5 | Spirits | Single Malt, $10 to $20

Nose: At full strength, the aroma is fragrant and lightly drying with warming malty notes. The first impression is of butterscotch and shortbread with fresh herbal/grassy notes. Lemon curd and meringue are discovered in the background. With water, malt and spices combine to reveal oatmeal with a hint of freshly ground black pepper. Lemongrass, tea-tree oil and heather aromatics give the whisky a fragrance throughout. Taste: The mouthfeel is lightly spiced with a warming and gently mouth watering effect. Malty toffee sweetness is present throughout with blackcurrants and a fragrant citrus lemongrass tang. Finish: Shortbread, fresh herbal notes (lemongrass) and the sweet spiciness of ginger marmalade.

The pure local water coloured and flavoured by the peat of the Cairngorm mountains, together with the fine malted barley from the Moray Firth region, and, of course, our unsurpassed attention to detail. Nose: Soft and medium-sweet. quite fresh with a slight menthol character, gently peated with a slight earthy touch. Finish: Of good length, almost dry with a good peaty flavour. Taste: Medium-dry, minty, with good body and a firm, but gentle dark earthy smokiness. Colour: Pale mid amber with old gold highlights.