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Single Grain

"I wish I had a twenty pound note for each time I had been told in recent years how much someone enjoys a single grain" says Jim Murray, "The ones the connoisseurs die for are the older versions." Grain whisky is distilled in a column still from a variety of cereals like corn or wheat with a touch of malted barley for good measure. It's wood matured and, yes, it's classified as genuine whisky. Just like single malts, grain whiskies have their own style and signature. But because they've been almost entirely reserved for the blended whisky market, they've been much harder to find. It's only in the last decade that more and more single grain whiskies are being offered to flaunt the fact that they can be stunning in their own right - and some with prices as big as their age statements!
Vintage: 1992 Product: 1992 Cooper's Choice Cameronbridge 28 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$230.00

Dozen Price:

$2760.00

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Vintage: 1990 Product: 1990 Cooper's Choice Invergordon 30 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$220.00

Dozen Price:

$2640.00

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Vintage: 1995 Product: 1995 Cooper's Choice Loch Lomond 24 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$230.00

Dozen Price:

$2760.00

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Vintage: 2009 Product: 2009 Cooper's Choice Port Dundas 10 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$140.00

Dozen Price:

$1680.00

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Vintage: 1987 Product: 1987 Cooper's Choice North British 32 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$240.00

Dozen Price:

$2880.00

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Vintage: 1984 Product: 1984 Cooper's Choice Cameronbridge 35 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$299.00

Dozen Price:

$3588.00

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Vintage: 1991 Product: 1991 Cooper's Choice Cambus 29 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 92 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$240.00

Dozen Price:

$2880.00

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Vintage: 1993 Product: 1993 Cooper's Choice Strathclyde 26 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 93 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$230.00

Dozen Price:

$2760.00

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Vintage: Product: 1976 Douglas Laing & Co. XOP Xtra Old Particular Carsebridge 43 Year Old Single Cask Limited Release Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$699.00

Dozen Price:

$8388.00

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Vintage: Product: 1988 Douglas Laing & Co. XOP Xtra Old Particular Cambus 30 Year Old Single Cask Limited Release Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) - 46% Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$450.00

Dozen Price:

$5400.00

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Vintage: Product: 1976 Douglas Laing & Co. XOP Xtra Old Particular Caledonian 44 Year Old Single Cask Limited Release Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$799.00

Dozen Price:

$9588.00

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Vintage: 1988 Product: 1988 Douglas Laing & Co. XOP Xtra Old Particular Cambus 30 Year Old Single Cask Limited Release Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$399.00

Dozen Price:

$4788.00

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Vintage: 1964 Product: 1964 Douglas Laing & Co. XOP Xtra Old Particular Dumbarton 55 Year Old Single Cask Limited Release Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$2,499.00

Dozen Price:

$29988.00

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Vintage: 1974 Product: 1974 Douglas Laing & Co. XOP Xtra Old Particular Garnheath 47 Year Old Single Cask Limited Release Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$899.00

Dozen Price:

$10788.00

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Vintage: 1989 Product: 1989 Douglas Laing & Co. Old Particular Single Cask Girvan 30 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$299.00

Dozen Price:

$3588.00

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Vintage: 2005 Product: 2005 Douglas Laing & Co. Old Particular Single Cask Strathclyde 11 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$199.00

Dozen Price:

$2388.00

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Vintage: 1984 Product: 1984 Douglas Laing & Co. XOP Xtra Old Particular Cameronbridge 35 Year Old Single Cask Limited Release Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$499.00

Dozen Price:

$5988.00

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Vintage: 1993 Product: 1993 Dumangin Cambus Batch 002 Single Cask 26 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 93 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$450.00

Dozen Price:

$5400.00

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Vintage: 1990 Product: 1990 Duncan Taylor Rare Auld Strathclyde 24 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$199.00

Dozen Price:

$2388.00

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Vintage: Product: Elixir Distillers The MacBeth Collection First Ghost Cambus 31 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$699.00

Dozen Price:

$8388.00

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Vintage: Product: Gleann Mor Spirits Distilled at a Lowland Distillery in Ayrshire 8 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 93 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$130.00

Dozen Price:

$1560.00

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Vintage: 1980 Product: 1980 Gordon & Macphail Private Collection Caledonian 39 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$1,399.00

Dozen Price:

$16788.00

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Vintage: 1975 Product: 1975 Gordon & Macphail Private Collection Dumbarton 45 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$1,999.00

Dozen Price:

$23988.00

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Vintage: 1997 Product: 1997 Gordon & Macphail Cameronbridge 21 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$299.00

Dozen Price:

$3588.00

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Vintage: Product: Greign 20 Year Old Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$89.99

Dozen Price:

$1079.88

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Vintage: Product: Haig Club Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$120.00

Dozen Price:

$1440.00

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Vintage: 2007 Product: 2007 House of MacDuff The Golden Cask Invergordon 15 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 92 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$149.99

Dozen Price:

$1799.88

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Vintage: 1989 Product: 1989 House of MacDuff The Golden Cask Dumbarton 32 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 97 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$499.00

Dozen Price:

$5988.00

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Vintage: 1992 Product: 1992 House of MacDuff The Golden Cask Girvan 29 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 94 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$229.99

Dozen Price:

$2759.88

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Vintage: 1988 Product: 1988 House of MacDuff The Golden Cask Invergordon 34 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 92 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$249.99

Dozen Price:

$2999.88

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Vintage: 2006 Product: 2006 House of MacDuff The Golden Cask Cameronbridge 15 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 93 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$129.99

Dozen Price:

$1559.88

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Vintage: 1988 Product: 1988 Infrequent Flyers Invergordon Single Cask No.804137 34 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 95 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$320.00

Dozen Price:

$3840.00

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Vintage: 1995 Product: 1995 Infrequent Flyers North British Single Cask No.5742 26 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$299.00

Dozen Price:

$3588.00

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Vintage: 1995 Product: 1995 Infrequent Flyers Port Dundas Single Cask No.72910 24 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$230.00

Dozen Price:

$2760.00

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Vintage: 1991 Product: 1991 James MacArthur's Invergordon 23 Year Old Old Masters Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 88 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$199.00

Dozen Price:

$2388.00

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Vintage: 1998 Product: 1998 Lady of the Glen North British Single Cask #596158 26 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 95 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$250.00

Dozen Price:

$3000.00

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Vintage: 2000 Product: 2000 Lady of the Glen Dumbarton Single Cask #211903 22 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 93 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$199.00

Dozen Price:

$2388.00

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Vintage: 2011 Product: 2011 Lady of the Glen Balmenach Single Cask #417 10 Year Old Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 91 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$150.00

Dozen Price:

$1800.00

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Vintage: 1992 Product: 1992 Lady of the Glen North British Single Cask #355 30 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 94 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$199.00

Dozen Price:

$2388.00

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Vintage: 2008 Product: 2008 Lady of the Glen Royal Brackla Single Cask #6832 13 Year Old Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 91 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$140.00

Dozen Price:

$1680.00

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Vintage: 1996 Product: 1996 Lady of the Glen North British Single Cask #70948 25 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$199.00

Dozen Price:

$2388.00

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Vintage: Product: 1988 Lady of the Glen Invergordon Single Cask #1480 34 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$299.00

Dozen Price:

$3588.00

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Vintage: Product: 1988 Lady of the Glen Cambus Single Cask #59269 32 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 94 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$249.99

Dozen Price:

$2999.88

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Vintage: 2004 Product: 2004 Lady of the Glen Port Dundas Single Cask #73895 17 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 93 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$180.00

Dozen Price:

$2160.00

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Vintage: 2000 Product: 2000 Lady of the Glen Port Dundas Single Cask #305297 20 Year Old Cask Strength Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 93 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$160.00

Dozen Price:

$1920.00

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Vintage: Product: Loch Lomond Spearhead Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating 91 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$59.99

Dozen Price:

$719.88

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Vintage: Product: Loch Lomond Peated Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$89.99

Dozen Price:

$1079.88

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Vintage: Product: Loch Lomond Single Grain Scotch Whisky (700ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$89.99

Dozen Price:

$1079.88

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Single grain whiskies - more than just a background canvas for blends.

We love a good single grain whisky, but they're an unusual sight even on the shelves of passionate whisky retailers like ourselves. In Scotland the style can be produced from almost any type of grain, with the resulting whisky mostly used to stretch out blends. Not surprisingly, single grains are much maligned by malt snobs. Yet this underdog category is has its place. For whisky nerds or completionists, extra matured bottlings are well worth tasting. 30 or even 50 year old expressions can be surprisingly affordable. Older examples from Cameronbridge, Cambus and Girvan are all worth seeking out.

Making Single Grain Whisky.

Today there are seven grain distilleries operating in Scotland. They're large, functional, industrial style buildings with little of the colourful history and romance that attracts throngs of tourists to the charming Single Malt distilleries. The creation of single grain whiskies is broadly similar to that of malt whisky, only the raw materials and the equipment are different. The mash from which grain whisky is made uses unmalted cereals - usually wheat or maize, it doesn't matter which, so distilleries can buy at the best price - together with a small amount of 'green' malt (barley which has germinated but not been kilned). Usually about 16% of malt is added: it has to be there to convert the starches in the other cereals into sugar, so it can be turned into alcohol by the yeast. Tall column stills are used in place of copper pot stills, the former resulting in a light, clean and fruity spirit that works as a catalyst when blended, releasing the flavours of the malts.

Add first-fill Bourbon casks to the mix, and you have an elegant, semi-sweet whisky which can develop layers of flavour and sophistication as it ages. Nikka's Coffey grain is a great young example. At 30 or 40 years, these whiskies can deliver a unique experience bordering on hedonism: Complex and shifting bouquets matched by luxurious textures and sumptuous flavours falling somewhere between the finest gold Rums or Bourbons or the very, very best Irish. For almost any wood-aged spirit category (bar Armagnac) the price / age ratios are frequently astonishing.

Buy Single Grain Scotch Whisky Online.

While a wide selection is not readily available, Nicks Wine Merchants endeavour to stock at least a few examples of Single Grain Whisky which you can buy online and have delivered to most of Australia.