Cadenhead’s 2025 Releases

Hazelburn 10 Year Old, 46%, 100% ex-Bourbon.
Named and recreated after one of Campbeltown’s lost distilleries. Hazelburn is a triple distilled single malt that can take very well to many different cask types. This being fully matured in ex-bourbon is screaming that it could be my favourite.

Springbank Local Barley, 55.2%, 60% bourbon & 40% sherry.
The Local Barley is an annual release made from barley grown in or around Campbeltown. Each year a local farmer is commissioned to grow barley on our behalf to continue producing this ‘grain to glass’ limited edition. Different farms, barley varieties, cask maturations and length of time the whisky spends in the casks from one batch to the next allow our customers a unique tasting experience every time. This is the latest Local Barley release from November 2025

Springbank 10 Fino Cask, 55%, 40% bourbon & 60% sherry.
Fourth in a five part sherry series, the whisky has been matured for four years in bourbon casks followed by six years in Fino sherry casks.

Springbank 5YO 100 Proof, 57.1%, 100% ex-bourbon.
A newer general release from the folks at Springbank. A younger, punchier style to sit in next to Longrow Gold as it’s less peaty, boozier rival.

Kilkerran 16YO, 46%, 60% bourbon, 40% sherry.
First released in 2020 and picking up a very strong following every since, this years release of Kilkerran 16YO is hitting some huge heights for a lot of loyal fans.

Kilkerran Heavily Peated Batch 13, 58.6%, 90% bourbon, 10% sherry.
A turn around from the lighter peated style of regular Kilkerran releases. The Heavily Peated range comes in at 45PPM and can vary in its cask maturation. This batch release is predominantly ex-bourbon with a slither of sherry casks giving some more depth.

Springbank & Kilkerran Tasting Pack (Nov 2025) 6x2cl Whisky Samples

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ralfy review 1106 Extras – The history of ‘Golden Promise’ barley.

ralfy review 1106 – Ardnamurchan Heritage (golden promise) @ 58.2%vol:

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 583: Double Barrel Speyside & Lowland Douglas Laing

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a blended malt of two barrels. Double Barrel has been around since 2008 and was quite an innovative and daring release from Douglas Laing at the time. As the name suggests, this is a blended malt from two different barrels, each a combination of various distilleries from different regions. In the past, they used to mention the distilleries – e.g. Ardbeg/Aultmore or Macallan/Laphroaig – but in recent years they have started working with regions instead. Nowadays, there is a Speyside & Lowland, Islay & Highland edition. Mark is tasting the Speyside & Lowland, but he has no idea which malts were used. All he found out is that one barrel contained an 8-year-old malt, the other a 10-year-old malt.

https://youtu.be/IoEaz5c0DsQ

North British – Edinburgh Single Grain Whisky with Gerry Friel

THE VIDEO

Adam welcomes a special guest to discuss single grain whisky and why he picked a cask of North British for The Strath in Victoria BC.

The Good Dram Show – Episode 614 ‘Blackadder’

The Good Dram Show with Chris Goodrum. Episode 614 – One Word… Legendary..! Filmed in The Study Nottingham.

Featuring

Blackadder Raw Cask Chimera Blended Malt 61%
Blackadder Raw Cask Legendary Medium Toasted Fine Grain French Oak 59.2%
Blackadder Raw Cask Statement No12 Inchgower 1995 (20 year old) 57.6%
Blackadder Raw Cask Glentauchers 2012 (12 year old) 65.6%
Blackadder Raw Cask Smoking Islay Blended Malt 11 year old 59.5%
Blackadder Raw Cask Peat Reek Blended Islay 2012 (10 year old) 58.6%

https://blackadder.com

ralfy review 1105 Extras – Comparing & Contrasting two peat-monsters.

ralfy review 1105 – Ledaig 10yo Hebridean Moon @58.8%vol:

Ghost Scotch – Speyside Distillery

THE VIDEO

Adam introduces three cask strength editions from the Speyside distillery, a now closed single malt producer that is super hard to find. Try now instore at The Strath in Victoria for free, and save % on your bottles as part of the Strath’s Whisky Sale!

We Sell Sanctuary (And It’s Made By Phillips!)

THE VIDEO!

Adam discovers the brand new relaunch of Sanctuary single malt by Fermentorium at Phillips here in Victoria BC. Want to try it? Come and celebrate the launch with us at a very special tasting event and launch party on Dec 7th! Links below.

Fermentorium – The Cask Discovery Tasting

Sunday December 7th at 2pm

Sanctuary Whisky Launch Party

Sunday December 7th at 4pm

Join Phillips Fermentorium and the Deb Rhymer band as they launch their brand new re-imagined Sanctuary whisky at the Sunday Blues Service.

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