Duty-free whisky at Salvador

Irish whiskey from Bushmills in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, which dates its licence to 1608. Triple-distilled, light and honeyed.

Blended Scotch from Aberdeen, where brothers James and John Chivas ran a fine-food shop in the 1800s. Built around Strathisla single malt from Speyside, it has a smooth, honeyed style.

Blended Scotch founded by John Dewar in Perth in 1846. Dewar's 'double ages' its blends: once blended, the whiskies rest together again in casks so they marry smoothly.

Speyside single malt from Dufftown, built by William Grant and his family in 1887 and still family-owned. One of the best-selling single malts in the world, with a fresh pear-and-apple style.

Highland single malt from Tain on the Dornoch Firth. Its stills are the tallest in Scotland, giving a light, fruity, floral spirit, and it is known for wine and sherry cask finishes.

Tennessee whiskey from Lynchburg. Before ageing, the new spirit drips through sugar-maple charcoal (the Lincoln County Process), which gives its soft, sweet style.

Irish whiskey first made by John Jameson in Dublin in 1780, now distilled at Midleton in County Cork. Triple-distilled for a smooth, light style.

Began as John Walker's grocery shop in Kilmarnock in 1820 and is now the world's best-selling Scotch whisky. The colour-coded labels step up from Red, a mixer, through Black and Gold to Blue.

Single malt from the Isle of Jura, off Scotland's west coast: an island of a few hundred people and one distillery. Mostly sweet and smooth with a light touch of peat.

Islay single malt, made on the island's south coast since 1815. Famous for heavy peat smoke with a medicinal, seaweed edge: you either love it or you don't.

Blended malt from William Grant & Sons, made only from Speyside single malts, with no grain whisky. Named after the stiff shoulder maltmen got from turning barley by hand; made smooth for mixing.

Chivas Brothers' prestige blended Scotch, first made in 1953 for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Every blend is at least 21 years old and comes in a porcelain flagon.

Single malt from the Isle of Skye, made on the shore of Loch Harport since 1830. A maritime style: smoke, black pepper and sea salt.

Speyside single malt from the Livet valley. In 1824 founder George Smith took one of the first licences under the new excise law; the style is smooth, fruity and floral.

Speyside single malt from Craigellachie, licensed in 1824. Known for its 'curiously small' stills and sherry-seasoned oak casks, and among the world's most collected whiskies.

Kentucky bourbon from a historic distillery near Versailles, Kentucky. Part of the whiskey is triple-distilled in copper pot stills, giving a rich, fruity, spicy style.