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Penderyn, ever heard of it? This box is an introduction to this single malt whisky distillery that opened in Wales in 2004. Three single malts of which one finished in Madeira casks, one in red wine and the third is 'cask-peated'. 3 x 20 CL at 43%.
Around 2011, Speciality Drinks bottled a 19-year-old Islay single malt whisky under the Port Askaig label. It was supposedly a Caol Ila. This complex dram naturally features peat and smoky notes, as well as maritime, sweet, and meaty notes. (45.8% ABV)
Port Askaig is a town on the whisky island of Islay. Nearby is the Caol Ila Distillery. Port Askaig is also the brand of a peated Islay single malt whisky bottled by Elixir Distillers. This Cask Strength edition matured in bourbon casks. (59.4%)
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%)
With the Cask Exploration series, Bruichladdich Distillery experiments with the cask maturation of its peated Port Charlotte single malt whisky. This Valinch Smachd Air Caileachd edition aged for 12 years in a Monbazillac cask as well. (57.7%; score 88)
This PC10 was released in the Port Charlotte Pro Na Linntean series. The heavily peated single malt whisky from the Bruichladdich Distillery on Islay was bottled in 2012 in 6000 bottles at 59.8% cask strength after 10 years of maturation in bourbon casks.
This PC5 is the 1st edition in the Port Charlotte Evolution series. The heavily peated single malt whisky from Bruichladdich on Islay was bottled in 2006 in over 6000 bottles, at a cask strength of 63.5% (!), after 5 years of maturation in bourbon casks.
This PC7 was released as Port Charlotte Sin An Doigh Ileach. The heavily peated single malt whisky from the Bruichladdich Distillery on Islay was bottled in 2008 at a hefty cask strength of 61.0% after 7 years of maturation in bourbon casks.
In the more than 15 years that the Port Charlotte brand now exists, it has built up a solid reputation as a peated single malt whisky. This PC8 certainly contributed to that reputation. The 8 refers to the age of this malt that aged in bourbon casks.
The Port Ellen single malt certainly belongs in the list of legendary whiskies. And furthermore, this is an exceptional bottling of this Islay legend: vintage 1982 and bottled in 2005 as a 22-year-old, heavily sherried dram at a cask strength of 61.7%!
This 12-year-old John's Lane Release is a standard bottling from the Irish brand Powers. It is a single pot still whiskey from the Midleton distillery that matured in bourbon and sherry casks. Like many Irish whiskeys, this one is also triple distilled.
A blended Irish whiskey, nice for a change from the Scotch blends! This Powers Gold Label from the Irish Midleton distillery has, of course, been distilled three times, as befits an Irish whiskey, and bottled at 43.2%. For a very reasonable price.
Since 2017, the Raasay Distillery has been active on the island of the same name. After some 180 previous releases, this is The Draam, half distilled from peated and half from unpeated barley malt and matured in rye, chinquapin, and red wine casks. 46.4%
The history of Rebel whiskies goes back to 1849. Instead of distilling bourbon whiskey from corn and rye, the founders of Rebel Yell made their bourbon from corn and wheat. That makes this bourbon unique to this day. This edition is bottled at 55% ABV.
About 170 years ago, Rebel Yell already made bourbon whiskey from corn and wheat. And as this bourbon was made at the time, it is still made at Lux Row Distillers today. This Small Batch Reserve is said to have matured extra long. Bottled at 45.3%.
In addition to a unique bourbon whiskey, made from corn with wheat instead of rye, other whiskies are also made under the Rebel Yell brand. For example this straight rye whiskey. It was distilled in Indiana and aged for 2 years, and then bottled at 45%.
Red Spot is the brand of a well-regarded single pot still whiskey from the Irish Midleton (1975-) distillery, known for its Green Spot whisky. This Red Spot bottling matured for 15 years in a combination of bourbon, sherry and Marsala casks. (46%)
A bottling from the Irish Midleton Distillery. A 12 year old single pot still whiskey, so made from malted and unmalted barley, and triple distilled. This Redbreast matured in bourbon and sherry casks. A fine Irish whiskey for a nice price. At 40%.
If you want to taste an Irish single pot still whiskey at cask strength, this 12 year old Redbreast is an option. Aged in bourbon and sherry casks. Pot still whiskey is made from barley malt and unmalted barley. This batch is at 57.2% cask strength.
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%.
The Redbreast 18-year-old is a new core bottling from this brand. The single pot-still whisky matured in a unique combination of casks: bourbon, Ruby Port, Oloroso and Cream Sherry. This resulted in a creamy, fruity and spicy, very drinkable dram. (46%)
We do not know the age of this Redbreast single pot-still whiskey, but we do know that it finished in 1st fill sherry casks. You can tell this by the typical sherry notes that are well balanced with the pot still notes. It remains a real Irish whiskey.
Douglas Laing is known for its blended malt whiskies. Their motto is: 'If a single malt is a violin, then a blended malt is an entire orchestra!'. Well-known are, for example, their Big Peat-blended Islay malts. This is also included in this tasting kit.
This Remus Repeal Reserve is a blend of five straight bourbon whiskeys from 8 to 14 years old. The share of rye in the mashbill of this bourbons ranges from 21% to 36%. The Ross & Squibb Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana released here a top bourbon. 50%
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