Whisky

This Lagavulin bottling is part of the Distillers Edition of the Classic Malts of Scotland. The single malt matured for at least three months in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks. The powerful, dry and maritime character of Lagavulin is complemented here by rich, sweet flavours from a Pedro Ximenez cask.

The Brother's Bond Whiskey was created by actors Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, who are best known for their work together in the Vampire Diaries series. Although not brothers in real life, in the series they play two vampire brothers who are not averse to a good glass of whiskey. Now Somerhalder and Wesley have fulfilled their dream of making their own straight Bourbon, which consists of 65% corn, but also 22% rye, barley and wheat. Column Still and Copper Pot Still are used for the double distillation. The Bourbon is then matured for at least 4 years in fresh American oak barrels, the staves of which are charred at stage 4 (alligator char) and the lids of the barrels at stage 2. The charring stages 1 - 4 indicate how thick the resulting charcoal layer on the inside of the barrel should be.

With the 30-year-old Bladnoch, the southernmost distillery in Scotland presents the oldest bottling in the distillery's history to date. The Single Malt was matured for 30 years in Oloroso Sherry and Mosacatel casks and thus still comes from the previous owners of the distillery. The Bladnoch Distillery was closed and sold in 1993. The casks for the 30-year-old come from the pre-1993 stocks and are therefore very rare. Eight years later, the distillery was then operated by new owners until 2009, which was followed by another 8-year closure. Since 2017, Bladnoch has been working at full speed again and produces about 250,000 litres of alcohol annually.

Billy Walker created the 21-year-old Glenallachie as the fourth batch from hand-picked Pedro Ximénez sherry puncheons. The vintage bottling is limited, cask-strength, naturally coloured and without chill-filtering.