Whisky

The 2017 release of Arran’s Smugglers’ Series ‘The Exciseman’ is the 3rd and final contribution of a stunning trilogie. This release pays tribute to the exuberant character of those striving to outwit the Government’s representatives in the pursuit of the production of the famed Arran Waters. The Madeira casks used in this final volume,...

This is the second batch of delicious Isle of Arran single malt from That Boutique-y Whisky Company. It boasts a malt, almost coconut-like, coastal flavour and comes bearing a wonderful comic book-style label of a scene from the island.

The scene depicts the artist, Emily Chappell, and a friend of hers on an ill-fated kayaking expediti...

Arran The Devils Punchbowl was released in 2012, a limited edition of 6660 bottles which later would be followed by a second and third release.

Arran The Devils Punchbowl Chapter II, nicknamed ‘Angels & Devils’ , is the 2nd contribution to the Devil trilogie which itself started in 2012. Released in 2013 this was limited to 6660 bottles which where vatted from 27 selected Arran casks.

Arran The Devils Punchbowl Chapter III, nicknamed ‘the fiendish finale , is the 3rd and last of the Devil trilogie which started in 2012. A limited number of, again, 6660 bottles came from 21 selected casks: 8 Oloroso, 8 French Oak barriques and 5 bourbon barrels.

Arran The Devils Punchbowl was released in 2012, a limited edition of 6660 bottles which later would be followed by a second release in 2013 and a third and final release in 2014. This is the complete set, containing all 3 releases.

The White Stag Fifth Release was another excellent selection by the 2019 tasting panel which had members tasting from all over the world, even as far as Japan! The final sample chosen by the panel was once again the youngest of the three samples provided for tasting – a marriage of four Sherry Hogsheads distilled on 1st December 2009 &#...

The White Stag Fourth Release was selected by a panel of 22 members of the White Stag community who all received a sample pack with three very different whiskies included in the mix.  This year, the panel were thrown a curve ball and had to select between a much older cask marriage, a younger one and indeed a peated sample!  The final sample ...

Matured exclusively in Bourbon casks, this officially-bottled 30yo Auchentoshan from 1978, limited to just 480 bottles, was bottled in 2009.

This 11 year old Speyside was distilled in 1999, aged in Oak Casks and bottled 2010 by Duncan Taylor.

Ballantine’s Christmas Reserve Limited Edition is a smooth blend of the finest aged whiskies, specially selected by Ballantine’s Master Blender, for tastes and flavours that evoke the spirit of Christmas. Released in 2013.

Balvenie Signature Batch 1 appeared in 2007, as replacement for the 10-year old expression Founders Reserve . Recently discontinued, a total of 5 batches of this 12-year old Balvenie where released.

In the making of The Balvenie IslayCask, David Stewart selected Balvenie single malt which had matured in traditional oak casks for at least 17 years and transferred it into 94 casks which had previously held Islay single malt. After six months he felt the casks had imparted the desired delicate amount of peaty notes, typical of Islay, whilst...

In 2005 The Balvenie Malt Master, David Stewart, crafted a new expression, The Balvenie NewWood Single Malt Scotch Whisky, by using casks coopered from American white oak which were toasted then charred and unusually, had never previously held any liquid. David selected and married 79 traditional whisky oak casks of at least 17 years of age a...

In 2001, a heavily peated batch of barley was distilled at The Balvenie Distillery and was allowed to mature until David Stewart decided it was time to rejuvenate the maturation process and so the whisky was transferred to newly prepared traditional casks. The casks that had originally held the peated liquid had taken on much of its character...

The Balvenie DCS Compendium Chapter 5 features five extremely rare single-cask single malt whiskies and highlights the complex manner in which different oak casks influence the flavour of The Balvenie during the maturation process.

The 2001 Chapter 5 has been aged for 17 years and bottled from single cask #9325  on the 14th April 2019 ...