Bruichladdich 2010-2020 | 9 Year Old Micro-Provenance Cask 2784Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery Bottling 70cl 63. 5% Bruichladdich's Micro Provenance series is designed 'to examine the evolutionary influences' of whisky, it says here. It's a range of single cask bottlings this particular one was originally exclusively for distillery fan club The Laddie Crew. This Bruichladdich 2010 was matured 9 years in a Tempranillo wine cask from Ribera Del Duero in Spain before bottling in 2020 for the Micro

1970s Glenfarclas is

and we feel it is very underrated compared to the quality of the whisky that is produced there

Ledaig's full-on character is a combination of very boisterous wet

Thankfully

This is from an evidently active sherry cask which has lent it a mouthwateringly dark hue and bags of dark and tropical fruit notes along with heaps of spice

from real sherry casks - a disappeared style with an extraordinary depth for the strength and a complexity which is just totally seductive

The whisky is actually very similar to some batches of Ardbeg 17 because many of those had some of the famous unpeated Ardbeg Kildalton added to the vatting

Blended Japanese Malt Whisky

Ice is a special release of 30

Speyside Single Malt Scotch WhiskyDistillery Bottling 70cl / 62%

This particular bottling is from an unknown Islay distillery and bottled at a cask strength of 60

but it also frequently has unique layers of rubber