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Glenturret 16 Year Old – Fly’s Master Edition
A new limited edition Glenturret aged for 16 years and released to celebrate a unique and historic tail. The inspiration for this bottling came from a photo which was unearthed at the distillery, which dated back to 1905. It pictured 16 stillman and a collie dog called Fly, which was believed to be the distillery managers dog.
Wolfburn Single Malt Whisky
Launched early 2016, this is the first official Wolfburn single malt Scotch whisky to be released since the distillery started production in 2013. Now the most northerly whisky distillery on the Scottish mainland, the original Wolfburn distillery was first established in 1821 and the new site was built only 350m from where this was located.
Glenglassaugh Octaves – Peated
Created using richly peated barely and fully matured in an Octave cask which is approximately 1/8th the size of a butt. Maturing whisky in a smaller cask allows more contact with the wood which delveops and ages the whisky a lot quicker. Bottled at 44% and one off two special Octave bottlings released by Glenglassaugh distillery in the Summer of 2016.
Glenglassaugh Octaves – Classic
Fully matured in an Octave cask, this special Glenglassaugh release is one of two bottlings released by the distillery in June 2016. Maturing whisky in a smaller cask allows more contact with the wood, developing and ageing the whisky a lot quicker.
Allt-à-Bhainne 22 Year Old – 1993
A single cask Allt-à-Bhainne bottled by The Vintage Malt Whisky Co. for their excellent Cooper’s Choice range. Distilled in 1993 and aged for over 22 years in American oak, with some additional ageing in a port wine pipe, giving it a superb and very inviting colour. 312 bottles filled from cask #9338.
BenRiach Peated Quarter Cask
A new release from BenRiach distillery, distilled from peated malted barley and fully matured in quarter casks. Maturing whisky in smaller casks such as a quarter casks allows for more contact with the wood, resulting in a quicker maturation.
Ardbeg Dark Cove
Ardbeg Dark Cove pays homage to smugglers and all sorts of shenanigans that used to take place on Ardbeg’s coastline, back in the day. Created from sherry cask matured whisky along with whisky matured in ex-bourbon barrels. Launched on Ardbeg’s open day (Ardbeg Night) during the Feis Ile 2016 – Dark Cove is said to be the darkest Ardbeg to date!
