The Arran Malt Aged 10 Years Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 700ml

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You might have to fight for a bottle of the Earl Haakon, but that’s all part of the fun of collecting whisky…I hear. I’m going to describe this as a great ‘grabbable’ whisky, place it front and centre on shelf as the one you’re happy for anyone to pour. To taste it has a thick sweetness with more meaty wininess, hints of icing sugar, spice and a touch of lemon, rounding off to a woody finish.

Along with the regular bottling and this 18 year old Extra Black they also used to do an Extra Rare, which I have a cloth bag covered bottle of in my whisky cupboard. Having decided that they needed more control over the grinding of the barley a mill and silo were built on site in 2007, allowing less frequent deliveries and grinding on the premises. com uses cookies to provide necessary web site functionality, improve your experience and analyse our traffic.Australia): Another donation from the visitors, this one isn’t quite done yet, opened to provide some lubrication for dinner part 2 – the christmas pud (delayed until evening to allow some digestion of lunch to occur). I saw this win whisky of the year on Ralfys YouTube channel last year and so had been eager to try it for some time.

uk accepts no liability for inaccuracies or misstatements about products by manufacturers or other third parties. There’s something about a recognisable traditional scotch that just takes us all back to those Christmas’ years ago. This made Aerstone the cheapest 10yo single malt on the market, even when the Aberlour 10yo is on offer. They mention that it is a pleasant, somewhat fruity whiskey, excellent value for money and that it has a good balance. And always worth a stroll down the ‘central aisle of dreams’ to pickup a blowtorch, paddleboard and milk frother, and other Christmas essentials.

It’s bottled at 46%, and, as with all of the distillery’s whiskies, has no added colouring and is not chill filtered. Since that time, Arran has put together several collections of whiskies, from their core range (steadily increasing as they hit significant ages) to their cask finished collection that matches the spirit with some wonderful wood influences, the peated Machrie Moor and its cask strength counterpart, right through to their Robert Burns whiskies and even an Arran whisky cream liqueur. I also grabbed a bottle of 15 year old Glencadam, having liked the SMWS bottling I picked up a couple of weeks back. In a few more years they will have an 18 to round out the age selection, but from there who knows what they might do.

Yes, after two years of schmoozing the assembled masses of the whisky industry Andy and Jason managed to lever a number of sample bottles of new make spirit out of the hands of the distilleries for a bit of a special evening – tasting blind, as usual, whiskies and the new make spirits that they started out as. It was a lovely bronze colour and had orange, sweet fruit, liquorice, pine and lemon scented floor polish on the nose.The basic premise of the session was to get people to understand blending with a ‘simple’ task – blend together 6 whiskies to try and represent the character of the person on a card in front of you. Again this is finished after 8 years in oak, split 50/50 between bourbon and sherry and married together before being put in the wine barrels. This extra distillation (most Scottish malt whiskies are distilled twice) increases the strength of the resulting spirit and softens its character, producing a lighter body with clean fruity flavours that allows the effects of the barrel ageing to shine through in smooth sipping style.