MADEIRA (by the glass)

Henriques & Henriques10 year old Verdelho     £7.00

Henriques & Henriques 5 year old Bual     £6.00

Henriques & Henriques 10 year old Malmsey     £7.00

SHERRY (by the glass)

We’re reclaiming these fine wines from the myth that they’re best
appreciated by maiden aunts. Good sherry never went out of fashion, and in
recent years high quality sherries have made something of a comeback. Our
list has some of the finest producers.

Bodegas Hidalgo Manzanilla La Gitana      £3.75
Pale, light bodied, dry and fresh, this is a classic Manzanilla.
Ideal as an aperitif or with seafood.

Bodegas Hidalgo Napoleon Amontillado     £3.75
Palomino fino grapes aged in American oak casks for at least 12 years. 
This produces a deep brown colour with a very dry nutty flavour.

Bodegas Sánchez Romate Reservas Especiales Don Jose Oloroso      £3.75
Again palomino fino grapes aged in oak Golden in the glass with darker hints of mahogany, and intense aromas of old oak and walnuts with a smooth velvety taste.

Bodegas Sánchez Romate Reservas Especiales: Iberia Cream      £3.75
Palomino fino grapes blended with Pedro Ximenez, aged in oak casks. 
It looks like the sticky dark brown stuff beloved of that maiden aunt – but our sherry hides a wonderful fresh rich creamy taste.

Bodegas Colosia Pedro Ximenez       £4.00
100% pure Pedro Ximenez grapes allowed to dry in the sun for two weeks to concentrate the sugars and reduce the tannins. 
A wonderful sweet taste of liquid raisins. It’s great before a meal over ice, on its own, or with dessert.

“If Penicillin can cure those who are ill, Spanish sherry can bring the dead back to life” Sir Alexander Fleming

PORTS

Krohn ‘Ambassador’ Ruby      £3.25

Krohn Traditional unfiltered LBV  2001    £4.75

Taylors 10 year old Tawny      £6.25

Fonseca, Guimarens, Vintage Port  1987   £8.25

Warres Vintage Port    1983 Bottle  £89.00

DIGESTIVES

Served in 25cl measures - All prices are per glass except where indicated.

Calvados, Chateau du Breuil      £3.00

Janneau, VSOP       £4.50

Fine Armagnac, Delord      £4.50

Chateau de Lacaze, Bas Armagnac  1983     £7.75

Baron de Sigognac, Bas Armagnac 1967     £9.50

Delamain Cognac 1971     £9.25

Delamain Cognac 1982     £9.25

Hine Grande Champagne Cognac 1988     £8.75

Malt Whisky Selection
Served in 25cl measures

Lowland
Tend to be light, fruity and dry

Auchentoshan 40% £2.25
One of only two distilleries employing a true third distillation.
A classic lowland whisky, light and elegant, ideal as an aperitif.

Glenkinchie 10 Year Old 40% £3.45
Marketed as the ‘Edinburgh Malt’, which is only 14 miles from the distillery.
Full bodied with a floral character.

Highlands
The largest of the regions, it has the greatest diversity of styles

Ben Nevis 10 Year Old 46% £3.45
Located at the foot of Britain’s highest mountain.
Fruitcake, toffee and herbal tones.

Glenmorangie 10 Year Old 40% £3.65
The biggest selling malt in the UK, only 16 distillery workers, two for each still; which are the tallest stills in the Highlands.
A light elegant dram with a nutty finish.

Speyside
Typically the sweetest of the malts

Glenfiddich 12 Years Old 40% £2.95
The biggest selling malt worldwide. Some of this success is owed to the fact that William Grant pioneered the marketing of their whiskies as single malts.
Soft and lightly fruity, a very clean finish.

Glenfarclas 10 Year Old 40% £2.75
Still in the same family hands since it was founded in 1860.
Hints of peat and perfume.

Knockando 12 Year Old 43% £2.75
The make from this distillery is an important component of the blended whisky, J & B.
A light predinner malt with sweet, creamy fruit flavours.

Macallan 10 Year Old 40%  £3.25
A heavyweight malt, the distillery has some of the smallest stills used in Scotland.
Massively flavoured, big sherried and floral. Well suited to after dinner drinking.

The Islands
The whiskies vary although all seem to have been influenced by their seaside locations.

Isle of Jura 10 Year Old  40%   £2.75
Perhaps overshadowed by the neighbouring island of Islay, Jura is an amazing island, George Orwell wrote 1984 here.
The only distillery on the island, the whisky is lightly peaty.

Ledaig Sherry Finish   42%   £2.75
The only distillery on the Isle of Mull, this 5 year old has been finished off in sherry casks.

Bowmore 12 Year Old  40%   £3.00
Located on Islay in the town of the same name, Bowmore is of the most lightly peated whiskies from Islay.
It has a fragrant smokiness and a salty finish.

Laphroaig 10 Year Old  40%   £3.00
Often described as the best tasting medicine. This Islay malt is the most distinctive.
Easily the peatiest of our selection.

Port Ellen 1979 Old Bothwell 54%   £11.50
Sadly this Islay distillery closed in 1984. This is a rare malt on limited release, the whisky was bottled from cask no 7094 in July 2006.
Earthy with a salty tang, a wonderfully balanced malt.