The Single Cask whisky
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We are thrilled to add The Single Cask to our portfolio of independent Scotch whisky bottlers. An award winning company with a flair for cask variety and vibrant flavour profiles at cask strength, no added colour and no chill filtering.

The first wave of whiskies to hit our shelves include Bunnahabhain, Glenturret, Caol Ila, Glenrothes, Dalmunach, Tobermory and many, many more!

Check out a few picks below some of which are very rare releases with very few bottles output…

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Drinking Out Loud

Oban Distillers Edition (aka The Silly Wizard) – The Unbottling

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Check out Adam’s unbottling of July 2023’s premium drop-in-dram, nicknamed “The Silly Wizard”.This month we’re looking at whiskies with some weird wood influence.

Oban – Distiller’s Edition 2022

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GLEN MHOR DISTILLERY
49 Year Old 1973 Private Collection (2023)
Cask #85026801

£6,000.00

1973 vintage from Glen Mhor Distillery which closed in 1983 and was demolished in 1988. Highly prized, rare casks having been one of the pioneering distilleries to release single malt whisky in the 1960s.

Matured in a refill sherry hogshead #85036801, yielding just 170 bottles at 47.2%. Bottled history.

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Nose: Sweet stewed raisin aromas complement morello cherry and cocoa powder. Treacle toffee develops alongside soft polish and mature oak.

Taste: Seville orange zest combines with brown sugar and berry compote. Notes of baked apple come to the fore accompanied by a hint of menthol.

Finish: Long and full with lingering spice and citrus.

John Birnie and James Mackinlay commissioned Charles C. Doig to design Glen Mhor Distillery which was found in 1892 and constructed at Muirton Basin on the Caledonian Canal in Inverness. Glen Mhor Distillery was a Highland malt whisky distillery equipped with two stills and one of the pioneering distilleries to release single malt whisky back in the 1960s. Closed in 1983, dismantled in 1986, demolished 1988 and now one of Scotland’s lost malt whisky distilleries. With stock dwindling bottlings of Glen Mhor are highly prized particularly those released by Gordon & MacPhail.

For our naturally adventurous members, get ready for these exceptional whiskies to float your boat. Time to let the sea take over and to cast off with us into this truly unexpected profile.

Oily & Coastal can carry you to new flavour frontiers, from clifftops to harbours, rockpools and lobster pots. While having a lighter side made of beach walks, gorse driftwood and sea spray, finishing with light olive oil. This is the perfect time to try something new and explore an ENGIMATIC flavour profile.

OILY & COASTAL – WHERE FLAVOUR COMES ALIVE

Introducing Cask No. 4.371: Meditation mode & Cask No. 4.366: Kelp me if you can the perfect voyage in a bottling for any member setting sails for their next whisky journey.

Cask No. 4.371 brings sweet lavender, heather and cinnamon, coming from a lit incense stick, almost taking you into a state of meditation. To taste we moved to Spain and enjoyed a seafood paella accompanied by a glass of shiraz, with enticing flavours of vanilla and smoky berries in the finish.

Continuing our holiday to the seaside, Cask No. 4.366: Kelp me if you can is a mist of salty sea spray carried in the breeze onto fresh oysters, smoked mussels and battered haddock while heather honey was poured over caramel ice cream in a cone. A coastal wonder!

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ABBEY WHISKY

15TH ANNIVERSARY SERIES

Introducing the next two releases in our 15th Anniversary series, bottled exclusively by Berry Bros & Rudd! A dark and punchy Ardmore and a classy Speysider from Tamdhu complete this trio of drams. Both bottled in their natural form and in very limited numbers.

Head over to the Abbey Whisky website to learn more about these exciting new drams… As always, if you have any questions, please just get in touch.

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TAMDHU 15 YEAR OLD – 2008 | CASK 778

AW 15TH ANNIVERSARY

N: This classy Speysider shows a perfect balance of distillate and wood. Initially aromas of spiced gingerbread, Belgium waffle and sweet clove rock emerge, before complexity builds ripe orchard fruits, jaffa casks and tinned pineapple develop with time.

P: The palate shows a wonderful clean Moscatel character, with more sticky ginger bread, ripe apple, honeycomb and marzipan rolling round the palate. A little water shows deeper dried fruits and baking spice.

F: A long finish brings rich Dundee Cask and the suggestion of wood smoke. A rich, fulfilling and complex dram, ideal to unwind while contemplating the fifteen long years it’s taken to accomplish such a feat.

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ARDMORE 14 YEAR OLD – 2009 | CASK 2607

15TH ANNIVERSARY

N: Huge, uncompromising aromas of new leather, hog roast, prunes and peat bog barbecue barge out of the glass, complexity builds with strawberry jam, cigars, and liquorice.

P: This theme continues on the palate showing grilled pork, alongside Frazzle crisps, with lashing of fig jam, prunes and espresso.

F: The finish rolls on and on with bacon fat, peat smoke and dried fruits. An extreme, energetic whisky, this dram will swim with jellyfish infested lochs, cycle a hundred miles and still fancy running a marathon over two munros!

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Banff 46 Years Old

BANFF DISTILLERY 46 Year Old 1976 Private Collection (2023) Cask #2887

1976 vintage refill sherry butt #2887. Distillery closed 1985 then destroyed by fire 1991. Very rare and highly sought after with only 109 bottles.Banff 46 Year Old 1976 vintage Highland single malt Scotch whisky. Single refill Sherry butt #2887. Distilled 26th October 1976 & bottled 3rd February 2023 by Gordon & MacPhail for the Private Collection Lost Distilleries Recollection Series #2. Just 109 hand-blown crystal decanters have been produced.

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£4,300.00

Nose: Fragrant festive spices intertwine with clove studded irange and demerara sugar. Subtle toffee notes give way to prunes and baked apple.

Taste: Rich stewed red fruit flavours complement cinnamon and ginger hazelnuts develop alongside marzipan and mature oak.

Finish: Medium bodied with lingering citrus and nuts

The Mill of Banff Distillery was established by Major James McKilligan at Mains of Colleonard Farm just south of Banff in 1824 but closed in 1863 when Simpson’s son built a new distillery on a site at Inverboyndie and named it Banff Distillery. In 1983 Banff Distillery closed, was partially demolished in 1985 and most of the rest came down during a fire in 1991. Banff is a lost Highland malt whisky distillery with rare examples from the Gordon & MacPhail Rare Old series of bottlings, and all highly sought after.

Lowrie’s Reserve Blended Scotch Whisky 

This small batch blended scotch whisky has been created by Jack Lowrie and the Thompson Bros. They have curated this experience using 20.5% V.94 Single Grain, 19.9% V.12 Speyside Malt, 51.6% V.12 blended scotch (Sherry) and 8% SRV5/ Campervan Brewery Cask Finish. It was then rested and bottled with minimal filtration.

£45.00

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The Epicurean Pays Homage to City of Glasgow with Launch of New Ex-Cuvée Oak Finished Edition

Award-winning Lowland Malt Scotch Whisky brand, The Epicurean, today reveals the latest release dedicated to “his” home City of Glasgow – also home to independently family-owned parent company, Douglas Laing & Co.

This limited-edition expression marries together the finest Single Cask Single Malts from the Lowland region of Scotland, before enduring a lengthy finish in some of the “finest” French ex-cuvée oak casks. Offered at a natural cask strength of 50.4% alcohol, proudly without colouring or chill-filtration and strictly limited to just 5,100 bottles globally, this release is expected to be snapped up quickly.

The Epicurean is said to be “the life and soul of the party and a connoisseur of fine food and drink” so this bottle was designed to embody just that. Presented in a black bottle with gold foil detailing and packaged in a premium gift tube, the black and gold design brings a “true sense of luxury” to this release. Tasting notes are said to reveal “bursts of malted barley, vanilla blossom and lemon zest,” a dram the Douglas Laing team describe as a “something truly special”.

Commenting on this new bottling, Scott Morrison, Brand Manager, said:

“This latest Epicurean Glasgow Edition is one we are particularly proud of. The unique finish is a first for the Douglas Laing team and is a credit to the continuous innovation and quality we strive to achieve. The eclectic array of flavours imparted from the French ex-cuvée oak casks combined with the exceptional packaging make this release one not to be missed!”

The Epicurean Glasgow Limited Edition will be available from specialist Whisky retailers around the world, plus online retailers, from August 2023. It carries a suggested retail price of £55.00 / €64.00.

ABOUT THE EPICUREAN

Twitter:  @DLaingWhisky

Instagram: @theepicureanwhisky

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Meet The Epicurean – our 1930s Glasgow man, a real cheeky character who was ever the life and soul of the party and a connoisseur of fine food and drink. A master of versatility, this fresh, zesty, grassy marriage of the finest Lowland malts is perfect for cocktail hour or simply for sipping.

ABOUT DOUGLAS LAING & CO.

www.douglaslaing.com

Douglas Laing & Co. is a leading independent Scotch Whisky distillery, blender and bottler specialising in the selection and release of Single Cask Single and Small Batch Malt Scotch Whiskies.

The company was founded by Fred Douglas Laing in 1948 and is still owned and run by the Laing family – Fred Laing Jr and his daughter Cara Laing.

The company philosophy is to bottle the way the distiller intended – at a high strength and without chill filtration to preserve the robust and unique character of the Whisky. Douglas Laing’s industry reputation and many awards is testament to this ethos.

Douglas Laing’s Remarkable Regional Malts, the Ultimate Distillation of Scotland’s Malt Whisky Regions, encompasses The Epicurean Lowland Malt Scotch Whisky, Timorous Beastie (Highlands), Scallywag (Speyside), The Gauldrons (Campbeltown), Rock Island (Islands) and Big Peat (Islay).

Beyond its Blended Malts expertise, the award-winning Douglas Laing portfolio also includes Provenance, Premier Barrel, Old Particular, Xtra Old Particular and XOP Black, collectively known as the firm’s “Exceptional Single Casks”.