This heavily-peated whisky from Torabhaig distillery was bottled at cask-strength and offers further insight into its distillery style. Aromas of smoked heather, blossom honey, barley sugars and salty sea air fill the nose, complemented by notes of vanilla ice cream, bonfire smoke, hot tar, oily brine and sweet spices throughout the palate.
Stewed fruits, Seville orange and chewy toffee with some warm gingerbread spiciness emerge first, with hints of peaches and cream and caramelised apple underneath. A little earthy clove and black peppercorn add depth among burnt sugar and some tropical fruit.
Stewed fruits, Seville orange and chewy toffee with some warm gingerbread spiciness emerge first, with hints of peaches and cream and caramelised apple underneath. A little earthy clove and black peppercorn add depth among burnt sugar and some tropical fruit.
Stewed fruits, Seville orange and chewy toffee with some warm gingerbread spiciness emerge first, with hints of peaches and cream and caramelised apple underneath. A little earthy clove and black peppercorn add depth among burnt sugar and some tropical fruit.
Colour – Pale straw.
Celebrate the purest expression of terroir with Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2014. Fully traceable and high provenance, a medley of apricot and peach complements the cereal-forward single malt, with a subtle maritime note nodding to the whisky’s all Islay harvest, distillation and maturation.
A limited-release 18-year-old single malt from Tamdhu distillery that has been matured in a combination of European oak and American oak oloroso sherry casks. Aromas of cherries, plums, orange zest, honey-baked oats and hazelnut milk chocolate fill the nose, complemented by notes of crunchy apple, dried fruit, ginger, cinnamon, vanilla and sherry throughout the palate.
This is Edradour at its best, bottled by the distillery's owners, Signatory Vintage, as part of their Unchillfiltered (UCF) collection.
We'll spare you the philosophical discussion about wherther this counts as an official or independent bottling and get straight to the point. Distilled at Edradour distillery in 2012, this spirit was matured in a single first-fill sherry cask which acts as the ultimate balancing foil to the decidedly old-school, rustic and funky spirit character.
As the name suggests, this whisky was bottled without chill-filtration, nor additional colouring.
A 12yo Highlander from Glengoyne, famed for their unpeated single malt. Glengoyne is always very pure in style, allowing their high-quality, easy-drinking whisky to shine in its natural state.
A 12yo Highlander from Glengoyne, famed for their unpeated single malt. Glengoyne is always very pure in style, allowing their high-quality, easy-drinking whisky to shine in its natural state.
Batch Strength No. 008 encapsulates our unwavering commitment to crafting exclusively sherry-matured whisky, presenting a captivating deep natural copper hue and a complex flavour profile. With each Oloroso sherry cask carefully hand-selected, this expression delivers an exquisite and nuanced flavour, leaving a memorable and gratifying finish that embodies the essence of Speyside.
This special edition of The Cheshire has been inspired by longer days and the invigorating salty air of the seaside. It’s a lighter expression, matured in gently charred casks and finished in Islay barrels brought fresh from the island, bringing their coastal character and peaty edge.
This is one of only 891 bottles of this unique release.
Cask types: Maturation - single-use, ex-bourbon, American oak quarter-casks, shaved, toasted and re-charred; Finishing - single-use ex-Islay casks.
Nose: Subtle smoke and sweet cherries. Meadow hay and a gust of bracing sea air.
Palate: Smoky and lightly-peated foretaste balanced by caramel and citrus. Touch of chilli heat.
Finish: Lasting and mellow, smoking embers. Vanilla and toasted marshmallow.
Matured fully in Oloroso Sherry casks for a minimum of 15 years, Cù Bòcan 15 Year Old is a decadent single malt with sun dried fruits and smoky exotic spices. The Oloroso Sherry casks impart flavours of dried fruits, flamed orange peel, cinder toffee, black cherry and cardamom. The peat provides a traditional earthy dryness rather than an obvious smoke, this has helped keep some of the sweeter elements of the sherry casks perfectly balanced.
Mossburn's Cask Collaboration Series kicks off in style with this 12-year-old Speyside blended malt Scotch whisky, finished in rum casks from legendary Barbados distillery, Foursquare! Expect plenty of tropical, fruity tang and buttery oaken vanilla to accompany the nutty malt and toffee at its core.
Only 1200 bottles in the UK
A botanical single malt with a forest-like depth of taste and aroma, commencing with a bouquet of pine,
juniper and coriander, along with roasted chestnut and an intriguing whisper of smoke.
Upon sipping, flavour explodes in the mouth.Whirls of peppermint. Bursts of eucalyptus. Rustles of bitter orange. All
floating on clouds of vanilla with intriguing hints of black liquorice. It concludes with a slow and luscious finish
featuring lemon, orange and a soft hint of oak.
Stewed fruits, Seville orange and chewy toffee with some warm gingerbread spiciness emerge first, with hints of peaches and cream and caramelised apple underneath. A little earthy clove and black peppercorn add depth among burnt sugar and some tropical fruit.
From Boann Distillery comes The Whistler P.X. I Love You Single Malt, a delightful example of the decadence of the Pedro Ximénez (PX) sherry, the influence this fortified wine’s casks can have on whiskey, and the power of a good name. It's like P.S. I Love You. Get it?
This single malt Irish whiskey was made from 100% malted barley and finished for at least nine months in PX casks before being bottled at 46% ABV without chill-filtration or colouring.
Benromach TRIPLE DISTILLED is a limited release matured in first-fill bourbon barrels. Passing once through the wash still and twice through the spirit still, it delivers a lighter style which offers delicate and sweet notes with ripe tropical fruits, malt biscuit and vanilla, leading to banana, green apple and subtle smoke.
Edition 14.1 of Bruichladdich’s Octomore series was made with barley grown on the Scottish mainland and malted to 128.ppm creating a heavily peated single malt. This whisky was matured for five years in first-fill ex-American whiskey casks, imparting aromas of smoked caramel, roasted almonds and barbecue pork on the nose, with bright citrus notes, smoked heather and ground coffee on the palate.
After five aged years in first fill ex-American oak casks, Adam has offered a unique twist in this 13.1, having gathered and recasked the spirit in 2021 into yet more fresh, first fill ex-American oak casks. This final injection of flavour, taken from the interaction between the spirit and the oak offers additional flavours of dark toffee, coconut and vanilla.
Nose: Coastal peat smoke, vanilla and tangy and bright
citrus zest.
Palate: Maritime peat, ripe orchard fruit, warm oak and a
gentle, warm black pepper spice.
Finish: Lingering peat with a subtle seaweed salinity.
Edition 14.3 of Bruichladdich’s Octomore series was made with 100% Concerto Barley from Octomore farm on Islay and matured for five years in first-fill ex-American whiskey casks and second-fill wine casks. This super heavily-peated style from Octomore has given the whisky rich aromas of burnt biscuit, plump apricots and butterscotch on the nose which leads to an earthy smokiness on the palate with notes of peat stacks, honeysuckle and toasted barley.
Octomore 13.3 demonstrates the phenomenal force of flavour when combining super-heavy peat with the variable harvests gathered from the island of Islay, on one singular farm. Raised by friend and farmer James Brown, just two miles south of the distillery, this crop of Concerto barley was distilled in 2016 from the 2015 growing season, has been
patiently coaxed through our Victorian distillery before being filled into first fill ex-American oak casks and second fill European oak casks.
Working with Islay barley is always a privilege. The ability to present it in a single estate, single vintage, single malt is perhaps even more poetic. From year to year, Head Distiller Adam Hannett works with the base spirit bestowed upon him by the grower, together with natural factors; the changing climate and weather system, agronomic yield decided by marauding deer and hungry geese, and the terroir of the field itself.
This particular Octomore Islay barley has been matured in a foundational parcel of first fill ex-American whiskey barrels and a supplementary selection of second fill European oak casks, hailing from the Rivesaltes region of France and the Ribera del Duero region of Spain. This European oak gives more subtle structure to the spirit, while the
American oak allows the spirit to take centre stage. Expect vanilla and brown sugar, counterbalanced
with fresh and round green fruit notes. The smoke is, as ever, gentle and dry, building to a long
finish with hints of creosote and sea spray.
