BenRiach 12 The Smoky Twelve
/12 Year Old | 46% ABV
Distillery | BenRiach
"a combination of unpeated and peated spirit and three cask matured for at least twelve years in bourbon barrels, sherry casks, and Marsala wine casks"
12 Year Old | 46% ABV
Distillery | BenRiach
"a combination of unpeated and peated spirit and three cask matured for at least twelve years in bourbon barrels, sherry casks, and Marsala wine casks"
8 Year Old | 46% ABV
Distillery | Glenallachie
"a combination of Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso sherry puncheons along with a small quantity of Virgin Oak casks and red wine barriques"
NAS | 52% ABV
Distillery | Ardnamurchan
A marriage of peated and unpeated spirit aged in Bourbon/Madeira casks. Bottled 1-29-2025, #102 of 19598.
NAS | 57.8% ABV
Distillery | Ardnamurchan
A marriage of peated and unpeated spirit aged in Oloroso & Pedro Ximénez casks. Bottled 4-12-2023, #234 of 900 according to QR code on back label, although front says #198.
NAS | 58.7% ABV
Distillery | Ardnamurchan
Bottled 2-24-2022, #252 of 1200. A marriage of peated and unpeated spirit from sherry and bourbon casks.
6 Year Old | 58.2% ABV
Distillery | Ardnamurchan
Distilled 2-8-2016, bottled 3-15-2022. First fill Oloroso Spanish oak sherry cask. 1 of 308 bottles.
5 Year Old | 57% ABV
Distillery | Springbank
2025 release. Lightly peated, distilled 2.5 times. Aged in bourbon casks.
12 Year Old | 55.9% ABV
Distillery | Springbank
2025 release. Aged in bourbon and sherry casks.
NAS | 46% ABV
Distillery | Isle of Harris
12-15 ppm 'peats.' Matured in first fill Oloroso sherry butts made of Spanish oak. 100% Scottish Concerto and Laureate barleys.
18 Year Old | 46.3% ABV
Distillery | Linkwood
Aged in American Oak.
12 Year Old | 40% ABV
Distillery | Glenrothes
"Matured only in sherry seasoned oak casks"
12 Year Old | 43% ABV
Distillery | Glenmorangie
A "re-imagining" of their classic original 10yo, now aged 12 years in bourbon casks.
26 Year Old | 43% ABV
Distillery | Glenmorangie
Fourth release in the Bond House No. 1 series. A rare combination of primarily Oloroso sherry and Burgundy casks, each used to "finish" for ten years, mixed in with some fully aged virgin oak spirit and ex-bourbon cask as well.
14 Year Old | 46% ABV
Distillery | Bruichladdich
"Whisky of Mass Distinction" Distilled 1991. Based on a true story of a lost yellow minesweeping sub found off of Islay. Additional Cask Enhancement in European oak Rioja casks.
10 Year Old | 50% ABV
Distillery | Bruichladdich
"Matured in a combination of first-fill bourbon barrels and second-fill Pauillac wine casks"
22 Year Old | 48.7% ABV
Distillery | Bruichladdich
Distilled 1989, bottled 2012.
10 Year Old | 46% ABV
Distillery | BenRiach
"matured for at least ten years in a combination of bourbon barrels, Jamaican rum casks and toasted virgin oak."
NAS | 48% ABV
Distillery | Glengoyne
Matured in charred first fill bourbon and virgin oak casks from North America.
15 Year Old | 43% ABV
Distillery | Glengoyne
"matured in a balanced mix of first-fill sherry, first-fill bourbon, and refill casks."
14 Year Old | 55% ABV
Distillery | Kilchoman
"a vatting of five 100% Islay ex-oloroso sherry butts, distilled in 2011 from Kilchoman-grown barley." The bottle was personally signed by Kilchoman founder Anthony Wills when I met him at a tasting event that evening.
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