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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.
This Maltbarn bottling is another unspecified single malt whisky from the island of Islay. The label hints at 'Southern A' for the distillery...The whisky matured for 14 years in a bourbon cask and was bottled at 50.2% cask strength. Curious?
The 226th bottling from bottler Maltbarn is an Islay Malt. If a bottler calls a single malt whisky that, it means a peated malt from one of the distilleries on whisky island Islay. This is a 15-year-old one that matured in a sherry cask. (54.4%)
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%.
A pretty special bottling, which the Taiwanese The Whisky Blues presents here. It is a Bowmore single malt whisky. You don't often see this as a third-party bottling. The medium-peated Islay malt aged in a sherry cask for 26 years and is bottled at 50.1%.
A special edition of this classic Islay single malt whisky. The 10-year-old Laphroaig is finished in Oloroso casks, creating an intriguing combination of the well-known maritime and peat smoke notes and the complex sweet sherry notes. (48%)
Previous editions of this single malt whisky have been described as incredibly intense, complex, ripe and full. And this edition, the Black Art 11.1, is no less than 24 years old. In that time, this special malt matured in various cask types. (44.2%)
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%!
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%)
In honor of Dutchman Han van Wees's 60th anniversary in the whisky trade (think of The Ultimate whisky bottlings), Gordon & MacPhail released this 14-year-old Caol Ila single malt whisky. The peated Islay malt matured in a first-fill sherry cask. (52.8%)
The Laphroaig 18 Year Old replaced the 15 Year Old standard bottling in 2009. The new, 18-year-old standard single malt whisky from Laphroaig is a more powerful dram due to its longer maturation. This bottle is one of an early edition. Bottled at 48%.
Laphroaig regularly releases Cairdeas (Friendship) bottlings, usually to coincide with Islay's annual Feis Isle festival. This is also the case with this bottling from 2021. The peated single malt whisky matured in bourbon and Pedro Ximénez casks. (58.9%)
This Cairdeas is the bottling with which the Laphroaig Distillery celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2015, especially for the Friends of Laphroaig (cairdeas = friendship). Matured in bourbon casks, bottled at cask strength, this is a real dram to enjoy.
Islay distillery Laphroaig has hit the mark with its 10-year-old cask strength bottlings. The editions of this single malt whisky have consistently scored very well over the years. This bottling (2017) now has more than 89 points. Bottled at 58.1%.
Islay distillery Laphroaig has hit the mark with its 10-year-old cask strength bottlings. The editions of this single malt whisky have consistently scored very well over the years. This bottling (2016) now has almost 89 points. Bottled at 59.2%.
Islay distillery Laphroaig has hit the mark with its 10-year-old cask strength bottlings. The editions of this single malt whisky have consistently scored very well over the years. This bottling (2015) now has more than 88 points. Bottled at 56.3%.
Islay distillery Laphroaig has hit the mark with its 10-year-old cask strength bottlings. The editions of this single malt whisky have consistently scored very well over the years. This bottling (2012) now has more than 89 points. Bottled at 58.3%.
Islay distillery Laphroaig has hit the mark with its 10-year-old cask strength bottlings. The editions of this single malt whisky have consistently scored very well over the years. This bottling (2014) now has more than 89 points. Bottled at 58.0%.
The fact that single malt whisky often matures in sherry casks is nothing special, but maturation in fino sherry casks is. Fino is a dry sherry that matured under a layer of yeast, the 'flor'. That gives an extra taste experience to this Kilchoman. (50%)
The spirit for this Bruichladdich single malt whisky comes from one of the early years of the Mark Reynier era at the Islay distillery. It matured in a bourbon cask for over two decades before being bottled by Maltbarn. (55.3%)
In the Symington's Choice series we have seen some stellar bottlings. The vaults of Signatory seem to contain endless hidden treasures. A 1997 aged for 25 years, almost hitting the 90 point mark. We have no doubt this will be good!
Thanks to the aging on sherry casks in combination with the typical Ardbeg smokiness, the Uigedail is a true classic. The excellent price / quality ratio also plays a role here. A whisky that you make friends with! At 54.2%
Smokehead is the brand under which Ian Macleod bottles anonymous, peated Islay single malt whisky. The type of cask on which the whisky matured can differ, or the alcohol percentage. But never before has a Smokehead finished on tequila casks appeared.
The Wee Beastie bottling is the latest standard edition from Ardbeg. This single malt whisky matured for 5 years in bourbon and sherry casks. Despite being young, the Wee Beastie has complex aromas and notes, a full mouthfeel and a long finish. (47.4%)
New to Elixir Distillers' Elements of Islay series are the Islay blended malt whiskies. Released not in the well-known 50 cl, but in 70 cl bottles. Like this blend of Islay single malt whiskies, that matured in ex-bourbon casks. Bottled at 54.5%.
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