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Even if after the Scotch Whiskey Regulations 2009 the islands of Arran, Jura, Mull, Orkney, Skye and more recently Lewis as opposed to Isle of Islay are not a separate whiskey region, I still count the first six islands above as a separate whiskey region. The best-known single malts from there are the Highland Park (1798), which is also Scotland's most northerly distillery, and the Scapa (1885), which is only a few meters to the south. Both come from Orkney. Also well known are the Talisker (1830) from Skye and the Jura (1810) from the island of the same name.

All whiskey there has one thing in common, namely that they are said to have a slightly salty taste due to the sea air. What they also have in common is that I like to drink the above-mentioned single malt again and again and like to have it on hand.

This sets them apart from Scotland's last two whiskey regions, the Lowlands and Campbeltown.

Campbeltown is a town at the end of the Kintyre Peninsula that was once home to 34 distilleries and billed itself as the whiskey capital of the world. This is probably the reason for the classification as an independent whiskey region. The most well-known Campbeltown malts are the Glen Scotia (1832) and the Springbanks (1828)

The Central Lowlands are the most heavily populated part of Scotland and therefore hardly a very suitable place to at least "mature" a whisky. The Lowland Malt is characterized by its fundamentally lighter character. Its best-known representatives are likely to be the Rosebank (1840), the Auchentoshan (1823), a triple distilled Scotch, and the Glenkinchie (1825). I always have a few bottles of the latter two in stock. In my opinion, at least, these are a good way to get to know single malt Scotch whiskey.

With this post I end my posts about the different whiskey brands, at least for the time being. I started with a well-known blend, the Johnnie Walker, then made a detour to Ireland and devoted myself to it there Irish Whiskey. From there I went on to Bourbon whiskey before I returned to Scotland and generally myself at first Blended scotch dedicated, then to my passion, that Single Malt dedicated a separate post before I elaborate on those Highland malt, Speyside Malt, Islay malt and now at the end of this article I went into Island, Campbeltown and Lowland Malt.

Even though I like the Japanese single malt from time to time Yamazaki drink that can easily keep up with the better single malt from Scotland, and also doesn't shy away from the Canadian whisky, I won't go any further into this or more recently other single malts, such as those produced in Germany. I'd rather devote myself later in further articles to French cognac or other excellent brandies.


A man walks into a bar and orders ten shots of whiskey.

The bartender asks, "What's the matter?" 

The man says, “I found out my brother is gay and marrying my best friend.”

The next day the same man comes in and orders 12 shots of whiskey.

The bartenders asks, “What's wrong this time?”

The man says, "I found out that my son is gay."

The following day the same man comes into the bar and orders 15 shots of whiskey.

The bartender finally asks, “Doesn't anyone in your family like women?”

The man looks up and says, "Apparently my wife does."

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