Single Malt

This Dailuaine was bottled by the independent bottler Elixir Distillers and belongs to a series of whiskies that come onto the market in so-called parcels. For these whiskies, at least two casks are blended together and bottled in small batches. The Dailuaine is created from seven casks personally selected by Oliver Chilton, head blender at Elixir Distillers.

This 8-year-old Benriach belongs to the Benchmark Series of the independent bottler Murray McDavid, who is based in Speyside at the Coleburn distillery. In his various series, he bottles a wide variety of Single Malts, Grains and Blends. In this series, whiskies are post-matured in selected casks. This Single Malt, for example, was first matured in a Bourbon Hogshead and then refined in small Bourbon casks from Koval. The design of the bottle features a thicker glass base and a high-quality wooden handle cork. The noble packaging and label of this bottling shines in a fresh colour scheme of silver and green tones.

This Bowmore matured for 30 long years in Bourbon and Sherry casks. After 30 years in the best casks, the Bowmore-typical intense Islay smoke combines harmoniously with tropical and sweet flavours.

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The Glenfarclas Family Casks series contains single cask bottlings of various vintages since the early 1950s. For each vintage, only one cask was chosen to be among the best of its year. In order to continue to offer the full series, there have been several releases. These vintage whiskies are bottled at cask strength and make ideal gifts!

Only smoky raw whisky was used for the 30-year-old Benriach. Master blender Rachel Barrie selected four different types of casks. Besides strong Bourbon and fresh oak casks, sherry and port casks were also blended. The design of the bottle and the tube are based on the original Benriach from the time before its closure in the 90s.

This Brackla belongs to the Octave series by Duncan Taylor and was bottled exclusively for Whisky.de. In the series, the independent bottler experiments with the influence of cask size on maturation. Octave casks, at around 50 litres, are only a fraction as large as the more common cask types. As a result, the whisky has more contact with the cask surface and matures more intensively. This Single Malt matured for 12 years in oak casks and was then refined for nine months in an Octave cask, which was made from a former sherry cask.

The Lochlea distillery is based in the Lowlands. The Ploughing Edition (Second Crop) is the second bottling with peat smoke in the annual series. The long winters on the farm served as inspiration on the farm where the Scottish national poet Robert Burns lived from 1777 to 1784. It is the time of year for ploughing the fields that Burns once cultivated in preparation for the spring sowing. The single malt is one of the distillery's seasonal releases, which are released in small batches. Traceable production from the field to the bottle is part of Lochlea's concept, which runs under the motto "dare to be honest". This creation matured in ex-islay casks and peaty quarter casks.

This Culdrain belongs to Duncan Taylor's Octave series and was bottled exclusively for Whisky.de. In the series, the independent bottler experiments with the influence of cask size on maturation. Octave casks, at around 50 litres, are only a fraction as large as the more common cask types. As a result, the whisky has more contact with the cask surface and matures more intensively.

This 29-year-old rarity from Glenfiddich belongs to the Grand Series and is matured in oak barrels before being matured in Awamori barrels from Japan. Awamori is a rather rare and special rice spirit from Okinawa. The Single Malt Whisky owes its name to the Yozakura Festival, during which the blossoming cherry trees are skilfully and gracefully staged with light.

This Bowmore belongs to the Octave series by Duncan Taylor. In the series, the independent bottler experiments with the influence of cask size on maturation. Octave casks, at around 50 litres, are only a fraction as large as the usual cask types. As a result, the whisky has more contact with the cask surface and matures more intensively.

This 18-year-old Balvenie was first matured in American oak casks and then refined in Pedro Ximenéz sherry butts.

For 21 long years, this Aberfeldy Single Malt Whisky rested deep in the Highlands and breathed the flavours of sweet heather, wild flowers, fine woods and fine fruits. The malt was matured in red wine casks that had previously been filled with Pauillac red wine. The wines from Pauillac are characterised by their high proportion of the Cabernet Sauvignon grape variety and have distinct notes of cassis. This Aberfeldy whisky is just as fruity in the glass.