Ferocious Aardvark wrote:
Here's where I misspent a fair part of my youth experimenting with single malts (they used to have every single one - maybe they still do, not been in for donkeys)
Cat i'th Well at Wainstalls
Been there many times over the years. They had the best selection I've seen in Yorkshire, though not
quite all, though it looked like it!
There are around 120 malt distilleries, some of which may be 'silent' [mothballed] at one time or an other. When you think of the different ages, and strengths, there are many hundreds of 'different' single malts on the market and that's before you factor in the varying oloroso/port/bourbon/double wood etc, barrels which are used for final maturation or 'finishing'
and the independent suppliers [see below] who buy whisky in bulk, mature it, bottle it and sell it under their own label, in many extra strengths and ages. With all that it's many many more.
If you're really interested in some of the rarer ones [I know it's a bit of a journey] try Gordon and McPhail in Elgin or Cadenhead's in Edinburgh. Now they do have a collection and a half!
