2016 Advent Calendar Day #1

2016 Advent Calendar Day #1

Distillery: The Glenrothes Range: Sherry Cask Reserve Background: Located beside the burn of Rothes, the Glenrothes is used mostly in blended scotch whiskies such as Cutty Sark and The Famous Grouse. Bottled at 40% this new Sherry cask matured expression of Glenrothes...
2016 Advent Calendar Day #2

2016 Advent Calendar Day #2

Distillery: Wolfburn Range: First Release Background: In May of 2011 a team went in search of the long lost distillery of Wolfburn, which closed for ever some 150 years ago. Nothing of the original distillery survived except the cold clean water they used to produce...
2016 Advent Calendar Day #3

2016 Advent Calendar Day #3

Distillery: Hazelburn (Springbank) Range: Rundlets & Kilderkins Background: Hazelburn was a distillery in Campbeltown, Scotland, which was in operation between approximately 1825 and 1925. Since 2005, Springbank bottles a whisky called Hazelburn Single Malt....
2016 Advent Calendar Day #4

2016 Advent Calendar Day #4

Distillery: Tomintoul Range: Speyside Peaty Tang Background: Tomintoul is located in Ballindalloch, in the Speyside region of Scotland, producing malt whisky for blends and bottled as single malts. It’s a young distillery having opened in 1964. Tomintoul is...
2016 Advent Calendar Day #5

2016 Advent Calendar Day #5

Distillery: Glenturret Independent Bottler: Adelphi (Selection) Background: The Glenturret Distillery is located on the banks of the Turret River. The distillery was officially established in 1775 and is on the smaller side of production compared to others. The...
2016 Advent Calendar Day #6

2016 Advent Calendar Day #6

Distillery: 1792 Range: Ridgemont Reserve KWM Cask Background: Barton 1792 Distillery was established in 1879 and continues today as the oldest fully-operating distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky. The year 1792 is the year Kentucky became a state. 1792 Small Batch...