Maclean’s Nose

This amazing blend is the Ardnamurchan’s take on and old-fashion, high-malt content blended malt. The name is a reference to their long-established partnership with Charles Maclean as well as a nod to a local landmark which shares his name – Maclean’s Nose. This blend carries a West Coast Character with both, a high malt content (70%) and a high portion if ex-sherry casks. Bottled at the ABV of 46%, non-chill filtered and naturally coloured.

NOSE Burnt citrus peel, sea salt and bonfire. Nectarine syrup, lime marmalade, hay bales, coal bunker and oily shed.

PALATE Puffed rice, homemade rice pudding and white chocolate. Bright citrus lime pickle. Chantilly cream and Viennetta ice cream. Ferrero Rocher. Hessian. Burning heather and smoked praline.

£31.99

Dear valued customers, 

We want to provide you with an important update on the leadership of our distilleries. 

Dariusz Plazewski has relinquished all his responsibilities for both Bimber and Dunphail Distilleries and is handing over all decision-making and operational matters to the existing, experienced teams. Whilst we understand the news of his personal legal issues may well raise questions and concerns, we want to assure you that our businesses remain fully operational and committed to serving you with the same level of excellence and dedication as always. 

Going forward, Bimber Co-Founder Ewelina Chruszczyk and Dunphail Director of Whisky Creation Matt McKay will lead the activities of both distilleries together and drawing from their combined experience of both established businesses. They will work diligently with our dedicated staff to ensure that there is no disruption to our services or the quality of our products. Our management team, along with our staff, are fully capable of steering both companies forward and maintaining our ongoing operations smoothly. 

Thank you for your continued support and understanding during this time.

ARDBEG HEAVY VAPOURS 50.2%

Something weird has been going down at the distillery is the way that Ardbeg described their 2023 Committee release.

Ardbeg Heavy Vapours is the result of the imagination of Dr. Lumdsen who took out one of the purifiers from one of the stills, changing the complexity of the vapours which would condensate and turn into Ardbeg’s iconic spirit.

The result is an untamed Ardbeg quite unlike anything else. Bottled at 50.2% with Ardbeg’s signature herbal peat with untamed darker flavours filling the senses.

In stock now £135.00

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Old Perth Pedro Ximenez

This new release from Morrison Distillers is the first in their annual series of limited editions from their Old Perth Range. This blended malt is fully matured in sherry casks. It takes its name from Pedro Ximenez, a luxurious grape from Southern Spain, which is picked very ripe or sun-dried to concentrate the sugar and natural acidity of the wine.

Maturation in a combination of PX hogsheads and butts gave this malt rich, full flavour and velvety texture. 7800 bottles were produced.

£58.00

Elijah Craig “Toasted Barrel” Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

(750ml)

$54.99

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93 points Wine Enthusiast

 This needs a few minutes to open up to reveal a rich caramel aroma. The palate is markedly sweet and spicy, showing vanilla, caramel and a mix of cinnamon and cayenne. Adding water tones down the heat and brings a flavor or cinnamon red-hot candies wrapped in caramel squares. A vanilla accent smooths over the long exit. It’s a small-batch Bourbon finished in toasted new oak. (KN)  (7/2021)

Whisky Advocate

 Initially reticent on the nose, with time this reveals gooey caramel, pralines, Hershey’s milk chocolate, and a touch of charred mint leaves. It’s chewy and occasionally sharp on the palate, with oodles of roasted nuts, polished oak, mint, peppery spice, dark chocolate, licorice, tobacco ash, and char. The medium-length finish holds tingling white pepper, unsweetened chocolate, and more polished oak. (SSB, Fall-2020) 

K&L Notes

This is a different take on Elijah Craig’s classic and beloved Small Batch Bourbon. A judicious application of a new toasted barrel take the well-known profile of one of our best-selling bourbons and kicks it up several notches. This whiskey is a new offering from the brand and was recently launched on an allocated basis, making it highly desirable yet difficult to find. From the distillery: “The process begins with fully matured Small Batch, which is dumped and then re-entered at barrel proof into a second, custom toasted new oak barrel designed in partnership with Independent Stave Company. Made with 18-month air dried oak, the finishing barrel is first toasted and then flash-charred using a moderate toast temperature and toast time. An extensive research and development process resulted in a final barrel toast profile bringing forward dark sugar flavors within the wood to create a balance of smokiness and sweetness after months of finishing.”

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You might have noticed an increase in whisky news from us lately, and it’s just the beginning as we make strides into what is going to to be a very big year for us here at the distillery. While we await the start of construction works at Nunton, Jonny is just back from an educational jaunt to another beautiful Hebridean island, where he was learning some tricks of the trade from our friends at the fantastic Kilchoman Distillery in Islay.

Kilchoman is one of the few Scottish whisky distilleries producing field to bottle whiskies, with barley grown and traditionally floor malted on the island. It was fantastic to learn from such skilled distillers and get some insights into the process that will be the backbone of our own Nunton Whisky.

Over on the mainland our much awaited stills, tanks and tuns are almost ready to set sail for Uist, and knowing how excited we are about it, the team at Forsyths have very kindly been keeping us in the loop with updates and photos of their progress. Time to start stocking up on Brasso and working on those polishing muscles before these beauties arrive in the spring!

Vic Cameron, one of our whisky lecturers says: “A barrel is a type of cask. It’s used for making bourbon, holds 200 litres of spirit and is always made from American oak. There are lots of different types of casks: barrels, hogsheads, puncheons, butts, for example. So, all these are different types of casks.”

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Diagram: Whisky Warehousing Systems

Once a cask is filled with new make spirit, it must be matured for a minimum of three years before it can be called Scotch whisky. How is the spirit stored? This post explains the three types of warehousing systems used in Scotland.📖  Read the Post

Why Learn About Whisky?

We brought together a group of whisky experts and asked them why whisky is such a fascinating topic for study. Our teachers Vic Cameron and Dr Gordon Steele spoke with Fionnán O’Connor (Irish whiskey historian), Michael Walsh (Irish whiskey consultant), Jenny Karlsson (Ardnamurchan Distillery), Scott Sneddon (InchDairnie Distillery) and Andy Colman (Port of Leith Distillery).

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GLENMORANGIE

13 YEAR OLD
COGNAC CASK FINISH

70CL | 46%

£59.75

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A 13-year-old small-batch single malt from Glenmorangie which was finished in refill Cognac casks for four years, adding subtle notes of wood spice and leather to the distillery’s harmoniously fruity spirit.

Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery Bottling

A Day in the Life of a Cooper

20 barrels a day? Nae bother! We had the pleasure of chatting to Barry, a cooper at The Balvenie Distillery, about what a typical day in his job involves, from repairing casks to helping the apprentices.

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Benromach 2012 Kiln Dried

Virgin Oak

Creamy and fruity flavours are followed by barley sugar and mixed tropical fruit. Subtle smoke and menthol on the finish. This limited-edition release has been matured in kiln dried Virgin Oak barrels. This results in sweet malted biscuit aromas with lemon and apple. Creamy and fruity flavours are followed by barley sugar and mixed tropical fruit. Subtle smoke and menthol on the finish.

Only £59.00 >

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