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Overview of Scotlands fine single malt whiskies by area:

ISLAY SINGLE MALT WHISKY
Islay is one of the Western Isles of Scotland, situated furthest to the south. The Island is very flat and consists largely of peat. Most of the distilleries use a high proportion of peat when malting the barley used for production. This along with there coastal location produce powerful single malt whiskies which are very often smoky with peaty and seaweed characteristics.

SPEYSIDE SINGLE MALT WHISKY
Speyside contains more than half of Scotland's distilleries and is situated in the area around Elgin and the river Spey. Some of the most famous single malts are amongst the many whiskies produced in the Speyside region, such as Macallan and The Glenlivet. Speyside whiskies can generally be broken down into two categories – big rich, fruity sherry cask whiskies or lighter, complex sweet and floral malts.

HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT WHISKY
Highland is the largest of the malt regions of Scotland comprising most of the Scottish mainland north of an imaginary line between the Forth and Loch Lomond. Due to the sheer size of the region it produces the widest range in styles of whiskies from some fairly coastal and peated whiskies in the north to softer fruitier whiskies in the south.

LOWLAND SINGLE MALT WHISKY
Lowland describes the Scottish mainland south of the imaginary line between the Forth and Loch Lomond. Only three lowland distilleries are now in production in what was once a busy distilling region. Lowland whiskies are often wrongly overlooked, as they produce a much lighter more delicate style of whisky, however looked at properly they are full of character.

CAMBELTOWN SINGLE MALT WHISKY
Cambeltown consists of the most southern area of the west coast known as the Kintyre peninsula. This region once contained rivaled Speyside in numbers of distilleries, today there are only three distilleries – Glen Scotia, Springbank and the newly reopened Glengyle. Cambeltown malts usually are rich and full bodied, with a good coastal feel and occasional on a par with Islay for peat.

ISLANDS SINGLE MALT WHISKY
Island region describes all of the whisky producing Isles apart from Islay, namely Mull, Skye, Orkney, Arran and Jura. Due to their location these whiskies often have a coastal feel to them and often use a high degree of peat. Generally however the peat some in these whiskies is softer and sweeter than the pungent peat reek of Islay malts.

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