Mellowed for 12 years in handmade oak casks, this smooth, sweet dram offers rich rewards for those who like to dig deeper.
Over the 21 Years that this Aberfeldy single malt has been lying in cask, it has grown ever more mellow, rich, fruity and honeyed. This has not gone unnoticed by the Angels, who have by now helped themselves to about half of what was originally in each cask.
What The WSD thinks: Cottage garden spring flowers becoming more intense all the time. Tropical fruit essence on the palate with lashes of grapefruit, mango and banana. 
The Aberlour 10 is matured in a combination of ex-bourbon casks and ex-sherry butts for a minimum of 10 years. One of the best of any distilleries entry-level single malt.
The Aberlour 12 is sold on a limited basis in the UK and France. It is a combination of whisky from American Oak and ex-Sherry casks.
Aberlour 16 is from American Oak and ex-Sherry casks.
WSD's Comment: Initial heady dark chocolate and fruit compote. Rum and raisin. Floral perfumed notes back by toffee. The sherry notes are pronounced in this expression give lots of notes of jam and fruit cake.
Only the very best casks have been selected to ensure a single malt of unsurpassed richness and embody the ultimate expression of Aberlour.
Casg Annamh means "rare cask" in Gaelic. This expression is significantly influenced by the finest quality, hand-selected Oloroso Sherry Casks. Casg Annamh has been matured in three types of casks: the European oak Sherry Casks and two different types of American oak cask, resulting in a rich and intense whisky. The fruity flavours are balanced perfectly with the spicy notes of liquorice, ginger and cinnamon. This is batch 1.
The distillery say "Welcome to Ailsa Bay Release 1.2. Scientifically distilled at 022 parts peat, 019 parts sweet then micro matured for a precise balance of sweet and smoky notes.
Based in one of the most advanced distilleries in the world, we're an inquisitive team of scientists, engineers and whisky makers. Inspired by the creativity of science, we micro control our SPPM (sweet parts per million) and PPPM (peat parts per million) levels to push whisky boundaries and imagine new flavours. A modern whisky for the inquisitive."
Distillery Manager, Stuart Watts, says "No other malt is made with this much science." 
Sweet, lemon and a touch of smoke. A really unusual and satisfying whisky.
An Cnoc 18 Years Old has matured in Spanish oak ex-sherry casks and American oak ex-bourbon barrels. It is neither chill-filtered nor coloured.
An Cnoc vintage 2002 has been bottled in its most natural form - neither chill filtered nor coloured. This was distilled in 2002 and bottled in March 2017.
An Cnoc 24 Years Old has been bottled in its most natural form – neither chill-filtered nor coloured.
Arbikie Kirsty's Gin is named after the first master distiller whose chosen botanicals are; Kelp, Carline Thistle and Blaeberry to embody the elements of ocean, rock and land that surround the distillery. Now on the fourth generation these Scottish farmers use traditional distilling methods and a copper still and blend three perfect potato varieties to create a spirit they describe as deliciously smooth and creamy and also Gluten free.
Ardbeg 10 Years Old is revered around the world as the peatiest, smokiest, most complex single malt of them all. Yet it does not flaunt the peat; rather it gives way to the natural sweetness of the malt to produce a whisky of perfect balance.
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