Blended Malt

The 15-year-old Johnnie Walker Green Label was actually taken off the market in 2012. Due to worldwide customer demand, Diageo decided to relaunch the popular whisky in 2016. Green Label is one of the few blends from Johnnie Walker that are created exclusively from Single Malts. It gets its unique character mainly from malts from the distilleries Talisker, Linkwood, Cragganmore and Caol Ila.

The smoky Blended Malt Big Peat was created from several Islay whiskies. Included are: Ardbeg, Caol Ila, Bowmore and Port Ellen. The label of this special bottle breaks new ground and features a comic-style label. The Big Peat won the title of "Best Blended Malt Scotch Whisky" at the World Whiskies Awards 2010.

Horst Lüning, Master Taster of Whisky.de, fulfilled his dream of creating his own Scotch malt whisky after 25 years. It had to be complex, affordable and authentic. Malt whiskies from selected distilleries from Bourbon and Sherry casks were blended together. The result is a fresh, fruity Blended Malt, which has been given a complex, spicy note with some oak in the finish by adding sherry cask whisky.

The omission of chill filtering, the lack of post-colouring and the expertly estimated alcohol strength of 46% make this Blended Malt something extraordinary.

The name Rock Island embodies the proximity to the Scottish islands of Jura, Arran, Orkney and Islay and thus perfectly captures the harsh coastal climate in terms of both name and content. The name was changed in 2019: Rock Oyster became Rock Island. In terms of content and Taste, everything remains the same.

This Highland Cattle is the second bottling of the Whisky.de Blended Malt in the new design. The 11-year-old is a Blended Malt Scotch Whisky that was actively designed by Whisky.de in a creative process in terms of Taste. It was matured mainly in oak casks that previously held sherry. A small proportion of first fill ex-bourbon casks rounds off the Taste. The art is to blend the sherry and ex-bourbon casks of the different distilleries in such a way that the ideal balance between the complexity of the malt whiskies and the individually maturing casks is achieved. The result is a complex and strongly sherried whisky with a dark fruity and complex character.

The Blended Malt Scallywag was created by Douglas Laing. Scallywag, the little rascal, is the fox terrier godfather and the Laing family's favourite dog. It includes whiskies from the Mortlach, Macallan and Glenrothes distilleries. Sherry and bourbon casks were used for the third batch.

The Blended Malt Monkey Shoulder comes from William Grant. It is a blend of three malt whiskies from the distilleries Glenfiddich, Balvenie and, for the most part, Kininvie. The Kininvie distillery is a Speyside distillery located in Dufftown, more precisely in Moray. Distillation at the Kininvie distillery is computerised, but it does not have its own mash house. The liquid required for fermentation is therefore obtained via a pipeline from the Balvenie distillery around 200 metres away. Kininvie uses its own mash tun and fermentation vats on the Balvenie site and processes barley to its own specifications. The distillery is owned by William Grant & Sons and the distillery's products are otherwise used for expensive Single Malts or premium Blended Whisky brands. The Monkey Shoulder is therefore an ideal opportunity to explore the flavours of the Speyside distillery at a more affordable price than usual. The name "Monkey Shoulder" comes from traditional whisky production. In the past, the malt was turned by hand, which often led to hanging arms and a hunched posture of the workers during long shifts - similar to the posture of a monkey. Today, the name is merely a reminder of these original "malt men" and their hard labour. Somewhat unusually, the names of the distilleries included in the Monkey Shoulder are also known. But who would say no to a Blended Malt from the popular and established distilleries Glenfiddich, Balvenie and Kininvie? The Single Malts were married for 3 to 6 months in first-fill ex-bourbon casks.

Douglas Laing releases the Big Peat Rock Edition, a special edition of the popular Blend. This bottling was designed exclusively for and in creative collaboration with Whisky.de and matured in a sherry cask. The finish in a sherry cask is an absolute rarity for the Big Peats. The Rock Edition is part of the 'Big Peat's World Tour' in which the popular Islay fisherman travels to other countries to leave his Taste footprint. Eleven countries have already been part of this series. Now the Big Peat is rocking through Germany again on his tour.