New Bottles: Single casks from Berry Bros.
28 August 2009
New from Berry Bros. & Rudd, London.

Islay:-

Bowmore 21 Year Old, John Milroy Selection
Description

Single cask #2789 refill hogshead. John Milroy was one of the first retailers to pioneer Single Malt Whiskies in London over 40 years ago.

Distillery: Bowmore

Founded 1779. 228 years of fine tuning and we have deep and complex whiskies with fabulous Bowmore reek, salt, spices, dried fruits, smooth and lasting.

Tasting Notes

This remarkably aromatic Whisky offers trademark peat laced with warming medicinal and leafy notes. The palate resonates with sooty smoke and pepper carried on a creamy wave with apple and toffee emerging towards the distinguished finale.

Product Details

Age: 21 Years Old
Vintage: 1987
Volume: 70cl
ABV: 45.0%
Bottler: Berry Bros.

Bowmore 1989 Vintage, 18 Year Old
Description

Single cask #7609. A great value 18-year old bottling from Berry Bros & Rudd, London.

Distillery: Bowmore

Founded 1779. 228 years of fine tuning and we have deep and complex whiskies with fabulous Bowmore reek, salt, spices, dried fruits, smooth and lasting.

Tasting Notes

Wonderfully aromatic, this remarkable Whisky offers peat with leather, yellow fruit and leafy notes. The palate shows sooty smoke and ample fruit with a little pepper and hot sand emerging on the finish.

Product Details

Age: 18 Years Old
Vintage: 1989
Volume: 70cl
ABV: 53.5% (Cask Strength)
Bottler: Berry Bros.

Laphroaig 10 Year Old, John Milroy Selection
Description

Single cask #700212 refill hogshead. John Milroy was one of the first retailers to pioneer Single Malt Whiskies in London over 40 years ago.

Distillery: Laphroaig

Founded in 1815. A stupendous complexity of sweet malt, Islay reek, Islay salt, all that is Islay, all that is the Scottish islands, that flows across the palate, that benefits from a chew and, finally rocks your own little foundations.

Tasting Notes

Vibrant, peat smoke aromas evolve to reveal leathery hints with ripe banana. The smoky palate bursts with black pepper subdued by the fruity notes. The lingering finish warms the mouth with prickling phenol and iodine.

Product Details

Age: 10 Years Old
Vintage: 1998
Volume: 70cl
ABV: 60.4% (Cask Strength)
Bottler: Berry Bros.

Highland:

Macduff 1991 Vintage, 17 Year Old
Description

Casks #1370/1371.

Distillery: Macduff

Founded in 1962 when the existing distilleries were striving to satisfy the ever-upward demand for blended whisky. Originally fitted with state of the art equipment making it the first distillery in the country to have a stainless steel mash tun, the first to run stills fitted with internal steam coils and the first to use shell and tube heat exchangers rather than worm tubs.

Tasting Notes

Lemon tart and pear skin are first to emerge on the nose followed by honey and menthol. The palate is bold and expansive, mouth-watering with apple freshness and vanilla coming through to sooth the more robust elements.

Product Details

Age: 17 Years Old
Vintage: 1991
Volume: 70cl
ABV: 46.0%
Bottler: Berry Bros.

Speyside:-

Dailuaine 1974 Vintage, 32 Year Old
Description

Cask #B111/2. Dailuaine means “green vale” in Gaelic and is situated between Ben Rinnes and the River Spey. The whisky is quite rare as a single malt as most of the production contributes to blending.

Distillery: Dailuaine

The Distillery was founded in 1852 by William Mackenzie. When he died in 1865 his widow leased the distillery to James Fleming, a banker. Together with William Mackenzie’s son he founded Mackenzie and Company. Today very little of this whisky is released as single malt – most of the spirit is used for blending, in particular the popular Dewars blends.

Tasting Notes

The nose is soft and deeply perfumed with soft fruit. Barley-sugar sweetness combines with a firm smokiness to produce a full flavoured malt whisky with a lingering finish of considerable class.

Age: 32 Years Old
Vintage: 1974
Volume: 70cl
ABV: 46.0%
Bottler: Berry Bros.

 

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