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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.
In 2023, Van Wees bottled this Caol Ila, the mildly smoky Islay single malt whisky, in their The Ultimate - Cask Strength series. The Caol Ila matured for 13 years in a refill bourbon cask. The cask influence is subtle, not overpowering. Bottled at 59%.
This Caol Ila was selected by the Dutch spirits retailer Van Wees and bottled by Gordon & MacPhail in 2010. The Islay single malt whisky matured for 11 years in a bourbon cask. Toffee, peat, vanilla, seaweed, and smoked ham, for example. (61.2%)
Scout Drinks, a new Taiwanese bottler, hits the bullseye straight away with this 28-year-old Bowmore, matured in a bourbon hogshead. The bourbon cask ultimately yielded 76 bottles of the classic single malt whisky at a cask strength of 49.1%.
Near the Kildalton Cross on Islay, on Kildalton Road, stands the Ardbeg Distillery, but that's beside the point. This heavily peated single malt whisky is bottled by quality bottler Whisky Age after 22 years of maturation in a bourbon cask. (53.3%)
Bottler Van Wees was able to get a batch of casks filled with Staoisha, the peated Bunnahabhain single malt whisky. This Staoisha bottling comes out in the nicely priced The Ultimate series. 10 years old and matured in refill sherry butts. (46%)
In 2025, bottler Signatory Vintage released this 17-year-old Caol Ila in their Cask Strength Collection. This classic, medium-peated Islay single malt whisky matured in a first-fill Oloroso sherry cask. 673 bottles were released at a strength of 57.8%.
For a few years now, Signatory Vintage has been offering the 100 Proof series. This sherried Scotch whisky series excels due to its excellent price-quality ratio. A fine example is this Caol Ila single malt, matured in bourbon and Oloroso casks. (57.1%)
Bunnahabhain is one of the few Islay distilleries that doesn't usually produce peated whisky. In recent years, their peated single malt, Staoisha, has made a name. For a beautifully sherried edition at a great price: see here! (10 years, 57.1% ABV)
What can we say? Every year around this time, Van Wees comes with a Saint & Peat bottling of a peated Islay single malt whisky. They are always young single malts, so the price can be pleasantly limited. A Dutch festivity right before Christmas! (55%)
Not your standard Machir Bay from Kilchoman, but a cask-strength one. A single farm malt, made from home-malted Islay barley. Matured in mostly bourbon and a few sherry casks, Machir Bay is medium-smoky with sweet notes, citrus, and vanilla. (58.1%)
Just like the year before, bottler Asta Morris released a 7-year-old Caol Ila single malt whisky in 2019, matured in a sherry cask. This edition, too, is a complex, creamy, full-bodied, and beautifully balanced sherried dram. (55.9%)
Considering its age of 6-7 years, this Caol Ila is surprisingly complex, full-bodied, and oily. This medium-peated Islay single malt matured in a large sherry cask before being bottled by the Belgian Asta Morris in 2018 at a cask strength of 56.1% ABV.
In 2019, Cadenhead bottled this Bowmore single malt whisky after 17 years of maturation in bourbon casks. Creamy and oily, it reveals notes of gooseberries, liquorice, sour apples, and a hint of petrol, alongside, of course, smoky Islay notes. (53.6% ABV)
At the time, this 15-year-old bottling, celebrating Fèis Ìle 2019, was only available at Islay distillery Bowmore itself. The single malt whisky matured in first-fill bourbon casks and is bottled at 51.7% ABV. Spicy oak, shortbread, and bergamot notes.
A classic single malt whisky, this Bowmore, from the oldest distillery on the Isle of Islay. The whisky matured for 12 years in carefully selected bourbon and oloroso casks. So, essentially, a 'best of both worlds' whisky. And at a great price! (40%)
Renowned whisky brothers Phil and Simon Thompson bottled this Staoisha, the peated single malt whisky from Bunnahabhain Distillery on Islay, after it had matured for 11 years in Oloroso casks. Plums, sultanas, leather, tobacco, and sweet smoke. (56.1%)
In anticipation of the winter season, we present this Big Peat Winter Edition, a blended malt, finished in warming Madeira casks. Douglas Laing's Big Peat bottlings are always blends of peated Islay single malt whiskies. So, yes, 'Big Peat'. (53.6%)
The name suggests otherwise, but Wilson & Morgan is an Italian bottler. In 2004, they bottled this 10-year-old Bruichladdich single malt whisky at an Extra Strength of 50% ABV. The unpeated Islay malt matured in a bourbon cask from 1993 onwards.
This is the first 11-year-old edition of the Kilchoman 100% Islay single malt whisky. In this 100% Islay series, every step, from sowing the barley to bottling, was taken on the whisky island of Islay. The malt matured in sixteen select Oloroso casks. 50%
Sherried, nutty, unpeated, says the label of this Bunnahabhain bottling. The single malt whisky was released as Small Batch Distilled, Cask Strength Edition 2025. The Bunna matured for 12 years in Oloroso sherry casks and was bottled at 56,4% ABV.
In 2018, the first spirit flowed from the unique stills of Islay's ninth distillery, Ardnahoe. This Bholsa, named after the caves in Islay's rugged north, is their third regular bottling. The single malt matured predominantly in Oloroso casks. (50%)
Lagavulin released this bottling for the 2019 Islay whisky festival, Feis Ile. The peated single malt whisky matured for 19 years in sherried American oak casks. The combination of 'Lagavulin' and 'sherry' resulted in a superb dram! (53.8% ABV)
Islay single malt Bowmore often scores high, and this bottling from Antique Lions of Spirits certainly does, scoring over 91 points! The peated whisky matured for 25 years in a select bourbon cask. A complex, gently smoky dram with maritime notes. (48.7%)
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