Scotch

Compass Box Glasgow Blend – 8 month Ex-Sherry marrying cask, selected by Prestige-Ledroit This comes to us from the Blenders at compass box. The Glasgow blend is a blend of the following: 29% – “A Distillery near the Town of Aberlour” – FF Sherry Butt Single Malt 35.2% – Cameronbridge Distillery – FF Bourbon Barrel, […]

This Limited Edition release comes to us from Scotch Distiller Arran. This was distilled and aged in refill oak casks then finished in Côte Rôtie wine casks for an unknown amount of time. This bottle has no aged statement, was non-chill filtered and had no color added. ABV: 50% Nose: Malt, honey, hay, slight must, slight raisin,

This is a 6 year old teaspooned Laphroaig from A.D. Rattray. It is teaspooned with Ardbeg, was aged in a Sherry But from 4/27/2011-11/10/2017. This is bottled at cask strength, with no color added and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 61.1% Nose: Tame light vegetal peat, bbq meat, honey, allspice, pepper, lemon zest, campfire smoke. Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel.

This is a 16 year old Arran from IB The Rest & BE Thankful Whisky Company. This came from a bourbon barrel distilled June 29th 1998 and bottled Feburary 23rd, 2015. This was bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 56.8% Nose: Vanilla Cream, Cereals, Malty, Black Pepper, light honey, nice

This is a 13 year old Ledaig offering bottled by Single Cask Nation. It was distilled in 2005 and bottled in 2018 after having been matured in a 2nd fill sherry cask. This was bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 57.1% Nose: Raspberry Jam, industrial smoke, light minerality, figs, brine,

I tried this blind and then was revealed the bottle, so keep that in mind while reading my notes. This is a bottling from SMWS of Caol Ila. It was aged for 11 years in a refill bourbon hogshead, then bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 59.5% Nose: Buttery Popcorn,

This is a bottling from Signatory Vintage. It is a 16 year old peated Ballechin, that was aged in an ex-Islay cask that then held sherry in it. It was bottled for the Whisky Club Luxembourg. This was bottled at cask strength with no color added, and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 58.9% Nose: Smoked Meaty Peat, Jammy

I took these notes down blind, then was revealed the bottler later so keep that in mind. This is a Signatory Vintage bottling for Specs in Texas. This was aged for 20 years in a refill sherry hogshead, then bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 61.5% Nose: Fruity, Honey, Figs,

This is a 7 year old Arran bottled for Van Wees in The Netherlands. It was aged all 7 years in a first fill sherry hogshead and bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 59.2% Nose: Malty, Hay, Grass. kind of a tame nose given the proof. Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel, Tangy

This is a bottling of Clynelish form American IB Single Cask Nation. This Clynelish was aged for 23 years in a 2nd fill Oloroso Sherry Butt, then bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 52.4% Nose: Strong Dark Fruits, Figs, Plums, Blackberries. Allspice, Nutmeg. Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel. Waxy, Figs, Plums, Blackberries.