The final bottling in our Winter Series is here! Cask No. 88.31: Supper sipper is the ideal dram for celebrating your own Burns Supper. This 15-year-old Sweet, Fruity & Mellow whisky offers deep, dark sweetness and zesty maltiness. The bottle comes with a special ‘alternative’ Address to the Haggis by our very own ‘Whisky Bard’ Robin Laing – for those who don’t necessarily love Scotland’s national dish.

A deep, dark sweetness was reminiscent of a cup of assam tea. The scent resembled those typical aromas of maltiness, caramelised orange zest and treacle tart. On the palate we were served a slice of rocky road: milk and dark chocolate, desiccated coconut, marshmallows, roasted unsalted peanuts and glacé red cherries. After we added water we found ourselves in cocktail territory, sipping a cosmopolitan with cranberry juice, maple syrup, lime and triple sec. The taste, however, was more like a mango old fashioned, with rye whiskey, mango syrup and a dash of bitters, served with a maraschino cherry. Following 11 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this whisky into a first fill American oak PX hogshead.

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