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Single malt whisky is a mixture of malt whisky from casks of the same distillery. Malt whisky is made from barley malt and distilled in pot stills, and has matured for at least 3 years in oak barrels. This whisky usually has a for the distillery characteristic flavor. Is considered the classic whisky.
In 2011, whiskybase.com launched the bottling brand Archives. To date, Archives has released over 230 bottlings. For the Chinese market, this 14-year-old, bourbon-aged Secret Speyside (Macallan?) single malt whisky was released in 2023. Bottled at 56.8%.
It doesn't matter that the Speyside distillery has to remain a secret: the fact that the Thompson Brothers selected this single malt whisky gives us enough confidence. An excellent daily dram, matured for 11 years in 2 refill sherry casks. (48.5%)
Under the Creetown Distillers brand, Whiskybroker releases a 17-year-old Irish single malt whisky (or 'whiskey', in Irish). We don't know which distillery this malt comes from, but we do know that it matured in three bourbon casks. (41.4%)
Edition no. 9 of Rolf Kaspar's Lichtburg - Historic Series is another 21-year- old Irish single malt whisky. Just like edition no. 8 it matured in an ex-rum cask and of course this malt is also bottled at cask strength (53.5%). Highly recommended!
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)
Smokehead is a single malt whisky brand from bottler Ian Macleod. Just like with the earlier Smokehead bottlings, this is an anonymous peated islay whisky. And the age of this bottling is also unknown. The ABV content is a solid 58%.
According to some, this Smokehead Islay single malt whisky is young Caol Ila finished in Ardbeg casks. Perhaps. In any case, this is a beautiful, uncomplicated and pleasantly drinkable dram for the smoky whisky lover. At 43%.
This rum-finished Smokehead isn't all about peat and smoke. The Islay single malt whisky bottled by Ian Macleod has depth and is complex. The rum finish provides fruity and vibrant notes. All in all a very drinkable and original combination. At 46%.
Fruity & Fierce, Spicy & Smooth' is how bottler Ian Macleod characterizes this Smokehead Blast. It is, as always, a peated Islay single malt whisky, but this one is finished in oloroso sherry casks. A full, creamy, complex, and quite smoky dram. (48%)
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.
For those who didn't know: when Signatory Vintage labels a bottling as Speyside (M), it's referring to a Macallan single malt whisky. So this is a Macallan that matured for 18 years in a first-fill Oloroso cask and is bottled at 57.3% cask strength.
This Daily Dram bottling from 2016 scores over 91 points on the Whiskybase! It is a blend of Speyside single malt whiskies that matured for 40 years in a fino sherry cask. The whisky is praised for its fullness and harmonious complexity. (47.2%)
Rumour has it that this single malt whisky, released by Sansibar in 2015, is a Macallan. In any case, it is a Speyside malt that went into the (sherry) cask in 1977 and was bottled 38 years later at 46.1%. It scores over 90 points on whiskybase.com.
It is unknown which distillery this Speyside Region single malt whisky from Archives comes from, but it is a 43 year old! The bottling was released in 2017 and now has a rating of over 91 points on Whiskybase. It's a super dram! (Bourbon matured, 46.8%)
The best Archives whisky we ever released, stunning flavor profile from an 'undisclosed' speyside distillery. These 1973 releases by several bottlers have all been exceptional and would make a great addition to your collection. Purchased from a collection
Of all the Speyside malts, Glenfarclas is the one most often mentioned as possibly being in this Speyside region 1977 bottling from The Whisky Agency. In any case, it is a single malt whisky that matured for a whopping 38 years in a sherry cask. (46.8%)
This 21-year-old single malt whisky was released in 2018 in Archives' Birds from the Orient series. The label doesn't say which distillery it's from, but it does say it matured in a bourbon cask and was bottled for the Taiwanese market. (54.1%)
Here is another phenomenal bottling of a Speyside single malt whisky from the 1970s. After 43 years of sherry cask maturation, the unknown Speysider is a sherried fruit bomb with scores of 95 to no lower than 88 points! Bottled by Sansibar in 2017. 51.3%
They are almost impossible to come by anymore, those bottlings of Speyside single malts with a vintage in the 70s, a maturation period of 40 years or more and scores of over 90 points. But here is one! A 42-year-old, fino sherry-matured dram. (49.8%)
Springbank is one of the few really old-fashioned distilleries in Scotland. They have the entire process of whisky-making in their own hands. And then this is a 2015 bottling. So if you want to taste a 15-year-old really old-fashioned single malt? (46%)
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