Wintry Start to January

Happy New Year to everyone, it wasn’t exactly the start to the year we had hoped for with Huntly basically coming to a stand still due to the wintry conditions. As a result of the bad weather a lot of homes and businesses have been damaged, many distillery roofs have collapsed with the sheer weight of snow and many have experienced leeks as the snow melts.Our own bottling hall roof has not escaped and is currently being repaired due to damage caused by the wintry weather.

Upcoming Events – Burns Night

The 251st Anniversary of Robert Burns is just around the corner, our annual pilgrimage to the Great Scottish Poet. Why not stock up on some of our latest bottlings to compliment your haggis, neaps and tatties.

Address to a Haggis

Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o the puddin’-race!
Aboon them a’ ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy of a grace
As lang’s my arm.

For more information on Robert Burns, visit http://www.robertburns.org/

First Octave Bottlings

We are delighted to introduce our Octave Collection of single malt and grain whiskies.  There are 3 types in the range so far, Bowmore 1982, Caperdonich 1972 and Cameronbridge 1978.  These can be purchased individually or as a trio.

The Caperdonich bottle will be provided with a signed certificate to show the authenticity of this first release, Caperdonich is more highly sought after amongst drinkers and collectors due to the news that the distillery will never produce whisky again, therefore a great collectors item and a must have.

The whisky in the Octave Range has not been chill-filtered or coloured, whiskies were originally matured in standard sized casks before undergoing Sherry Octave Invigoration for the final three months. This process has energized and added vitality to the whiskies as shown by the before and after tasting notes on the back label of the bottles.  Each Octave has produced only 70 bottles and each cask is uniquely numbered. 

More Octave bottlings to be added to the collection in the coming months, so watch this space!! 

TASTING NOTES

Caperdonich
Before:  Green apples, mown grass, lemon, lime, sweet.
After: Tutti fruity sweets, slightly medicinal, spicy oak, red fruits, white pepper.

Bowmore
Before: Warm grass, slightly smoky, spirit.
After: Balsam, bananas, rice pudding, crushed heracleum maximum, rounded.

Cameronbridge
Before: Dry straw, spicy, peppery, alcohol buzz.
After: Sweet, creamy, light cinnamon, sweet tea, citrus.

For a list of available whiskies and further information, visit the O&Q product page.

For further information, please contact:
Duncan Taylor & Co Ltd
Whisky Merchants and Brokers,
4 Upperkirkgate, Huntly,
Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB54 8JU
website: www.duncantaylor.com
email: info@duncantaylor.com
Phone: +44 (0) 1466 794055
Fax: +44 (0) 1466 794618
 

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