Single Malt Scotch Whisky can be defined by tasting style. To assist your choice we have selected and sorted single malt whiskies with a distinct taste profile, from the soft delicate whiskies to the heavily peated phenolic whiskies and put them into pages that describe them best:

Smokey Phenolic Whisky
These whiskies can have tasting notes from other categories. However, incorporate a certain phenol level that give them an intensely peaty, smoky or medicinal quality. Tasting notes often include phenolic, medicinal, TCP, smoky, seaweed, pungent, creosote, carbolic and bonfires. This is just a small sample of tasting notes of whiskies in this category. They may have one, more or all of these attributes.
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AnCnoc Peatheart Single Malt Whisky Batch 1
Knockdhu Distillery
Heavily Peated Single Malt Whisky
Batch Number 1
46% ABV 70cl
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Arbeg Almost There
Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Limited Edition
Distilled in 1998 and bottled 2007
54.1% ABV 70cl
Please note : some very minor marks to box
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Ardbeg 10 year old Single Malt Whisky 46%
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Ardbeg 1990 Airigh Nam Beist
Islay Single Malt Whisky
Limited Release 1990 Vintage
46% ABV 70cl
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Ardbeg 21 year old Cask Strength Whisky
Islay Single Malt Whisky
Ardbeg Distillery
Distilled in 1993 and Bottled in 2015
Cask Strength
53.2% ABV 70cl
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Ardbeg Alligator For Discussion
Ardbeg Islay Single Malt Whisky
Exclusive Committee Release
51.2% ABV 70cl
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Ardbeg Alligator Single Malt Whisky
Islay Single Malt Whisky
Rare Limited Release
51.2% ABV 70cl
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Ardbeg An Oa
Islay Single Malt Whisky
The Ultimate range
Non Chill-filtered
46.6% ABV 70cl
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Ardbeg Dark Cove
Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
46.5% ABV 70cl
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Ardbeg Dark Cove Committee Release
Cask Strength Islay Single Malt Whisky
Special Committee Only Edition 2016
55% ABV 70cl
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Ardbeg Grooves Committee Release
Cask Strength Islay Single Malt Whisky
Special Committee Only Edition 2018
51.6% ABV 70cl
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Ardbeg Kildalton Single Malt Whisky 2014 Edition
Islay Single Malt Whisky Distillery Bottling
2014 Limited Release
46% 70c
This we feel will make it easier for you to choose something of a similar character to what you like, but enable you to try something new. If looking for a gift for someone that you know has a particular favourite but want to pick something different, yet close in style?
Please bear in mind that our whisky by taste guide is subjective. and is just a tool to point you in a taste direction.