There’s one thing particular about whisky. It’s the proper drink – clean, refined, and with a wealthy historical past. Whisky is produced from grain, normally barley. The method of constructing whisky is lengthy and detailed, and the top result’s a clean, flavourful drink good for sipping. There are a lot of various kinds of whisky, from the smoky Islay whiskies to the candy and fruity Speyside whiskies. It doesn’t matter what your style, there’s a whisky on the market for you. So pour your self a glass, sit again, and luxuriate in its clean flavour and uncover what we’re consuming proper now.
The Glendronach 12 12 months Outdated
Nestled within the valley of Forgue, deep within the East Highland hills, is The GlenDronach, one of many oldest licensed distilleries in Scotland. The GlenDronach is of true Highland type: a fancy and full-bodied spirit, good for sluggish maturation in Spanish sherry oak. This excellent richly sherried single malt is matured for not less than 12 years in a mix of the best Spanish Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso sherry casks. Pure color and bottled at 43%, The GlenDronach 12 yr previous is a candy, creamy dram.
The Glasgow Distillery
Bottling the very best of Glasgow since 2014, The Glasgow Distillery is the house of latest distillers who’re reinvigorating the spirit scene within the metropolis. An impartial, free-thinking distillery dedicated to sharing the tales of Glasgow, The Glasgow Distillery’s 1770 vary has one thing for each whisky fan, from whisky crackers to personalised bottles of its Glasgow 1770 Single Malt – able to be shared and loved.
Benriach
Recognized for its long-standing custom of distilling traditional, peated and triple distilled whisky and an unlimited eclectic cask stock sourced from around the globe, Benriach’s portfolio has been artistically crafted by Grasp Blender Dr. Rachel Barrie and her crew. Displaying the range and flexibility of Benriach’s orchard fruit-laden type, The Benriach vary spans the total spectrum of whisky flavour – lending itself to a wide range of flavour palates and artistic serves.
Berry Bros. & Rudd Sherry Cask Matured – The Basic Vary
With two Royal Warrants and over 300 years of historical past, Berry Brothers & Rudd is Britain’s authentic wine and spirits service provider is family-owned and run and nonetheless trades from No.3 St James’s Road, residence since 1698. The crew have chosen a mix of sherry cask single malts to create this lovely instance of a well-sherried whisky. Sherry casks are a luxurious in whisky making and these costly barrels imbue a spirit with distinctive notes of deep fruit, citrus and nuts making their Basic Sherry Cask Malt ship a balanced expression in a uniquely participating type. Their Basic Vary is a exceptional vary of malt whiskies that epitomise the very best of the 4 traditional kinds of Scottish Malt – The Areas of Islay and Speyside, and the distinctive cask kinds of Sherry and Peat.
Ardgowan Distillery Clydebuilt Sailmaker
Ardgowan Distillery has invested in world-class applied sciences to place sustainability on the coronary heart of its plans, aiming to grow to be carbon adverse. The distillery will start manufacturing in 2024 with capability to supply as much as 1 million litres of premium whisky per yr, and the mixed services will create as much as 47 new native jobs. Their newest launch, Sailmaker, a brand new maritime whisky impressed by the wealthy heritage of Scottish shipbuilding, includes a mix of six premium whiskies from Highland, Lowland and Speyside distilleries matured in first fill Oloroso sherry casks.
Talisker 10-12 months-Outdated Single Malt Scotch Whisky
As one of the most awarded single malt Scottish whiskies in the world, with its smoky and spicy notes and comforting afterglow, Talisker 10-12 months-Outdated Whisky has a famously wealthy and highly effective peat–smoke flavour whereas the end leaves you with a heat peppery style at the again of the mouth. Double distilled to create a wealthy, deep character embodying the maritime traits of a coastal whisky, after which aged for at least 10 years in American oak casks, this whisky is greatest served neat.
Glenfiddich Orchard Experiment Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Glenfiddich Orchard (43% ABV) is a single malt Scotch whisky that’s completed in Somerset Pomona Spirit casks. This provides the whisky a candy and fruity flavour that’s distinctive to Glenfiddich. The Orchard is a part of the Glenfiddich Experimental collection, which brings collectively two maverick households. The Glenfiddich household is thought for his or her Scotch whiskies, whereas the Somerset household is thought for his or her Pomona spirits. Collectively, they create a Scottish whisky that’s bathed within the candy heat of an English summer season’s day.
The Macallan 12-12 months-Outdated Double Cask Single Malt Whisky
The Macallan Double Cask 12 Years Outdated is half of the model’s Double Cask vary, which marries the traditional Macallan type with the unmistakable sweetness of American oak. Creating a particular type because of maturation in each European and American oak casks, Macallan’s 12-year-old, sherry-seasoned whisky is nice and rounded. On the nostril is an aroma of creamy butterscotch with hints of toffee apple, candied orange, and vanilla custard, whereas the palate is honeyed, balancing wooden spices and citrus with raisins and caramel.
Sagamore Spirit Rye American Whiskey
Sagamore Spirit Rye Whiskey is a mix of two totally different straight rye mash payments. One is excessive in rye, which provides it a cinnamon and clove flavour. The opposite is low in rye, which supplies it extra of a caramel, honey, and citrus peel style. The ultimate spirit is made with water that has been filtered by means of limestone, and it represents Sagamore’s considerate strategy to crafting a traditional Maryland-style rye whiskey.
Highland Park
Highland Park 12 12 months Outdated Single Malt whisky is matured largely in European and American sherry seasoned oak casks. It’s spicy and well-rounded, with the flavours of Seville oranges and fruitcake spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves coming by means of. You’ll additionally discover heather honey and peat smoke on this whisky. Excellent wasabi peas, a pan-fried rib-eye steak, or smoked salmon and bitter cream.
Coachbuild Whisky
George Okayoutsakis and Jenson Button have introduced the launch of their new premium Scotch blended whisky, Coachconstructed. The whisky is a mix of liquids sourced from all 5 iconic whisky–producing areas of Scotland: Islay, Speyside, Campbeltpersonal, Highlands and Lowlands. Aged in premium sherry casks for a marrying interval, ensuing in a superbly balanced whisky with wealthy depth and complexity of flavour.
Aberlour A’bunadh Alba
Aberlour A’bunadh Alba is hand made within the Speyside village of Aberlour and is the primary whisky by the model to be matured in 1st fill American White Oak barrels that beforehand held bourbon. Bottled at cask power (ABV 62.7%), this whisky is the closest you’ll get to experiencing whisky straight from the cask. This groundbreaking launch is created in small batches to make sure a single malt of the best commonplace is produced.
Glenlivet Licenced Dram
The distillery was the primary to be licensed in Speyside, again in 1823, and Glenlivet’s new dram pays homage to this heritage. It’s the second restricted version from The Glenlivet Unique Tales collection, a 12-year-old bottling devoted to the model founder George Smith, who acquired the licence. Matured in first-fill American and first-fill European Oak-Casks, this whisky is bottled with out chill-filtration with an ABV of 48percentvol.
Bunnahabhain Stiuireadair Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Stiùireadair means ‘helmsman’ in Scots Gaelic and particularly the Bunnahabhain helmsman on this occasion. This expression celebrates the ocean and the coast the place the whisky was matured (by the Sound of Islay) in first and second fill sherry casks. It’s non-chill-filtered and left with its pure colouring. The result’s a creamy liquid with notes of dried fruit, sea salt, caramel, nuts and delicate spice. This explicit Islay single malt is unpeated, permitting for a sweeter flavour, consultant of its residence island.
Black Bottle’s Island Smoke
Model new in 2021, is Black Bottle’s Alchemy Sequence. It’s made up of two whiskies, together with this blended Scotch whisky titled Island Smoke and the Double Cask expression. Island Smoke it one for individuals who want a peatier, smoky style to their tipple and for individuals who take pleasure in a touch of one thing coastal – the liquor has a nostril of coastal air, scorched oak and seaweed and alongside vanilla sweetness and kicks of spice.
Tobermory 23-year-old Oloroso
Derived from the favored Tobermory 15-12 months-Outdated launch in 2008, this incarnation has luxuriated in further years of maturation, for a deeper flavour profile. The 23 yr previous single malt has been completed in Gonzales Byass sherry casks after ageing in refill hogsheads. It has notes of caramelised dates and walnuts, orange, barley, blackcurrant jam and brioche, with a palate of crunchie bars, melted butter, rum cake, sultana, fig, vanilla pill and milk chocolate.
Glenmorangie X
The Highland single malt has been created in collaboration with main bartenders, as, not like others from the distillery, it’s been made with a view to mixing, moderately than consuming straight. It accommodates notes of pear, vanilla, orange and fudge, lending itself properly to a fruity, wealthy cocktail.
Ardbeg Blaaack Single Scotch Restricted Version
A really particular and strange whisky from the monster-themed distillery, it’s a restricted version and is available in a superbly designed presentation field. It’s a feisty liquor celebrating Ardberg’s 20 years within the enterprise. Pinot noir casks from New Zealand have been used to mature the liquid, leading to flavours evocative of summer season fruit pudding, bitter cherry, soot and Ardbeg’s hallmark smoke.
Blue Spot 7-12 months-Outdated
One other nice choice for individuals who like their whisky spicy! This model has had a latest resurgence after disappearing from supermarkets and off licences again within the Sixties. Relaunched by Mitchell & Son as a triple distilled 7-year-old single pot nonetheless Irish whiskey, Blue Spot is matured in bourbon, sherry, and Madeira casks, then bottled at cask power. As such, it’s filled with character, flavour and packs a punch.
Glen Scotia 30-12 months-Outdated
That is the most recent launch from the Campbeltown-based distillery. This single malt was drawn from European oak casks and bottled up at cask power and with solely 500 bottles produced, it’s a restricted version. It has notes of violet, lavender, seaspray, inexperienced apple, nutmeg and allspice. Honeyed pear and candied lemon peel break by means of the spiciness and into the smoothness of darkish chocolate and espresso.
Benromach Basic Speyside 15-12 months-Outdated Whisky
Like your whisky neat? Select this 15-year-old Speyside designed to be loved by itself (or maybe with a little bit splash of water). It comes from the family-run Benromach distillery and has a deep flavour. Sherry aromas mix with vanilla pod, zesty orange and spicy ginger together with chamomile and menthol notes. To style, it’s harking back to fruit cake with stewed plum, purple apple pores and skin and the tanginess of kiwi fruit.
Tamdhu Batch Energy #6
The right festive reward or digestif for the yuletide season, this bottle accommodates notes of Christmas cake, cinnamon and dates. It’s Tamdhu’s sixth batch of this single malt power and has been matured in Oloroso sherry casks, earlier than being bottled at a whopping 56.8% ABV. As such, it’s positive to final you some time and will definitely maintain you toasty on chilly nights.
