fan followings, sometimes large followings.Īs usual at The Whiskey Reviewer, this list was drawn up with input from not just our staff, but also our readers and outside experts. Premium whiskies are, almost by definition, pricey, but the Scotch whiskies listed here aren’t painfully expensive and offer serious quality for the asking price.
Scotch whisky is known for being at least a little more expensive than American, Canadian or even Irish whiskeys, but that doesn’t mean you can’t buy some outstanding quality at a fairly reasonable price.
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