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Islay belongs to the Inner Hebrides in Scotland. The island lies between the Isle of Jura and Northern Ireland. From Ireland, the whisky once crossed over to Islay and thus entered Scotland. The most important place is Bowmore. Other places of interest are Port Ellen and Port Charlotte. The population is just over 3000. With its 8 distilleries, 6 of which produce a smoky whisky, Islay is formally a separate whisky region. It is therefore also known as the Whisky Island.
Already in 2009, the bottlings in the Old Malt Cask series from Douglas Laing were well received: see this Ardbeg edition. The peated Islay single malt whisky was matured for 18 years in a bourbon cask, yielding notes of vanilla, almonds, and honey. 50%
Smokehead is a single malt whisky brand from bottler Ian Macleod. As with the previous Smokehead bottlings, this is an anonymous peated Islay whisky. Often the age of these bottlings is unknown, but this is a malt that matured for 15 years. (43% ABV)
To celebrate Feis Isle 2025, the famous Islay whisky festival, Douglas Laing has released another Big Peat, a Remarkable Regional Malts edition. Like the other Big Peat bottlings, this is a seductive and surprising blend of peated Islay malt whiskies. 50%
For this Limited Edition, Ardbeg created an extra-concentrated 'mash', the barley malt batter from which the spirit for single malt whisky is eventually distilled. This resulted in intense fruity and sweet notes. A rich, smoky, tropical dram! (48.3%)
Islay distillery Bruichladdich is one of the few on the island that distils unpeated whisky. They also produce heavily peated single malt whisky (Port Charlotte, Octomore). This 12-year-old TWA edition is one of them! (Bottled at 52.3% cask strength)
The Dutch bottler Van Wees released this Caol Ila almost a quarter of a century ago. The medium-peated single malt whisky matured for 7 years in a bourbon cask and was bottled at the then-usual percentage of 43. It's a unique bottle!
In 2015, 246 bottles came out of the bourbon cask in which this Kilchoman single malt whisky matured for 5 years. Those bottles were then destined for the American PLOWED Society, and now there are some in our shop. Bottled at cask strength (60.1%).
With the series in which this Caol Ila single malt whisky was released, James Eadie commemorates the Distilleries of Great Britain & Ireland. This Islay malt matured for 12 years in a re-charred ex-bourbon cask before being bottled at 52.3% cask strength.
A fantastic Islay classic, that's what you can call this Laphroaig! Distilled in the early 80s and then matured for 32 years in 'old-fashioned' sherry casks. The perfectly sherried single malt whisky has, due to its age, a milder smokiness. (46.6%)
In 2015, the Scottish Rest & be Thankful Whisky Company released this 10-year-old Bruichladdich single malt whisky. The Islay malt matured in a Cadiz wine cask and was bottled at cask strength. And with 65.2%, 'strength' is the right word here!
The Bruichladdich Valinch single malt whiskies are only available at the distillery itself. The buyer bottles his bottle directly from the cask. This Laddie Crew 24 single malt was bottled in 2015 after 9 years of maturation in a Rivesaltes cask. (44.9%)
Bruichladdich Valinch single malt whiskies are only available at the distillery itself. The buyer bottles his bottle directly from the cask. This Laddie Crew 23 single malt was bottled in 2016 after 12 years of maturation in a 1st-fill sherry cask. 44.9%
Bruichladdich Valinch single malt whiskies are only available at the distillery itself. The buyer bottles his bottle directly from the cask. This 24-year-old Laddie Crew 19 single malt whisky was finished in a Sauternes cask and bottled in 2016. (48.5%)
Bruichladdich Valinch single malt whiskies are only available at the distillery itself. The buyer bottles his whisky directly from the cask. This Laddie Crew 17 single malt was bottled in 2015 after 25 years of maturation in a sherry cask. (48.2%)
Bruichladdich Valinch single malt whiskies are only available at the distillery itself. The buyer bottles his whisky directly from the cask. This Laddie Crew 13 single malt was bottled in 2015 after 23 years of maturation in a fino sherry cask. (44.9%)
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)
The spirit for this Port Charlotte single malt whisky went into a 2nd-fill sherry cask in 2005, from which it was bottled after 13 years of maturation at 57.8% cask strength. At the time, it was as 'Distillery Valinch', only available at the distillery.
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.
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.
In 2017, bottler Cadenhead celebrated its 175th anniversary, among others, with this bottling. It is a Bunnahabhain single malt whisky that matured for 27 years in a bourbon cask and was bottled at 41.9%. A mature, balanced and delicate 'Bunna'.
This is one of those drams that you really have to sit down and sip. It is a 38-year-old Bunnahabhain bottling from Malts of Scotland. The (unpeated) Islay single malt whisky matured in a sherry cask and is bottled at a cask strength of 50.2% ABV.
This single malt whisky was distilled in an (unnamed) Islay distillery, according to bottler Maltbarn. The whisky then matured for 24 years in a sherry cask and was bottled at 51.8%. Incidentally, the label features an image of the Laphroaig Distillery.
The label already gives it away: we are dealing with a single malt whisky that strikes like lightning! It is a 22-year-old Port Charlotte, the heavily peated malt from Islay distillery Bruichladdich. It matured in a bourbon cask and is bottled at 55.2%.
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