Archives for February 24, 2017

Dailuaine / 7 Year Old Sherry Matured / Douglas Laing's Single Minded

Summary: Douglas Laing's Single Minded series is a range of Small Batch Single Malts from across a variety of Scotch Whisky regions. Each is bottled exactly the way the distiller intended: without colouring or chill-filtration. This expression, a Dailuaine 7 Years Old, clearly demonstrates its sherry maturation. The nose is warmly spiced with macerated fruit and sweet barleys. The palate is every bit as sweet with citric notes and a sugary, fudgey finish.
Country: Scotland.
Distillery: Dailuaine.
District: Speyside.
Bottler: Douglas Laing.
Bottling serie: Single Minded.
Distilled: 03.2007
Bottled: 11.2014
Age: 07 years old.
Casktype: Sherry Butt.
Strength: 41.5 % Vol.
Size: 70cl
Nose: Shows it’s sherry cask maturation: being warmly spiced with macerated fruit ahead of it’s generic sweet barley.
Palate: Every bit as spiced but now with citric fruit plus a fine quality of chewy malt.
Finish: All neatly replicated with its sugary and fudge’y style.

Bunnahabhain / 8 Year Old / Douglas Laing's Single Minded

Summary: Douglas Laing's Single Minded series is a range of Small Batch Single Malts from across a variety of Scotch Whisky regions. Each is bottled exactly the way the distiller intended: without colouring or chill-filtration.
Country: Scotland.
Distillery: Bunnahabhain.
District: Islay.
Bottler: Douglas Laing.
Bottling serie: Single Minded.
Distilled: 06.2009
Bottled: 109.2016
Age: 08 years old.
Casktype: Refill Hogshead.
Strength: 43 % Vol.
Size: 70cl
Nose: Sweetly scented, gently maritime, distinctly spiced and gristy.
Palate: Full of rich juicy barley – with a soft oily twist and late burnt fruit.
Finish: With a hint of salt, subtle spices, more cereal and more spice.

Strathclyde / 11 year Old Sherry Finished / Douglas Laing's Old Particular

Summary: Douglas Laing's "Old Particular" is a particularly unique series of individually hand-selected aged Single Cask Malts' and Single Cask Single Grains from all over Scotland. Each is bottled exactly the way the Distiller intended: Without colouring, or chill-filtration. The result is as close as some come to experiencing that rarest of pleasures – sampling a dram straight from its cask in the hallowed surroundings of a Distillery warehouse.
Country: Scotland.
Distillery: Strathclyde.
District: Lowland.
Bottler: Douglas Laing.
Bottling serie: Old Particular.
Distilled: November 2009
Bottled: January 2017
Age: 11 years old.
Casktype: Sherry Butt.
Casknumber: DL11484
Strength: 55.5% Vol.
Number of bottles: 306
Size: 70cl
Nose: Lemon zest, stewed strawberries, fresh fruits, a Malt spice and dark berries.
Palate: Custard creams, a milk chocolate mocha served with Ann’s homemade tablet.
Finish: Medium-long, warming with Demerara sugar and finishing with beautiful sweet flavour.

Speyburn / Bradan Orach

Summary: Country/Region: Scotcland/Highlands.
Unit: 70cl
Alc: 40%
Gaelic for ‘Golden Salmon’, Bradan Orach is a classic, easy drinking Speyside malt whisky, matured exclusively in ex-bourbon casks.
The bourbon wood gives the whisky a wonderful complexity and depth, without making it overly challenging. Like the 10 Year Old itthis malt is very easy to drink and a great way to get to know Speyburn.
Colour: Bright, golden-amber colour.
Nose: Green apples, honey, lemon and floral vanilla spices.
Taste: Subtle and delicate with vanilla and honey, full bodied, creamy and smooth with a long lasting spicy finish.
Ratings: Double Gold Medal / 2015 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

Tomatin / 12 Year Old

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Highland's.
ABV: 43%
Unit: 70cl
Cask Type: Matured in a combination of Bourbon barrels and Sherry casks.
The Tomatin 12 Year Old is smooth and silky, having been matured in traditional Scotch Whisky, ex-Bourbon and ex-Spanish Sherry casks. A rich, fruity aroma is the prelude to sweet flavours of ripe apples, pears and a subtle hint of nut before the long, pleasantly oily finish.
Ratings: Double Gold Medal / 2016 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

Glenfarclas / 1976 40 Years Old VI

Summary: Category: Single Malt from Speyside, Scotland.
Distillery: Glenfarclas.
District: Speyside.
Bottler: Distillery Bottling.
Bottling serie: Special Release.
Vintage: 19.05.1976
Bottled: 2016
Age: 40 years old.
Casktype: Sherry Casks.
Strength: 43.7% Vol.
Number of bottles: 1500
The final limited edition release in the Family Collector Series, this 40 year old Speyside Single Malt from Glenfarclas represents the 6th generation of the Grant family, current Sales Director, George S. Grant, as he reaches his own 40th year.
Distilled in 1976 and matured in the finest sherry casks, only 1,500 bottles have been produced to bookend the series that began with the 1966 Fino Cask bottling honouring John Grant, who purchased the distillery in 1865.