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Aberlour is best known for its sherried single malts, but their bourbon-aged whisky is also quite something. Archives has already proven this with previous bottlings of this Speysider, and now again with this 16-year-old bottling at 55.5% cask strength.
Alistair Walker certainly knows how to finish, as these six Infrequent Flyers bottling samples prove! How about a 37-year-old Invergorden finished in a rye whisky cask, a Ben Nevis finished in a Valpolicella cask, and an Aultmore finished in a PX? (6x2cl)
If you love fruit, this new Archives bottling is definitely for you! The Glen Elgin single malt whisky offers you a bowl full of fruit, delicately sprinkled with spices. The Speysider matured for 14 years in a 1st-fill bourbon cask. Bottled at 56.1%.
The classic Highlander Ben Nevis is finished here in a rather special cask: of the 13 years this single malt whisky matured, the last four were in a Recioto della Valpolicella wine cask. The Alistair Walker Whisky Company bottled it at 58.7% ABV.
The Alistair Walker Company has a knack for finishing whisky. This is evident once again with this Infrequent Flyers bottling, a 10-year-old Glenglassaugh single malt whisky finished in a Sauternes cask and bottled at 58.6% cask strength.
The malt whisky produced by Glenlossie Distillery is ideal for blending, but bottlings like this one prove that the single malt whisky is also quite good on its own. The 16-year-old malt is finished for about one and a half years in a PX cask. (54.7%)
Under the name Cadenhead's World Whiskies, the bottler, as the name suggests, releases whiskies other than Scotch. In 2019, this bourbon from the Heaven Hill Distillery in Kentucky was released. The whisky matured for 10 years and is bottled at 66.4% (!).
A new bottling from the casQueteers, a non-profit group of whisky enthusiasts. It's a Glen Elgin single malt whisky matured for 16 years in a bourbon hogshead. It's a deliciously fruity dram with notes of apple, pear, and mango. (53.9% ABV)
Compass Box is a master of whisky blending. This Secrets of Smoke is proof of that: a blend of the Islay whiskies Caol Ila, Bowmore and Laphroaig and the Highlander Ardmore. The malts matured in Palo Cortado, Spanish red wine and Marsala casks. (52% ABV)
Another interesting finishing experiment from Alistair Walker! This 37-year-old Invergordon single grain whisky has spent the last almost four years maturing in a cask that previously held an American rye whisky. It's certainly intriguing! ( 44.5% ABV)
Of the 10 years that this Aultmore single malt whisky matured, the last three and a half were in a Pedro Ximénez cask. You can tell from the colour alone! Alistair Walker bottled the Speysider at 55.4% cask strength under the Infrequent Flyers brand.
In 2012, this Springbank was released in the Raw Cask series from no-nonsense bottler Blackadder. The single malt whisky aged in a bourbon cask and was bottled at a cask strength of 58.2%. The character of this renowned Campbeltonian is clearly present.
A virgin oak cask often powerfully enhances the flavour of the whisky that matures in it. This Blair Athol single malt whisky matured in such a cask for the last four years of a total of 17 years before being bottled by Alistair Walker in 2025. (50.8%)
In 2017, Archives bottled this Irish single malt whisky that had matured for 27 years in a bourbon barrel. The distillery from which this whisky comes is unknown, but the fact that this is a super dram is proven by the rating of over 90 points! (48.2%)
Fifteen years ago, renowned bottler Alambic Classique released this Longmorn single malt whisky. The highly regarded Speysider matured for 11 years in a refill bourbon cask and was released in 155 bottles at a cask strength of 51.8% ABV.
It is unknown which distillery this Speyside Region single malt whisky from Archives comes from, but it is a 43 year old! The bottling was released in 2017 and now has a rating of over 91 points on Whiskybase. It's a super dram! (Bourbon matured, 46.8%)
Cragganmore is the Speyside representative in Diageo's Classic Malts of Scotland. Independent bottlings of the single malt whisky are also released, including this 27-year-old, sherry cask-matured edition from Archives from 2016. (only 70 bottles, 48.7%)
There is Caol Ila single malt whisky in this blended malt, and for example Clynelish, Linkwood and Benrinnes. The whisky matured in bourbon, oloroso and French oak casks. This results in a fruity, nicely balanced dram: the Orchard House from Compass Box.
This 21-year-old single malt whisky was released in 2018 in Archives' Birds from the Orient series. The label doesn't say which distillery it's from, but it does say it matured in a bourbon cask and was bottled for the Taiwanese market. (54.1%)
Archives is the brand under which Whiskybase has been releasing bottlings since 2011. This is done in various series. This Strathclyde single grain was released in 2023 in the series Fishes of Samoa, intended for online sales. (30y, bourbon cask, 48.0%)
In 2011, Whiskybase.com launched the bottling brand Archives. To date, Archives has released over 230 bottlings that have scored high on average, with 87.5 points. In 2016, this 43-year-old Invergordon single grain whisky came out. (49.9%, 88.7 points)
That the Glen Keith Distillery produces real fruity Speyside single malt whisky is proven once again by this Archives bottling. The malt matured for 22 years in a bourbon cask and is bottled at 56.0% cask strength. An explosion of all kinds of fruit!
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