Independent Bottlers

A New Zealand exclusive bottling from Adelphi's Breath of the Isles range and composed of malt distilled at unknown distilleries in the Scottish Isles.

1 of only 1008 bottles from casks from Ardnamurchan & Chichibu 

This is the 5^th Glover in the series and all derives from 1^st fill bourbon barrels. 2 from AD & 2 from Chichibu. This whisky has a lovely colour of summer gold. On the nose we found honeycomb, melon, clementine, panatone, flaky almonds & Sour Plooms. The palate delivers a great balance of pineapple cake, mandarin and barley juice & lemon bonbons. Becoming maritime with a light peat smoke to finish, very moreish. 

Blair Athol distillery sits in the picturesque town of Pitlochry right in the middle of the Highlands of Scotland. An old distillery, it produces a classic highland style which is heavy in body, and nutty and spicy in flavour. This Blair Athol was filled from a butt which previously contained Olorosso Sherry and after such a long maturation is very full and rich. 

Nose
Vanilla, Plums and Creme Brulee

Taste
Vanilla Custard, Peached, and Bramley Apples

Finish
Long, Lingering, and Dry

Cask Type - Sherry Butt
Casknumber - HL 18668
Number of bottles - 197

Bruichladdich isn't commonly released by independent bottlers such as Douglas Laing making this all the more collectable. 

This bottling was distilled in October 1991 and bottled at 26 years old in November 2017 for the Xtra Old Particular range. It's packed with the citrus fruit, florals and honey character that made the distillery famous before it's 2000 revival (after closing in 1995).

One refill Hogshead - DL12259

This superb 44 year old Lowland single grain Scotch whisky was laid to rest in April 1976 at the Caledonian distillery, which was sadly closed in 1988, then specially bottled for Douglas Laing's Xtra Old Particular series in April 2020.

Yielded from refill hogshead number DL13925 at a natural strength 52.8% ABV, this is one of just 218 hand-filled bottles that comes complete with glass stopper decanter, fine wooden presentation case and COA.

Attractively spiced as it opens on the nose - running to molasses, muscovado sugar and cereal.

Detect very similar robust tastes on the palate - dark spices in particular with a vanilla based finish, all wonderfully dulcet (FHL).  

A bottling of long-aged grain whisky that's special enough to have earned a place in Douglas Laing's Xtra Old Particular series. Aged in a single refil hogshead (DL13717), this abounds with notes of vanilla, rich caramel and dried apricot.

Carsebridge was closed in 1983, just seven years after this whisky was distilled.

Sweetly waxed immediately on the nose with cedar wood, rose water and hard candy

Palatewise there is early ginger biscuit and burnt orange followed by treacle toffee and toasted marshmallow - All neatly replicated on the rather "homebaked" finish (FHL). 

Located on the Isle of Mull, the Tobermory distillery was founded in 1798. Renamed Ledaig in 1972 when it reopened after 42 years of closure, it was closed again in 1975 before reopening under the name Tobermory in 1989.

It produces two single malts, one unpeated, Tobermory, the other peaty (between 30 and 40 ppm of phenols), Ledaig. To develop the latter, the distillery obtains its barley from the Port Ellen malt house.

This version matured in Bordeaux wine barrels shows us a very gourmet side of this distillery, marked by notes of black fruits, ash and sweet spices.

Part of SV?s explorative trilogy of wine barrel-aged expressions. 

46% ABV

A 'smoked' Highlander charged from a refill hogshead REF - DL13927. Notes from the bottlers say to expect puffs of peated malt with smoky bacon and cinnamon pastries on the nose, followed by a salty / coastal profile finishing with barbecue and honeycomb. 48.4% Alc./Vol. Non chill filtered. 309 bottles.

Douglas Laing's Old Particular range consists of hand selected malt and grain whiskies from all over Scotland and are neither chill-filtered nor coloured.

The Old Particular Deanston 25 Years Old matures for 25 years in the Refill Hogshead DL14182.

Distilled: June 1994
Bottled: May 2020

Limited to 224 bottles.

Nose: Green apples, dried figs, lime juice, coconuts.

Taste: lemons, toasted oak, orange marmalade, marshmallows.

Finish: Long lasting, cake, cereal, ginger. 

Still owned by Ian Macleod, this Southern Highlander is noted for its emphasis on sherry casks and unpeated malt. In this example from Douglas Laing, expect Glengoyne's typical clean, crisp barley combined with aromas of barley sugar sweets, gingerbread biscuits and new leather, followed by flavours of sponge cake, green apples and honey. 48.4% Alc./Vol. Non chill filtered. 366 bottles from a refill hogshead REF - DL14574.

Glengoyne is a small farm-style distillery located under the slopes of Dumgoyne in at the southern border of the Scottish Highlands.

The second bottling from Douglas Laing's 2020 outturn this is also from a refill hogshead REF - DL14559. Distilled in August 2005

The notes say to expect the distillery's typical clean, crisp, fruity barley but in a mouthcoating, syrupy, even sugary style with a touch of citrus tang. Non chill filtered at 48.4%. 260 bottles from a refill hogshead.

Nose: Clean and crisp, sweet and spiced, gristy and honeyed.... so fresh and fruity.

Palate: Deliciously mouthcoating in syrupy, sugary style - warming spice and runs to barley.

Finish: Gently toasted developing to allspice, tangy citrus notes and Malted barley (FHL).

A old age Speysider from Inchgower, independently bottled by Douglas Laing after 25 years  spent in a sherry butt REF - DL14183. An outturn of 242 bottles at 51.5% ABV.

Nose: Sweet and barley-rich initially, then comes tangerines, brown sugar and a damp oak style.

Palate: Lots of spices (cinnamon, nutmeg) running to vanilla essence and stewed fruits.

Finish: Long ? detect golden syrup, a slight floral character, milk chocolate and barley.

Douglas Laing's Old Particular range consists of individually selected malts from all over Scotland, produced to the highest quality standards. These malts are neither cold-filtered nor provided with colour additives and are unique with their single cask bottlings.

The Douglas Laing Tamdhu Old Particular Single Cask 16 Years Old is bottled at 48.4% after 16 years of maturation in a refill butt REF - DL14411.

Nose: Opens with orange chewy sweets, new leather, toasted oak and runny dark chocolate.

Taste: Juicy plums, sultanas, bbq'd bananas, jam doughnuts and fresh ginger spice.

Finish: Long with all of the above wrapped into sticky toffee pudding and whipped cream.

This was Tomatin was distilled in the Highlands in December 2008. 

It spent a decade in a single refill hogshead REF - DL13774, and was bottled by Douglas Laing in November 2019 with an outturn of 384 bottles at 48.4% ABV.

Nose: Big and richly defined in Malted barley, gentle spices and fruit.

Palate: Hits big with cereal, honey, vanilla and even a hint of salt.

Finish: Dark molasses mix interestingly with all the aforementioned (FHL).

The Speyside distillery is one of the most southerly in the 'Speyside triangle', located near the town of Kingussie. Distilled back in 1998, this bottling represents a relatively early effort as production only commenced in 1990 (33 years after the initial building plans were submitted!) According to the Laings, anticipate tangerines on the nose with butter pastry and lots of toasted almonds followed by zesty citrus fruits at the finish. Drawn from a refill sherry butt (DL13295) with an outturn of 256 bottles. 61.3% Alc.Vol. Non chill filtered.