Sweet, lemon and a touch of smoke. A really unusual and satisfying whisky.
This expression of Ardmore is a marriage of peated and un-peated single malt resulting in a lightly peated whisky.
The Benromach 10 Years Old is a beautifully balanced whisky that has been entirely handcrafted at Benromach. Every moment of its making was an expression of the art of distillation.
What The WSD thinks: Cinder toffee and woodfire ash. There's newspaper in there as well. Very different on the palate with lots of fruit. Drawing/starting a fire with newspaper while eating tropical fruit.
WSD February Featured Whisky: This is a great whisky first and foremost but it is the contrast and step-up from the straight 10 Years Old, which in itself is a fine whisky which I always end up scoring highly in competitions, is fascinating. It is the same cask make-up but it is so much more complex. Great stuff.
This is a gorgeous classic pre-1960's Speyside character at a higher strength; intense and complex yet beautifully balanced with a light touch of smoke. This is called 100 Proof because once, all whisky in Scotland were measured this old imperial way. The tradition actually started with rum when sailors wanted to make sure their rations had not been watered down, so they mixed a little spirit with gunpowder.... if it ignited, it's strength was 'proved'.
This Benromach was matured in first fill ex-Bourbon casks and triple distilled to make it distinctly light and delicate. The malt, a 2009 vintage bottled this year, will have a limited release of approximately 1300 cases.
This Benromach was matured in first fill ex-Bourbon casks and finished for no less than 2 years in ex-Sassicaia wine casks.
The Bunnahabhain 12 is now bottled at 46.3% and is natural colour and un-chillfiltered. This new version is even better than the old bottling in opinion of The WSD.
This Ardmore single malt whisky was distilled in 2009 and bottled in 2018 from 2 bourbon barrels which produced 605 bottles at 46%.
The Master Distiller has selected a limited number of Virgin Oak casks to finish maturing the peated Glenglassaugh single malt. During the second period of maturation he says 'the whisky interacts with the wood, adding an intriguing range of flavours and aromas specific to the Virgin Oak cask.'
This is the September 2017 batch - Rotation 17/A211. The distillery describe it as 'A perfect expression of harmony, complexity and refinement, VIKING PRIDE combines honey sweetness with delicious hints of cherries wrapped in chocolate, and subtle top notes of aromatic peat smoke.'
The Distillery say this Inchmoan 12 Years Old single malt is born from a combination of malt whiskies from their traditional swan neck pot still and unique straight neck pot still to create an unconventional peat character with a lot of depth marrying smoke and spiciness.
It is matured for 12 years in a mix of recharred American oak and refill bourbon American oak casks giving sweet vanilla background notes that compliments the soft peat style of Loch Lomonds unique set up.
After 12 years the first core product has been released. The Kilkerran single malt is a lightly peated, double distilled whisky which is 70% bourbon casks and 30% sherry casks.
Loch Lomond 12 Years Old has been aged in three types of casks, bourbon, refill and recharred. The distillery say 'This exquisite 12 Year Old Single Malt has a deep fruity character of peach and pear layered with a vanilla sweetness and the characteristic hints of peat and smoke 
Loch Lomond 18 Years Old is matured in ex-American Oak barrels.
Loch Lomond distillery say 'time and nature have been allowed to bring out the sweeter Please read our new Privacy Notice which can be found under the "Directory" menu on the Home Page. Dismiss
