Uisge Beatha ~ the water of life ~ Whisky

Highlander Inn Single Cask Bottlings

At The Highlander Inn we are committed to ensure that one of Scotland's greatest products and exports should be truly celebrated for it's diversity, quality and it's unique ability to bring people of all nations and creeds together in a sense of well-being and camaradarie. It really is "the water of life".

Tatsuya Minagawa and Duncan ElphickWhile our selection of Single Malts may not be the biggest, it is becoming one of the most diverse in terms of age, distillery, nose and taste. Add to this the atmosphere in the bar created by a real mixture of locals and visitors to the area, talking to each other and sharing experiences.

Surely this is the REAL way to experience and enjoy Single Malt Whisky?

Conduct your own personal tasting from our .
Tasting menus and whisky list.

Following the heritage of the art of making whisky, our truly unique 'tasting trays' have been exclusively made for the Highlander Inn by a local master craftsman. We were certainly the first bar in th UK to produce trays like this although I'm sure others have now copied us!

They represent the tradition of making whisky; the wood is 30 year old solid oak to represent the casks, the discs are copper to represent the stills, and the Glencairn glasses are now globally recognised as the best whisky nosing and tasting glass.

Order up a tray (flight) by menu number - or make up your own selection of 6 different whiskies from our extensive Whisky List. Enjoy a tray single-handedly, or share it between two of you, the choice is yours.

Currently we have just under 200 different Single Malt Scotch Whiskies available to buy by the nip.

We have a professional, friendly team looking after you in the bar and a la carte restaurant, Tatsuya Minagawa (Yamagata, Japan) heads up the team, working with Lindsay Robertson (Craigellachie), Rachel Richard (Dufftown), Lorne Jeffrey (Shap, Cumbria) and Neil Spence (Aberlour).

Due to increased levels of business, we are currently looking for another professional, friendly and hard-working person to join the team. Nationality is irrelevant, just as long as you have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom.

If you believe you could add to our standards of service, knowledge and professionalism and would like to join us, please email Duncan Elphick with your CV.

The Flora & Flora range

We have managed to acquire the complete set of 26 bottles of the "Flora & Fauna" range of single malts, bottled at 43.0% alcohol by volume, produced by UDV / Diageo.

It is now on permanent display in the bar and is dedicated to the memory of 2 close friends of the Highlander Inn:

Jakub Ivanov, our working colleague since April 2006 who tragically passed away on Wednesday 22 August 2007 as the result of a car accident, and

Michael Jackson, the world's best known ~ and most respected ~ whisky and beer writer, who was a good friend, who died so suddenly after a heart attack on Thursday 30 August 2007.

This series was originally nick-named "flora & fauna" by Michael because of the label designs. The name stuck and the range has always been known since as the "Flora & Fauna" series.

Osaka Bar and Liquor store owners at The Highlander Inn

Mr Shiraki (4th from left) and his party of Bar and Liquor Store owners from Osaka enjoying their stay at The Highlander Inn in September 2006.





Amanda and Joakim

In December 2005 we were very pleased to be able to help a young Swedish couple who checked in at the Highlander Inn - click here to find out how.