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A distillery bottling is a bottling by the whisky distillery itself. We also call this 'original brand' bottling or OB. Until the 1970s, there were only 12 distillers in Scotland who released original brands. The whisky from the other distillers that did not disappear into the blends was bottled by independent bottlers.
Almost all distillers now have their own bottlings. This can be standard bottlings that always come in standard quality, or special bottlings in a limited edition. Sometimes even single-cask releases are involved.
But in addition to the OB's, there still appear independent bottlings (IB) from all distilleries.
This is a sherried, lightly peated single malt whisky from the young Highland distillery Ardnamurchan. What is special about this bottling is that it matured in, as usual, non-peated PX casks, but also in peated Oloroso casks. It makes one curious! (50%)
The Arran distillery started in 1995. In early 1998, the spirit for this Arran single malt whisky went into the sherry cask. In 2007, 9 years later, it was bottled at cask strength (57.1%). So we are really talking about an early Arran. Interesting!
A new smoky single malt whisky from the BenRiach Distillery. This The Smoky Ten matured for 10 years (naturally) in three types of casks: bourbon, rum and new oak. In addition to smoke, this malt also contains notes of summer-ripe fruit, pear and honey.
In 2013, a new Wolfburn Distillery started in Thurso, Scotland, where the old one once stood. The distilling process is also done as before: entirely manually. This is a Wolfburn Cask Strength bottling, matured in bourbon and sherry casks. (56.9%
The young Speyside distillery Ballindalloch bottled this over 8-year-old Vintage single malt whisky in a small edition, especially for the Benelux. It matured in bourbon and sherry casks and was bottled at 48.5%. A great option to get to know this newby!
The well-known 10-year-old standard bottling from the Talisker Distillery on the Isle of Skye has been given a new look. Label and box express the maritime character of this malt, which further stands out with notes like sweet smoke, peat and pepper.
This Blue Spot is an Irish single pot-still whiskey, distilled by Midleton (1975-). Because it matured for 7 years in bourbon, sherry and madeira casks, it has a rich flavour palette, ranging from butter cake to wine gum, from apricot to guava. (58.4%)
Sherried, nutty, unpeated, says the label of this Bunnahabhain bottling. The single malt whisky was released as Small Batch Distilled, Cask Strength Edition 2023. The Bunna matured for 12 years in sherry casks and was bottled at a hefty 60.1%.
The Waterford Distillery, which started in 2016, is based on the terroir principle, the idea that you can taste from which of 89 Irish farms the barley for their single malt whisky comes from. This 3-year-old Argot edition matured in various cask types.
The Waterford Woodbrook is a firmly peated Irish single malt whisky, distilled according to the terroir principle and therefore released in the Single Farm Origin series. The whisky matured in ex-bourbon casks, new oak casks and French wine casks. (50%)
Oban is one of Scotland's oldest, still active distilleries. This 14-year-old standard malt shows the basic character of Oban well: juicy orange, malt, salty and a hint of smoke, oily in the mouth. And that for a reasonable price.
This 18 year old single malt whisky is a core bottling from the Isle of Arran Distillery. This bottle is from batch 2024. The whisky matured in specially selected sherry casks, which gives notes of orange, dark chocolate and baked peach. (46%)
Speyside distillery BenRiach is releasing several 12 year old single malt whiskies in its new series The Twelve. We had a smoky variant in the shop before, now this BenRiach matured in 3 different types of cask: sherry, bourbon and port. Bottled at 46%.
Of course it's not about the bottle, but the bottle of this Dalmore 12 single malt whisky really is impressive! The whisky itself is a Dalmore core bottling and with its nice balance and complexity a good example of what Dalmore has to offer. (40%)
With this 15-year-old Redbreast, the Irish Midleton distillery sets a good example of a pot-still whiskey. The whiskey is made from malted and un-malted barley, and after triple distillation matured in bourbon and sherry casks. At 46%.
Rich in taste, light, creamy oak, grassy, plums, fruit, complex woody ... the reviews tumble over each other. There is a lot to taste in this 17-year-old Craigellachie single malt whisky that matured in casks of American oak. At 46%.
Lowlands distillery Bladnoch has a rich history of closings and changes of ownership. In 2015 Bladnoch made a fresh start with their single malt whisky in newly designed bottles. Like this Vinaya that matured in bourbon and Oloroso sherry casks. (46.7%)
With the George Remus Straight Bourbon Whiskey, the Ross & Squibb Distillery in Indiana goes back to the years of Prohibition in the US when whisky was distilled illegally. This bourbon has a sweet-but-distinctive rye flavour. (47% - 94 proof)
Port Charlotte has established itself this century among the big names in smoky Islay whiskies. It is one of two heavily peated single malt whiskies from the Bruichladdich distillery. And this is the 10-year-old standard PC, the 2020 release. (50%)
Machrie Moor is the brand under which Arran releases peated malt. And within this brand there are the Cask Strength bottlings in a limited edition. The Machrie Moor's have their own character, different from the peated Islay's for example.
A nice example of the distillery character, this 12-year-old Caol Ila. Tough and yet subtle, and nicely balanced with the smoke and peat notes typical of Caol Ila. A good and affordable entry into the world of 'peated' Islay whisky.
This 10-year-old Wolfburn single malt whisky is a single-cask release celebrating the 20th edition of the Pot Still Festival in the Netherlands in 2024. The Highland malt matured in a large second-fill Oloroso sherry cask and was bottled at 50.0% strength
Named after the 'father' of the Japanese whisky industry, this whisky is a blend of single malts from the Yoichi and Miyagikyo distilleries. Nicely balanced, pleasant to drink.
That Orkney 18 (HP) stands for an 18-year-old Highland Park will come as no surprise, and that this bottling from Signatory Vintage has a nice score is certainly no surprise either. The HP single malt whisky matured in a 1st-fill Oloroso cask. (55.0%)
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