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| | C.B. Hannegan's Single Malt Whiskies |
 | | Generally speaking, Lowland malts are lighter, more delicate; Island malts are heavy, peaty and dry; Campbeltown's two distilleries produce spirits that are soft with a touch of brine; and Highland malts are richer, more complex. |
 | | It isn't enough to jot down "tasting notes," as malt drinkers do in the bar at the Craigellachie Hotel: "smooth," "light," "so-so." The noser's lexicon runs from rose, pear-drop and fig through toffee and green tomato, all the way to pencil shaving, iodine, burnt rubber and creosote. |
 | | A single malt is no less a potpourri than a blend that folds several malts into cheaper grain whisky. |
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