Speyside Single Malts

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Single malt scotch regions. Red: Lowland; Yellow: Highland; Light blue: Island; Green: Speyside; Purple: Campbeltown.
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Single malt scotch regions. Red: Lowland; Yellow: Highland; Light blue: Island; Green: Speyside; Purple: Campbeltown.

Speyside Single Malts are single malt Scotch whiskies distilled in Strathspey, the area around the River Spey in Moray and Badenoch and Strathspey, in northeastern Scotland.

Strathspey has the most distilleries of any of the whisky producing areas of Scotland. Listed below are known Speyside single malts. Speyside Malts are considered to be the smoothest in taste. An Old wives' tale surrounds these whiskies, intimating the water in the highlands runs through the heather, giving Speyside whiskies a smoother taste typically, than other Scottish Malts.

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