Lady of the Glen QTR 2 Outrun Released – Scotch Whisky News
Our second outrun of 2024 is here!
Summer is almost here and Q2 is being released into shops and with exporters.
We have six Lady of the Glen single rare cask releases coming and a new variant of St Bridget’s Kirk.
The six Lady of the Glen range from an old single grain in the form of a 30 year old North British to heavily peated Bruichladdich Lochindaal with a unique tawny port finish!
In between we have an elegant 16 year old Glen Elgin, a sweet and fruity Aultmore with rum finish, an Auchroisk bursting with notes of orange marmalade and a Blair Athol fully matured in a bourbon barrel for traditional vanilla and powdered chocolate notes.
Auchroisk 11yo. 59.2% #802860 – Rivesalts Finish
Aultmore 11yo 55.4%% #300445 – Rum Finish
Blair Athol 10yo 56.6% #302915 – 1st Fill Bourbon
Bruichladdich (Lochindaal) 16yo 59.4% #3372 – Tawny Port Finish
Glen Elgin 16yo 16yo 58.8% #800178 – Tawny Port Finish
North British 30yo 43.9% #52716 – Refill Bourbon Barrel
St Bridget’s Kirk 35yo Refill Blend
Finally, we are proud to release a Refill Butt of 1988 Blended Whisky. The youngest component being from 1988, this well matured 35 year old dram brings, Crème Brulee, cola cubes, nutmeg, pencil shavings, walnut and apple strudel. Only 450 bottles and we have presold around 400 so we expect this to be popular release. This new ‘blend’ variant of St Bridget’s Kirk is presented in Red label as opposed to ‘Blended Malt’ which is Blue and the ‘Solera Blend’ which is packaged in Tawny colour.
Over the coming weeks we’ll share more details of each cask.
Paul is currently on Islay at the Fèis Ìle and will then be off to London for The Whisky Event, come and say hello if you can!
Please note that in order to better support our retail partners this outrun and future outruns will not be sold through our website. Links to stockists can be found via the tab on our homepage.
All releases were bottled at our site in Dalgety Bay by hand.
Outrun 2 2024
Below are some selected highlights from our new outrun.
There are 7 bottlings in this outrun.
you can check them all out here.
Find out where to buy here.
Bruichladdich (Lochindaal) 2007, 59.4%
DISTILLED on 29th November 2007 and BOTTLED on 11th April 2024.
Recognised for producing a dry, smoky distillate with floral hints. This release is from a rare heavily peated spirit run called Lochindaal. Matured in a first fill bourbon barrel with an ex-Tawny Port finish.
We are delighted to offer this modern rarity from this iconic distillery. Rumour has it that only 250 casks of Lochindaal were distilled between 2007 and 2009 making this one of the oldest bottled. Finished for around 8 months in a 2nd fill tawny port cask offering light fruit notes and with a peating level of 50ppm to sit in-between the core release Port Charlotte and Octomore levels.
Tasting revealed – sea spray, oyster and charred orange.
Glen Elgin 2008, 58.8%
DISTILLED on 9th January 2008 and BOTTLED on 19th March 2024.
A fruity, floral and honeyed distillate. Matured in a hogshead for 10 years and finished in a first fill ex-tawny port cask, sourced from J. Dias cooperage for the remaining years.
One of our favourite malts to work with due to its natural fruitiness and waxiness, this whisky has spent its final 6 years maturing in a Tawny port cask from J. Dias cooperage. This cooperage produces port casks that are less aggressive on the oak influence allowing a longer softer finish on the whisky, hence the reason that even after 6 long years, the Glen Elgin character isn’t overwhelmed.
Tasting revealed – Manuka honey, toffee apple and cassia bark.
Aultmore 2013, 55.4%
DISTILLED on 5th February 2013 and BOTTLED on 20th March 2024.
Founded in 1896 and noted for adopting a longer than average fermentation time resulting in a light, sweet and fruity distillate. Matured in a hogshead and then finished in an ex-rum cask for over 6 months.
Longer than normal fermentation time and wide middle cut distillation promotes the fruity notes in this classic Speysider. This combined with its 6 month finish in a very ‘oak forward’ rum barrel has created something truly memorable.
Tasting revealed – Jamaica cake, hazelnut and coconut.
‘The only constant in life is change’ and in line with this we have made changes to our packaging. Lady of the Glen will now be packaged in boxes and in collaboration with Bespoke Atelier the distinctive lilac colouring and branding has changed to gold tones with an updated Scottish wild flower pattern.
To see more of how we operate and our hands on approach please check out our video filmed on site. We would again like to thank the talented Cook Brothers for their efforts. To view the video please drop by the website or check out our Youtube page
And that wraps up this edition of the Lady of the Glen Newsletter. We hope it’s inspired you to try a dram! We always want to hear from you, so if you have any feedback, comments or suggestions, please feel free to email gregor.hannah@ladyoftheglen.com
