Scotland: Single malt whisky through the producing distilleries: history, making and tasting

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Explanation of some of the used terms and symbols

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Summary table by distillery (or by independent bottler) (example)

	Benriach
	Whisky		Sample
O.B.	10 years	17
	Curiositas	15 1/2
	Authenticus	19
Douglas Laing	Old Malt Cask, 18 years	18
Jean Boyer	Best Casks of Scotland		15
The Whisky Exchange	21 years, Single Malts of Scotland	0

The colours in the table on the left refer to price ranges (per bottle of 70cl) The price reference is the price I actually payed for the bottle, and might not reflect the current prices on the market. Bottles are of course not for sale. 0 - 40 € 40 - 80 € 80 - 120 € 120 - 160 € 160 - 200 € > 200 € The quotation per bottle is the average of my own ratings through several tastings. 0 means the bottle has not yet been tasted
The left colomn indicats the bottler. If the tasting is based on a sample, the attributed points are given in the colomn "sample" on the right.

Campbeltown	A button with the name of a production area on a distillery page gives access to the list of the distilleries of that specific area
	Displays the previous distillery in the same area. Distilleries are alphabetically ranked while the distilleries are ranked by area, from West to East.
	Displays the next distillery in the same area. Distilleries are alphabetically ranked while the distilleries are ranked by area, from West to East.
	Original text in French
	English translation
Map of Scotland	Clicking on the map displays directly the list of distilleries of that area
Distillery names in right frame	Clicking on the name of a distillery in the right frame displays directly the selected distillery. The production area is shown when the mouse cursor is over the name of the distillery.

Explanation of some of the used terms and symbols in comments about bottlings

Quotation	See the page about the tasting method used.
Age	Number of years the youngest component has spent in an oak cask. A single malt is not necessarily a single cask, and it is possible whiskies from different ages are mixed.
Alcohol	The degree of alcohol for the UK market is 40° and 43° is normal for export. A non chill filtered whisky is generally sold at 46°, while a Cask Strength can be at 60°
Particularity	If a bottle has some special characteristics, it is mentioned here.
Cask	If the ageing of finishing happened in special casks, the nature of the cask is mentioned here. Very often it concerns "finishing casks", which means the whisky spent the last 6 or 12 months in a special cask, which contained previously Rum or Port for instance.
Bottler	Official or independent (see page about independent bottlers)
Price/litre	The prices are those I paid for the bottle. Generally, the bottle was bought in Holland, at a retailer. Some of them were bought in tax-free or at the distillery. In this last case, the price is generally higher, because of the UK taxes on spirit. This is just an indication, and the price could be different on the local market.
		represents 25 Euros
		represents a part of 25 Euros
	ex: 68 Euros
Comments on the right of the picture.	This comments are copied from tasting notes (merely commercial ones) found on the web (often form "La Maison du Whisky" or from the distillery itself and do not necessarily reflect my on opinion.
Comments under the picture	The comments under the picture of the bottle are my personal notes concerning the bottle. This tasting notes have no scientific character, and just reflect my personal mood at the time I tasted the whisky. This personal notes also the base of the quotation. This quotations are summarized on the page "Price-Quality ratings". For more information about the way the quotations are made, see the explanation page about this subject.

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