LCBO Food & Drink Holiday 2025

SCOTCH & SHORTBREAD

Toasty, Warming Scotch + Black Cocoa Shortbreads

WHY IT WORKS

Grains are sprouted then kiln-dried to create malted barley, and the resulting toasty, cereal-grain aromas and flavours are as comforting as warm porridge. A deep, dark chocolate shortbread is the ideal pairing, picking up the roasted notes in the grain. Its sprinkle of sea salt echoes the coastal influence common to some of these bottles.

Monkey Shoulder Blended Malt Scotch Whisky LCBO 414334, $58.95 Three beloved single-malt whiskies are blended into this robust bottling, which has deli cate marmalade and pastry cream notes on a spicy, toasty malted-barley backbone.

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Festive Edition LCBO 44175, $429.95 Blended Scotch creates mas sive floral, fruity, nutty and lightly smoky complexity by mingling grain and malt whiskies, and this top-shelf blend includes whiskies as old as 60 years.

Old Pulteney 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky LCBO 618967, $131 The coastal influence of this distillery’s seaside location on northeast Scotland’s shores gives it a salted-caramel character, complemented by toasty grain, honey and orange notes.

Oban Little Bay Single Malt Scotch Whisky LCBO 405423, $99.60 Rich texture carries distinct cereal-grain notes accented by spicy clove and dark chocolate. Expect just a hint of smoky charm with toasted almond and orange zest on the long finish.

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