Blend

MacKinlay's Shackleton is intended to commemorate the over 100-year-old bottles of the same name that were found during an Antarctic expedition. Samples were taken from two of the old bottles and analysed for Taste. Already a few years ago, two whiskies were bottled under the name Shackleton. In the first bottlings, Glen Mhor was still used as the base note. This time, Richard Paterson married several Highlands malts together.

Johnnie Walker Black Label contains only whiskies that have been matured for at least 12 years and come from all regions of Scotland: Clynelish (Highlands) and Cardhu (Speyside) bring fruitiness and spice, Cameronbridge and Glenkinchie (Lowlands) contribute sweet notes, while Caol Ila (Islay) wraps everything in light smoke. The combination with post-maturing in sherry casks makes for a complex and deep taste experience.

The 18-year-old Chivas Regal is created from various Malt and Grain whiskies. Among others, it also contains the in-house Single Malt Strathisla.

Chivas Royal Salute was created by the Chivas Brother's for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The excellent signature Blend comes in a hand-finished ceramic bottle.

This six-year-old blended Scotch whisky is released by the Thompson brothers in small batches, which is meant to pay homage to whiskies matured in sherry casks. It is matured and bottled in the small town of Dornoch near the Scottish Highland coast. The Dornoch distillery was founded in 2016 via crowdfunding and is located on the grounds of the Dornoch Castle Hotel. The artwork on the bottle is a design by the Japanese artist KK Hiroshima, who has also put his art to paper for labels of a well-known rum distillery.

Smokey Monkey is the smoky version of the well-known blended malt. It is particularly suitable for mixed drinks and is a successful blend of sweetness and peat smoke.

With raised monkey sculpture on the bottle.

The Black Bull brand comes from the well-known independent bottler Duncan Taylor. This blended whisky was married half from 12-year-old Single Malt and half from Single Grain whiskies, which were matured in Bourbon and Sherry casks.

The 25-year-old Blend Chivas Regal was introduced in 1909. Each bottle of the rare whisky is individually numbered. The first Chivas bottling was brought to market as early as 1801.

Black Bottle Double Cask belongs to the brand's 'Alchemy Series'. Just as different chemical liquids were mixed together in alchemy, this bottling combines malt from a Spanish sherry cask with 12-year-old Grain whisky from a wine cask.

Famous Grouse Winter Reserve is a flavourful addition to the range of the popular Blend brand. A high proportion of this whisky is matured in ex-sherry casks, which characterise its wintery aromas of nuts and dried fruit.

Maclean's Nose comes from the Argyll peninsula opposite the Isle of Mull and is created by the Ardnamurchan Distillery. The label is made from the draff that is left over from the barley after production and is usually fed to cattle and farm animals. The bottling was developed in honour of 'Chief Nose' Charles Maclean in order to convince his fine nose for Scotch whisky, which the distillery has certainly succeeded in doing with Maclean's Nose. A high malt content (70%) combined with a high proportion of former sherry casks makes the blend a fruity and pleasantly fine-spicy flavour experience.

This Chivas Regal is the youngest Chivas bottling with an age statement. The blends from Chivas have a high age and contain predominantly Speyside whiskies. The 12-year-old is created from different malts and grains. Whisky from the Strathisla distillery is used as the lead malt.