Our Whisky Selection

We stock over 50 different whiskies at The Fiddler’s Arms…

WHISKY

Below is a list of all the whisky that we stock, complete with descriptions and origins. Sitting alongside this array of whisky, we stock a selection of fine Single Barrel Malts. We also have an ever changing ‘Malt of The Moment’ which is selected by the Manager and displayed on our Malt Board at the bar. If you have any questions about your whisky choice, please do not hesitate to ask; staff are knowledgeable and eager to assist you in your choice, or even recommend their favourite!

  • Aberfeldy
    12 year old
    Highland
    Lovers of Dewars may recognise this as its signature malt. Medium body with a heathery and light peaty nose.
  • Aberlour
    10 year old
    Speyside
    The village of Aberlour lies in the heart of the Speyside. Malty and spicy nose with a long lasting flavour.
  • An Cnoc
    12 year old
    Highland
    An Cnoc is Gaelic for “the hill”. The full name of the distillery in Gaelic is Cnoc Dubh (Black Hill). In English this translates as Knockdhu. This distillery has no connection Knockando (Little black hill) Established in 1890.
  • Ardbeg
    10 year old
    Islay
    Sweet vanilla counterbalanced with lemon and lime followed by that surging Ardbeg smoke that we all know and love. It has a long and glorious finish with sea salted caramel and beach bonfire smoke, overall a precise balance, big smoke and non-chill filtered. This is why this is such a famous dram.
  • Ardmore
    Speyside
    From Ardmore and bottled by Gordon and MacPhail Ardmore 1993 is a Speyside malt and as such it is unusual that it has a notably smoky character.
  • Auchentoshin
    12 year old
    Lowland
    Auchentoshan’s more recent release to replace the previous 10 Year old whisky. It has an exotic fruity nose with a long dry finish and a touch of sweetness from the barley.
  • Balvenie Signature
    12 year old
    Speyside
    A little spiced rum opens up the nose with gorgeous hints of date and walnut cake, a little honeyed oiliness, a dusting of cocoa and lush crystallized ginger. The mouth feel is delicately vinous, in true Balvenie style, the palate holds winter spice and salty butter pastry with a sweet vanilla and melted cookie dough ice-cream. The finish is tight and swift, the bourbon oak notes fading out with added toasty vanilla.
  • Balvenie Single Barrell
    15 year old
    Speyside
    A delicately sweet honey and mixed peel nose gives way to a spicy barley and bourbon finish with this speyside malt.
  • Balvenie Doublewood
    12 year old
    Speyside
    A gristy, grapey nose with nutty undertones are followed by a dry spicy finish in this well known Speyside malt.
  • Ben Romach
    10 year old
    Speyside
    Both malt and oak are strongly noticeable to the nose along with dry, fruity and a sweetly spiced aroma. The finish to this malt from the Benromach distillery is bittersweet with ginger, sherry and a slightly hoppy taste at the end.
  • Blair Athol
    12 year old
    Highland
    Nutty with sherried notes, Crisp with a gentle peat to the nose. This Whisky has a malty sweet full bodied taste with a hint of citrus and peels.
  • BNJ
    A very popular blend from Glenmorangie. Bailie Nicol Jarvie is a sweet, delicate blend with Highland, Islay and Speyside whisky, blended with top quality grain whisky.
  • Bowmore
    12 year old
    Islay
    Very floral to the nose with lots of peat and additional smoky heather, Hay and zesty orange. This Malt has a lovely rounded, perfumed smoke and a dark peaty blossom taste.
  • Bowmore
    15 year old
    Islay
    Sherry notes, juicy Corinth raisins, spices and sweet dates are all scents picked up when nosing this malt. It brings a rich woody, syrupy and smoky cream toffee malt taste to the palate with a beautiful toffee, sherry and barley finish.
  • Bruichladdich
    10 year old
    Islay
    Thick and oily with that instantly recognisable Bruichladdich maritime tang, this is a fabulous whisky that has captured perfectly the wonderful characteristics of the previous 10 year old and somehow improved upon them. Beautifully balanced and dangerously easy to drink it’s a must buy whisky.
  • Bruichladdich Waves
    Islay
    A 2008 release from the Bruichladdich distillery and a light single malt. The name Waves suggests the notes of crisp, fresh fruits and a touch of light spice with a touch of typical ‘Laddie coastal tones.
  • Bunnahabhain
    12 year old
    Islay
    Glowing amber with a light delicate nose. Light to medium bodied with a fruity, full and refreshing finish.
  • Bunnahabhain
    18 year old
    Islay
    In what will be seen as a positive move to whisky connoisseurs, Bunnahabhain have decided to bottle the 18 year old without chill-filtration and without colouring. Dense, rich sherried notes perked up with a coastal saltiness. On a second wave roast chestnuts emerge and gentle wood spice. The finish is warming and lengthy; salt and sherry towards the very end. Overall without chill-filtration this malt is dense and oily and shows off its sherried credentials with ease.
  • Coal Ila
    12 year old
    Islay
    Fresh and herbal to the nose with hints of peppermint leaves, stemmy damp grass and oily smoked ham. This whisky brings a good bodied, oily, elegant smoky taste with hints of boiled sweets.
  • Cragganmore
    12 year old
    Speyside
    Complex, mature and well balanced with a slight fruitiness on the tongue, overlaid with sweet smoky notes.
  • Dalmore
    12 year old
    Highland
    Sited next to the village of Alness in the Firth of Cromarty and founded in 1839. Rich and Orangey.
  • Dalwhinnie
    15 year old
    Highland
    Dalwhinnie is the Gaelic for “meeting place” and is the highest distillery in Scotland.
  • Deanston
    Highland
    A light, peated malt. Well balanced, light and natural full of malty sweetness. A velvety smooth finish.
  • Glenfiddich
    12 year old
    Speyside
    A fresh and fragrant nose with a touch of pear. It has a distinctive, well balanced taste with rich fruit flavours, subtle pine and a hint of peatiness.
  • Glenfiddich
    15 year old
    Speyside
    A 15 year old matured in American bourbon, Portuguese sherry and virgin oak. The whisky was then married in a Solera vat. This is a great staple 15 year old from the Glenfiddich distillery.
  • Glenfiddich
    18 year old
    Speyside
    Don’t let the fact that Glenfiddich are the biggest sellers of Single Malt whisky put you off. They sell more because they produce high class malts. Many malts finished in sherry casks are overwhelmed by the rich sherry flavours but in this case the oloroso adds to the already rich mix of orange, ginger and toffee. The end result is one of the best 18 year olds on the market at a bargain price.
  • Glenfiddich
    21 year old
    Speyside
    A 21 year old bottling from Glenfiddich, finished in casks used previously to age Caribbean Rum. On the nose there are hints of barley sugar, malt, dark brown sugar, orange peels, marmalade, manuka honey, Chocolate, foam bananas.
  • Glenkinchie
    12 year old
    Lowland
    The nose is quite light, yet fragrant. Notes of fresh cereal and grist, some barley sweetness and a nutty note. Acacia honey creeps in with gentle warmth. The palate is very fruity with notes of Madeira and sweet stewed fruits. A hint of calvados and tannic oak lining the mouth. There is a freshness and roundness to this dram. The finish is of medium length with notes of cereal and a fresh greenness.
  • Glenlivet
    18 year old
    Speyside
    The nose is quite big and well-rounded. There are notes of chewy sultanas and sherried peels, barley sugars and toasty cereals with petals and apple blossom. A touch of fudge and gentle wisps of smoke. The palate is full and rich with notes of chewy, tannic oak. Manuka honey and walnut with Cox’s apples and orange peels. Cut herbs; fennel and spearmint. The finish is long and dry with a spicy oak note.
  • Glenmorangie
    10 year old
    Highland
    A great middle range whisky. Robust, smoky and rich. A great everyday whisky.
  • Glenmorange Lasanta
    12 year old
    Highland
    The nose is creamy and of caramel, creme anglaise and chocolate raisins, quite dry with notes of mixed sweet spices. The mouth feel is very thick as you chew through honeyed raisins. The is a little sweet beeswax, melted vanilla ice cream as teh sherry weaves gently through the palate, a very buttery expression. Much more of that honey in the cream finish, it has a slight oaky dryness and a dusting of cocoa powder.
  • Glenmorangie Nectar D’or
    15 year old
    Highland
    Nectar D’Or is probably a reference to the golden nectar that was previously held in the casks used to finish the whisky. This is a sauternes finished single malt from the Glenmorangie distillery, a fruity, vinous release from the Highland distillery.
  • Glenrothes
    Speyside
    Very spicy and creamy with oodles of sweet vanilla, gingernut biscuits, golden syrup, hints of citrus and malt which leads to a finish of good length with more vanilla and a suggestion of nutmeg on the tail.
  • Glengoyne
    10 year old
    Highland
    Like all Glengoyne malts, the 10 year old is distilled from air-dried barley untainted by the harshness of peat smoke. It has a clean, smooth and warming taste; delicate flavours of fresh green apples, oak and toffee, with a hint of almonds and liquorice.
  • Glen Grant
    10 year old
    Speyside
    Glen Grant 10displays a rich golden barley colour with a balanced medium dry bouquet. This superb Single Malt offers a clean and fruity palate with a long delicious nutty finish.
  • Highland Park
    12 year old
    Islay
    The nose is fresh, clean and very aromatic. Floral notes abound the senses with a light grassiness. Notes of creamy manuka honey and a touch of juicy citrus with cream and a well-balanced sweetness. The palate is quite full with a pleasant subtlety to the depths. Lurking somewhere in the substratum a grilled orange lies. Notes of Granary toast and green tea with Jasmine. A touch of sweetness. The finish is quite long with peppered spicy wood shavings.
  • Highland Park
    18 year old
    Islay
    The nose is a profusion of ripe floral notes and fresh blossom with a delectable fruit salad. Notes of honeyed exotic fruits with a little botrytis. The palate is creamy and full with fruit conserves and espresso. A creaminess with cinnamon and allspice. Notes of toffee with thick black forest honey with a touch more citrus. The finish long and well sugared with a herbal edge.
  • Jura
    10 year old
    Islay
    The nose has a freshness with notes of damp hay and soft, malty cereal notes. A touch of peat with gentle oak and arak with blossom tones. The palate is thick and gfull with more cereal, this time a barley fudge sweetness creeps in with creamy smoothness and a touch of aniseed. The finish is long with peppy winter spice.
  • Knockando
    12 year old
    Speyside
    The nose is quite gentle and very fragrant. Notes of waxy manuka honey, hints of malty barley and roots with a touch of stemmy cut hay. There is a very supple, chewy peat lying quietly in the background. The palate is quite full with notes of heather roots and damp earth, notes of honeyed sweetness with Jamaica ginger cake, a touch of rum and malty peat. The finish is quite long with winter spice and crystallized stem ginger with cereal notes.
  • Lagavulin
    16 year old
    Islay
    A much sought-after single malt with the massive peat-smoke that’s typical of southern Islay – but offering a dryness that turns it into a truly interesting dram.
  • Laphroaig
    10 year old
    Islay
    Really smoky and iodine rich. This has to be one of Scotland’s most characterful drams. Laphroaig are known for their medicinal malts, and the classic 10 year old is no exception. Little known fact. The founder of Laphroaig died after falling into a vat of whisky!
  • Laphroaig
    18 year old
    Islay
    This is a beast of a whisky, with a breakfast character (granary toast, salty butter, a touch of orange juice and coffee). After a while of nosing it you’ll start to get banana loaf, developing alongside the applewood smoke, perhaps even cocoa too.
  • Ledaig
    10 year old
    Islay
    The nose is quite light and well-balanced. There is a very soft peat with gentle smoke. Notes of barley and malt extract with walnut and pine oil and a hint of iodine with notes of dried fruit and nuts. The palate is medium-bodied and quite rich. There are notes of spice and smoke gathering above the charred oak. The peat is quiet and dry with a touch of black pepper and earth. The finish is of medium-length and slightly smoky with spice.
  • Monkey Shoulder
    Blended
    A superb blended malt whisky from William Grant, made with single malts from the company’s neighbouring distilleries. The result is a smooth, creamy, supple and very malty Scotch which works superbly well neat or over ice.
  • Oban
    14 year old
    Highland
    The nose is rich and smoky. The medicinal notes are quite evident with notes of the sea; seaweed, tarry ropes. There are notes of cut hay and wood smoke rising with a gentle estery sweetness. The palate is thick and full. Notes of citrus and smooth sweetness. The smoke wafts with notes of seaweed. The oak is quite rich with grist and cereal and malt. The finish is of good length with fruit and dry oak.
  • Old Putney
    12 year old
    Highland
    From the most northerly distillery on the Scottish mainland comes this malt matured in fine oak casks. Breathing the sea air makes this an intricate, balanced malt with a delicate mineral-salted spiciness.
  • Scapa
    16 year old
    Islay
    The nose is quite thick with notes of honeycomb and toffee. There are some notes of dried peels and notes of marmalade with a malty texture. The palate is full-bodied with a silken delivery. Notes of heather roots and cut grasses, honeyed oak notes with winter spices; cinnamon and cloves. There are some acacia honey notes. The finish is long and developing with notes of dry oak and a gentle, weaving smoke.
  • Sheep Dip
    Fife/Sanchez Romate (Spain)
    Wonderfully integrated flavours of honey, toffee and chocolate shavings, with hints of good quality sherry and subtle whispers of smoke and peat. Beautifully rounded and pleasant with a bit of heat in it.
  • Singleton
    12 year old
    Speyside
    A pleasant but underdramatic whisky. As described by the distillers really “perfectly balanced, naturally rich and smooth”.
  • Speyburn
    10 year old
    Highland
    The nose is quite citrusy and zesty. Sugared orange peels and herbal notes, wood shavings and pine oil, rubbed spearmint leaves and winter spice. There are notes of malted barley and cereal sweetness. The palate is of medium-body and quite smooth. There are well-balanced notes of cereal sweetness and arak, malt extract and aniseed with hints of something herbaceous and a touch of smoke,. The finish is quite long with lots of barley.
  • Talisker
    10 year old
    Islay
    The nose is quite light and fresh. There are notes of barley sugars and toasted cereals, hints of winter spice and soft oak with notes of salty melted butter and ground ginger. The palate is quite sweet and light. There are notes of acacia honey and a soft oak, the smoke adn peppers thereof rise gently with a touch of dried fruit and peel with a cinnamon note. The finish is long and herbal with a touch of pepper.
  • Tomatin
    12 year old
    Highland
    Smooth and sweet, a balance of stewed apples, pears and malt with a gentle hint of nuttiness.
  • The Arran Malt
    10 year old
    Islay
    The absence of chill filtration in the malt results in a more full-bodied and flavoursome whisky. A unique single malt that captures the character of this beautiful island of pure mountain water and soft sea air.