Scottish Whisky : Scotch

Distillery - Blair Athol
Bottler - Blackadder (BA)
Bottling series - Raw Cask
Vintage - 10.07.2009
Bottled - 12.2022
Stated Age - 13 years old
Casktype - Hogshead
Casknumber - 304826
Number of bottles - 300
Strength - 51.7 % Vol.

Distillery - Glentauchers
Bottler - Blackadder
Bottling series - Raw Cask
Vintage - 20.09.2012
Bottled - 01.2023
Stated Age - 10 years old
Casktype - Butt
Casknumber - 900472
Number of bottles - 519
Strength - 64.3 % Vol.

One per person please.

The Red Snake range by renowned indy bottler Blackadder is bottled next to their Black Snake range. This particular Blackadder Red Snake 20PPM Raw Cask is very peaty, with 22ppm. It comes out of a first-fill ex-bourbon hogshead that was lovingly named ?Redneck 107?. It had a turnout of 192 bottles. It was not filtered, hence the Raw Cask statement on the Blackadder label. Expect a lot of lovely floatiness in this Blackadder Red Snake 20PPM Raw Cask! There are yellow fruits on the nose, but also ginger and walnuts and of course those lovely peaty campfire notes. Peatiness does not overrule the laste. You can expect a good balance of spices and yellow fruits.

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This Raw Cask comes from hogshead Redneck 108 and was bottled in July 2021 at natural cask strength of 57.4% ABV, non chill filtered and with no added colour, as a limited single cask release of 208 bottles. It is from un undisclosed distillery.

Nose: sweet with fruit salad, milk chocolate, freshly baked bread, warm oak and some traces of truffle

Palate: first sweet with Christmas spices followed by more oaky aromas

Finish: round and pretty sweet

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HEAVILY PEATED RAW CASK RED SNAKE -RED NECK #126, ONLY 213 BOTTLES WORLDWIDE

Peated Red Snake, Red Neck #126, derives its unique taste from its first-fill ex-bourbon raw cask. There are only 213 bottles available worldwide.

This Red Snake peated single malt whisky comes from one single cask, numbered 126. This unique cask number can be found on the front label of each bottle. The cask has been tested and quality controlled in our warehouse in order to find just the right time for bottling.

Red Snake #126 is a Raw Cask bottling and therefore retains all of the oils, fats and sediments of its unique cask. Red Snake is the sister to Black Snake whisky. As with its older brother, Red Snake only comes from top-class, first-fill ex-Bourbon casks. However, unlike its brother, each Red Snake comes from just one single cask.

Family-run indie bottler Blackadder has played a significant role in championing cask-strength single malts to whisky lovers since 1995. This mature release from Tamdhu highlights the very best from the distillery. In the glass you'll find notes of marasca cherry, orange zest, honey-nut bar and baking spices.

Matured for 14 years in ex-Oloroso Sherry casks, this Lowland dram provides rich notes of sweet cinnamon and fruit cake. On the nose you are greeted with wood spices, raisins and sultanas with a suggestion of orange peel and chocolate. To taste more dried fruits and the warming spices of fruit cake. A long, rich finish with a slight dryness leave you going back for a second dram!

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

A second addition to the INK #3 series marketed by French Retailer, Le Comptoir Irlandais is this toddler Blair Athol. While the distillery's production is primarily intended for Bell's, indies are on the rise. This one from Signatory Vintage was distilled in 2013 and filled into a rechar hogshead (a reconstituted & re-burnt cask). Akin to a malt-heavy blend, it's softer than usual for Blair Athol, offering vanilla and fruit salad on the nose as well as hints of beeswax. Likewise, the mouthfeel surprises: supple and slightly oily with flavours of barley cake, grain store and pineapple pudding, before wood spices rise in the medium long finish

46% ABV

Originally released for the Travel Retail market, this 10 year old Bowmore single malt is a marriage of Spanish oak Sherry casks and hogsheads, resulting in a fine balance between classic coastal Islay smoke and Sherried sweetness.

Nose: Salted pretzels, fruitcake and a pinch of cinnamon.

Palate: Flamed orange peel, sea salt, Cadbury Bournville.

Finish: Spiced rum warmth, with layers of toasted malt.

Islay is mostly known for big, peaty, smoky whisky. Well, Bowmore is a little more dialled back, making it a balanced whisky featuring all those things you love about Islay, just in a more subtle way.Drink with: A splash of water if required.Established in 1779, Bowmore is the oldest legal distillery on Islay and one of the earliest in all Scotland. Located geographically and stylistically between the gentle whiskies to the north and the more powerful malts to the south of the island, Bowmore possesses a balance that ever-intrigues whisky aficionados. The malt is peated for a shorter period than with the stronger Islays, and the use of around a third of the casks for maturation being oloroso sherry contributes to its aromatic complexity and finesse. The past few years have seen Interest in Bowmore grow astoundingly.?

A quarter-bottle each of the Bowmore 12yo, 15yo Darkest and 18yo. Not just a great starter set, but also the perfect gift for anyone looking to explore the charms of Islay's oldest surviving distillery. 42%

Please note that this product ships from our Hamilton warehouse and will take 2-3 days for delivery and for click and collection. 

Aged in first-fill bourbon casks and hogsheads, this dram is about the interplay of vanilla and toffee with generous Islay peat. Citrus undertones swell around a smoked kipper or two leading to a smokey finish.