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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 is the 96th edition of Whisky Sponge whisky—on to the 100th! It is a 19-year-old Bruichladdich single malt whisky that matured in a 1st fill bourbon cask and is bottled at cask strength (57.1%). It is a very creamy, powerful dram with maritime notes.
As the name implies, this classic from Ardbeg is 10 years old. A standard bottling that portrays the character of this Islay brand: smoke and peat of course, but also licorice, chocolate, something medicinal. High quality at 46%.
The standard Laphroaig 10 has long been one of the icons of the peated single malt whisky from the Scottish island of Islay. Until recently, the bottle always came in a tube, but since 2023 it comes in a box. The label also has a new design. (40%)
Looking for an old-fashioned, special Bowmore? Here's your bottle! It is from a bottling from 1999 for which the Islay single malt whisky matured in Claret Bordeaux wine casks. Maturing or finishing in wine casks was exceptional at the time. (750ml, 56%)
At 15 years old, this Staoisha is the oldest we had in the store so far. The peated single malt whisky from the Bunnahabhain Distillery matured all those years in a re-charred bourbon cask before being bottled by Whisky AGE at 53.0% cask strength.
You see them more and more, bottlings of Staiosha, the peated version of Bunnahabhain single malt whisky. That says something about its popularity. A special bottling is this 6-year-old from Brachadair: 64 bottles came from a small sherry cask at 62.1%.
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%.
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%)
Bowmore, on the Isle of Islay, is one of Scotland's oldest and best-known distilleries. Next to standard bottlings, Bowmore also releases special editions of their single malt whisky, like this one: matured for 21 years in select French wine casks, 48.4%.
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%)
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 2020. The peated single malt whisky matured in bourbon, port and wine casks. (52%)
This bottling from 2015 celebrates the 200th anniversary of Islay distillery Laphroaig. The single malt whisky is 15 years old and shows all those characteristics that make Laphroaig whisky so loved: the mild smokiness, the medicinal and maritime notes.
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%.
All of Ardbeg's Supernova bottlings, released since 2008, scored high to very high. That also applies to this Committee Release from 2015. Full, creamy, complex, and of course (Ardbeg!) ashy and smoky. An exclusive single malt whisky. (bottled at 53.3%)
Earthy notes, dark chocolate, peppermint, aniseed, cinnamon, menthol, and of course, smoke and ash. This is what you can expect in this Ardbeg single malt whisky bottled exclusively for festival Fèis Ìle 2023. Distilled without a purifier on the still.
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!
A single malt whisky in Islay distillery Ardbeg's core range, matured in new oak, PX sherry and bourbon casks. The new oak barrels give this Islay whisky a character of its own. But of course, there is also enough 'smoke' to smell and taste. At 46.6%.
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