Highland Single Malts
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Single malt whisky
Single malt whisky is a whisky made at one particular distillery from a mash that uses one particular malted grain, which is ordinarily barley.Single malts are typically associated with Scotland, though they are also produced in various other countries...
Scotch whiskies
Scotch whisky
Scotch whisky is whisky made in Scotland.Scotch whisky is divided into five distinct categories: Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Single Grain Scotch Whisky, Blended Malt Scotch Whisky , Blended Grain Scotch Whisky, and Blended Scotch Whisky.All Scotch whisky must be aged in oak barrels for at least three...
produced in the Highland
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...
region of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. This categorization includes the whiskies produced on the islands around the perimeter of Scotland (the Island Single Malts
Island Single Malts
Island Single Malts is a general term for single malt Scotch whiskies produced on the islands around the perimeter of the Scottish mainland. The exception is Islay, which is considered a separate whisky producing region...
), except for Islay (see Islay whisky
Islay whisky
Islay whisky is Scotch whisky made on Islay or Ìle in Gaelic, the southernmost of the Inner Hebridean Islands located off the west coast of Scotland. There are eight active distilleries on the island, as of early 2008, with a ninth being made ready for production...
). Incongruously, the area also includes certain lowland areas in the North-East of the country such as Banffshire
Banffshire
The County of Banff is a registration county for property, and Banffshire is a Lieutenancy area of Scotland.The County of Banff, also known as Banffshire, was a local government county of Scotland with its own county council between 1890 and 1975. The county town was Banff although the largest...
and Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...
.
List of Highland malts
- Aberfeldy Single Malt
- Allt-a-Bhainne Single Malt
- An CnocAn Cnoc (whisky)Founded in 1894, by John Morrison who bought the land from the Duke of Fife, following the discovery of several springs on the southern slope of Knock Hill. The distillery was built using the local eye catching grey granite. It was also the first malt distillery built for the Distillers Company Ltd...
- Ardmore Single MaltArdmore Single MaltArdmore is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery and brand name. The distillery is currently owned and operated by the American company Beam Inc.. The distillery was built in 1898 by William Teacher's son, Adam, to secure fillings for their blend . Set deep in the farmland of "the Garioch", near...
- Balbair Single MaltBalblair Distilleryright|thumb|250px|View of Balblair DistilleryBalblair Distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery located in Edderton, Ross-shire, Scotland.Originally founded in 1790, the distillery was rebuilt in 1895 by the designer Charles C Doig to be closer to the Edderton Railway Station on the Inverness and...
- Ben Nevis Single Malt
- Benrinnes Single Malt
- Blair Athol Single Malt
- Clynelish Single Malt
- Dallas Dhu Single Malt
- Dalmore Single Malt
- Dalwhinnie Single MaltDalwhinnie Single MaltDalwhinnie distillery, in the Highland village of Dalwhinnie in Scotland, produces Single malt Scotch whisky classified amongst the Highland Single Malts. The distillery was founded with the name of the nearby town Strathspey in the late 1890s. The site was chosen for its access to clear spring...
- Deanston Single Malt
- Drumguish Single Malt
- Glen Eden Single Malt
- Glenfoyle
- Glen Garioch Single MaltGlen GariochGlen Garioch Highland Single Malt Whisky |Doric]] dialect of Aberdeen), is one of the oldest whisky distilleries in Scotland, dating back to 1797.-History:...
- Glenglassaugh Single MaltGlenglassaugh DistilleryThe Glenglassaugh Distillery is a malt scotch whisky distillery which restarted production in November 2008 after being acquired by Dutch investment group Scaent and following a complete refurbishment by the new owners...
- Glengoyne Single MaltGlengoyne Single MaltGlengoyne Distillery is a whisky distillery continuously in operation since its founding in 1833 at Dumgoyne, north of Glasgow, Scotland. Glengoyne is unique in producing Highland single malt whisky matured in the Lowlands...
- GlenmorangieGlenmorangieGlenmorangie is a distillery in Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland that produces single malt Scotch whisky. The distillery is owned by The Glenmorangie Company Ltd, whose main product is the range of Glenmorangie single malt whisky. Glenmorangie is categorised as a Highland distillery and boasts the...
- Singleton of Glen OrdGlen Ord DistilleryGlen Ord is a whisky distillery in the Scottish Highlands and is the only remaining single malt scotch whisky distillery on the Black Isle. Its principal product is an eponymous 12-year old single malt whisky...
- Glenturret Single MaltGlenturret DistilleryThe Glenturret Distillery is located on the banks of the Turret River two miles north west of Crieff in Perthshire, Scotland. The distillery is hidden in the valley and its secluded location may have contributed to its early history as the site of several illicit bothy stills. The high hills to...
- Imperial Single Malt
- Inchgower Single MaltInchgower Single MaltInchgower is a whisky distillery producing a single malt of the same name located on the outskirts of Buckie, Moray, Scotland.The distillery was built in 1871 to replace Tochineal Distillery but liquidated in 1903...
- Inverarity Single Malt
- Loch Dhu Single Malt
- Loch Lomond Single MaltLoch Lomond Single MaltThe Loch Lomond Single Malt is a Highland Single Malt Scotch whisky produced by the Loch Lomond Distillery in Alexandria, Scotland, near Loch Lomond.-Fictional depiction:...
- Loch Morar Single Malt
- The MacallanThe MacallanThe Macallan is a brand of single malt Scotch whisky first distilled in 1824 at The Macallan Distillery near Easter Elchies House, at Craigellachie, in Moray...
- Macphail's Single Malt
- Mannochmore Single MaltMannochmore- History :The distillery was founded in 1971 by John Haig & Co. Between 1985 and 1989, production was suspended and the distillery closed; it was then reopened and in 1992 started producing a Mannochmore single malt...
- McClelland's Single MaltMcClelland's Single MaltMcClelland's Single Malt is a range of Single Malt Scotch whiskies from four of Scotland's key whisky distilling regions—Highland, Islay, Speyside and Lowland....
- Millburn Single Malt
- Oban Single MaltOban DistilleryOban Distillery is a whisky distillery in the Scottish west coast port of Oban. It is one of the few distilleries to have been built, in 1794, before the actual town which sprung up later in the surrounding craggy harbor...
- Old Fettercairn Single Malt
- Old Pulteney Single Malt
- Royal BracklaRoyal BracklaRoyal Brackla is a Highland Single Malt Scotch whisky produced by the Brackla Distillery, Nairn, Scotland. The distillery is operated by Dewar's for Bacardi.-History:...
- Royal Lochnagar Single MaltRoyal Lochnagar Single MaltRoyal Lochnagar is a single malt Scotch whisky, produced at Lochnagar, Royal Deeside, in the Highland whisky producing area of Scotland.The first Lochnagar distillery was burnt down in suspicious circumstances in 1824 and a replacement again burnt down in 1841. In 1845 John Begg built the "new"...
- The Singleton Single Malt
- Teaninich Single Malt
- Tomatin Single MaltTomatin (whisky distillery)Tomatin is a single malt Scotch whisky, produced at the Tomatin Distillery in the village of Tomatin. Its whisky is of the Highland region.Although it is thought that whisky has been distilled on the site since the 16th century, when cattle drovers would buy from a local still, the distillery was...
- Tullibardine Single Malt
- Uisge Beatha Nan Eilean Malt