Bruichladdich Classic Laddie

Jim McEwan originally crafted this single malt whisky to showcase the floral and elegant style of the distillery. Unpeated, it has become Bruichladdich’s signature bottling.

NOSE: Opening with barley sugar and a hint of mint before leading into the most wonderful notes of freshly cut wild flowers; buttercup, daisy, meadowsweet, myrtle, primrose and cherry blossom. The cleanliness of the spirit is remarkable.

PALATE: The fruits from distillation drift in on an Atlantic breeze and pop on the tongue like champagne bubbles. Finally, combining ripe green fruit, brown sugar, and sweet malt brings closure.

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WE CLEANED UP AT THIS YEAR’S IWSC!

This year’s iteration of the International Wine and Spirits Competition saw the Wemyss Malts Core Range attain gold, silver and bronze. Up against the very best of the best of the Spirits industry, our three vivid expressions performed extremely well across the board and scooped the judges’ approval.Celebrate with us and explore our award winning Core Range yourself! Use the code IWSC10 to get 10% off any order of the Core Range.

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We’re dramming…

Life takes time here in Harris, and we’ve applied this ethos to the making of our first, historic single malt whisky.

The official ‘recipe’ for The Hearach has been decided, our chosen ratio of spirits drawn from a variety of cask types which will now be blended and ‘married’ together to create the final dram.

We continue to distil, sample, and commit batches of our spirit to casks each week before sending them just a mile or so down the road to begin maturation by the shores of Ardhasaig.

These are exciting times for all of us here in Harris as the clock ticks towards the day we can share our work with the world…

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We love this time of year, with all the new life springing up around the distillery, and the Abbey grounds are looking particularly Spring like!

This month’s biggest event locally has been the Fife Whisky Festival. We were delighted to be chosen again as the venue for the festival banquet, and sat 88 people down to dinner. With drams to match each course provided by our own Chef Wilkie, the event was hailed as a great success. The guest speaker was crime novelist Val McDermid, who grew up in Kirkcaldy. She described the dinner as ‘The best kind of night out—in beautiful surroundings with delicious food, lively conversation, and the perfect choice of drams to accompany each course.’

At the dinner, Murray, our UK Trade Manager proposed a lovely toast, acknowledging the sad passing of Aedan Burt (1993-2023). Aedan was a keen whisky enthusiast, a member of our sensory panel from the beginning, and co-founder of Fib Whisky—Fife Independent Bottlers. We mourn his loss. Fife Whisky Festival were also pleased to raise funds of around £1,000 for Age Concern Cupar during the course of the weekend.

We are in the midst of whisky show season and so Elliot, Murray, Dean, John, Scott and Matt have all been out and about across England and Europe spreading the Lindores word. We love getting to meet our Lindores fans in person whilst hopefully recruiting new ones along the way. We have already had Stirling and Fife, then Alloa and Speyside, with the incredible Islay Festival of Music and Malt from 26th May till 3rd June.

Internationally, Drew and I will be heading out to Limburg, which holds the biggest whisky festival in Germany—one of our key markets. The theme for this year’s Limburg Festival is ‘Feel the Celtic Spirit’, and we hope this bodes well for us. And Elliot has been in Nuremberg, to visit the second biggest Fair in Germany. Last week he showcased our spirits to a private whisky club, then ran our very busy stand at the three days of the Fair.

The Brand Home has leapt into Spring with both feet and it is already super busy with tours and tastings – after the long dark winter it’s always wonderful to see the place buzzing again.   We welcome our first wedding party next Saturday evening after which the events calendar swings into action with private tours, tastings, dinners, highland games, beatings of the retreat and much, much more.

We hope you are all looking forward to a wonderful Spring/Easter break, although on the personal front fortunately Friar John Claw and Vesper are blissfully unaware that their peace is about to be shattered with the arrival of Onion, a tiny terrier terror who is set to visit when part of the Lindores clan return home for the Easter break.

Slàinte, and Happy Easter!

Helen & Drew McKenzie Smith
Custodians of Lindores Abbey

CASKS OF LINDORES II BOURBON

We are very excited to be launching the latest release to the public on the 6th April, once again exclusively through selected stockists.

Step into the tantalizing world of Scotch whisky and discover the first instalment in our new Casks of Lindores II series. Aged in ex-bourbon casks and bottled at a limited-edition strength of 49.4% ABV, this whisky is bursting with flavour!

So get in contact with your favourite local independent specialist bottle shop to find out how and when you can get hold of a bottle!

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Lindores Abbey Distillery
Abbey Road
Newburgh, Fife KY14 6HH
United Kingdom

Spring is here!

Greetings from Shelter Point,

Spring is fully here and we are loving seeing the sunshine and the longer evenings. Here at the distillery we are looking forward to this years barley being planted in the next few weeks. This is always a landmark point for us as the we are able to see the next generation of whisky growing around us.

The first delivery of malted barley from last years harvest arrived a couple of weeks ago and that has allowed us to get going with this years distilling schedule. The familiar smells of warm malt and fermentations have been coming from the still room and sight of the new make spirit coming from the still has been great to see.

Thinking of barley makes me think of Montfort, our whisky that is made entirely from barley grown on the farm. A single grain whisky made from 100% unmalted barley this is a real gem of a dram. If you haven’t tried it yet, you are missing out. Find it here

We are also very pleased to confirm that we are now able to sell to customers in the US, which is a great step forward. We can’t guarantee that we’ll be able to deliver to all locations but we think that major locations are covered. Head here to our online store, initially we have our Single Malt, Ripple Rock and Smoke Point single malts available, with more to come soon hopefully.

We are open as usual for tours and tastings, 10am – 5pm from Wednesday to Saturday, so come and join us for a dram. We’ve had a great start to the year so far and we’ve loved being able to welcome people to the distillery throughout the year.  We are hoping to be able to open on Sundays soon too, so keep an eye out here and on our social media for when we are able to offer that.
 
Upcoming events:

April 21^st – we will be pouring at the Whisky and Words event at the Vancouver Writers Festival at Granville Island in Vancouver. If you are in the area please stop by and say hello. Madison our new Brand Ambassador will be there pouring some of our best selling whiskies.

May 2^nd Shelter Point will be hosting a masterclass at 40 Knots Winery. More information can be found here – it’s a chance to enjoy some of our whiskies in the fabulous surroundings of the 40 Knots winery.

May 13^th – Shelter Point will be among the exhibitors at BC Distilled. This event is a great way to see the results of the skill passion and creativity shown by BC’s craft distillers.

May 13^th – We will be hosting a Mothers Day event at the distillery. Rewarding all deserving mothers with a free tasting, discounts and we’ll even have a food truck onsite to add a little extra reason to hang out at our beautiful spot.

May 20^th  12:45 pm-  Shelter Point will be hosting a masterclass at the Victoria Highland Games Whisky School, tickets can be found here

May 20^th 6:00pm – Shelter Point will be at Artemis Whisky bar in Victoria for some featured cocktails and a chance to learn about our whiskies and the process that goes into making them.

Stay well and we hope to greet you here at the distillery soon,

Cheers
Chris

Abbey Whisky 15TH ANNIVERSARY RELEASE – LAST REMAINING BOTTLES!

We’re down to the last remaining bottles of our latest 15th Anniversary release!

The feedback on this mighty Caol Ila has been fantastic, we couldn’t be prouder of this dram and it’s always a pleasure to have our name stamped alongside such a prestigious Scotch whisky bottler as Berry Bros & Rudd.

Still restricted to 1 per customer, we don’t expect the remaining bottles to hang around for long.

This bottle includes free UK shipping for your full basket total!

Slàinte

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Whistle Pig 6 Year Old “PiggyBack – K&L Exclusive Single Barrel” 112.7 Proof Barrel #6375 100% Canadian Rye Whiskey (750ml) $54.99 View

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Whistle Pig 10 Year Old “K&L Exclusive” 102.1 Proof Barrel #173988 Single Barrel Cask Strength Straight Rye Whiskey (750ml) $99.99 View

Blanton’s Black “Takara” Kentucky Straight Bourbon (750ml)(Japanese Import) $210.00 View

Blanton’s Red “Takara” Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon (750ml)(Japanese Import) $220.00 View

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TOP 10 WHISKIES

Discover our favourite fruity and full-bodied sherry cask-matured single malt Scotch whiskies, offering rich layers of dark fruit and sweet spice. Our top 10 whiskies focus on our favourite bold and fruity single malts that have been matured or finished in ex-sherry casks, including rich and sherried Speysiders from Glenallachie and Aberlour, a peaty and fruity Ledaig which has spent 13 years in a single sherry butt, and impressively-aged drams finished in sherry casks from Tobermory and Royal Brackla.

Fantastic Independent Bottles

The world of the Independent Bottler is still a relatively new one to some. We are delighted to be working with some of the finest bottlers in the world, releasing single casks and blended whisky from the most famous and sought after distilleries in Scotland (and beyond!)

If this is new to you, we highly recommend that you grab a copy of Independent Scotch, a book by David Stirk, celebrating the history of Independent Bottlers. It is a fascinating read and a must-buy for the whisky enthusiast.

Here are some of our top picks from this extraordinary range…

FIND ALL OUR INDY BOTTLERS HERE

Our Vaults Collection offers members the chance to journey back into whisky history – and we are delighted to offer you these exceptional bottlings from Islay which are AVAILABLE NOW to buy (Membership info shown below).

These drams will not only transport you to another place, but to a different era. We’ve delivered timeless twins, with a split oloroso sherry butt from Distillery 53 which we divided into an ex-bourbon barrel and an ex-rye barrel after 27 years, for a further four years of maturation. From Distillery 29, prepare to find a tropical flavour paradise, with elegant perfumed spice and ripe tropical fruits finding perfect harmony after 27 years of maturation in bourbon wood.

Keep scrolling to learn more about each of these bottlings, or WATCH our introduction below.

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Contact: sales@smws.com or call 0131 555 2929 (Mon-Fri 9am-4.45pm). Visit the Society at here for membership information

This is your chance to join and to take advantage of their great offers!

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