Dealer’s Call

“Six Bottles That Called Out To Me” When a reputable Scottish bottler puts its name on a single cask that’s fewer than 12-years-old, the bottler is promising
prospective buyers that the bottle is fully mature and will be a most pleasant surprise. Let’s start with Speyburn 10 Year, an InverHouse (Old Pulteney, anCnoc, Balblair, Balmenach, and Speyburn) elixir that’s seldom seen around
here. We also don’t see much Benrinnes in the GA. So, let’s have a go of a fine
20 Year from Andrew Symington’s Signatory. Talking about scarce in the GA, I’ve never seen a Holyrood single malt here. Pronounced holly-rud, Ambir is a
young malt that Raj’s brought back from this new Edinburgh distillery. Moving
over to the far west, Ben Nevis Golden Cask is a 2012 vintage indie bottling
from House of MacDuff. It’s a single cask at 61.1% ABV cask strength. Glen
Scotia Exclusive Cask is a 2019 vintage single cask at 57% ABV. It was matured in a first-fill bourbon barrel before being finished in a first-fill ruby port HH: yummy! For a tasty finish, 2008 vintage Caol Ila at source (59.5% ABV cask strength) from a single cask, in this case, a fresh Bourbon barrel. Bring a friend as “good whisky is made great when shared among friends.”

WHISKY MENU – 6 Single Malts (featuring 3 Single Casks @ Cask Strength)

SPEYBURN Single Malt / 10-Year / 43% ABV / OB / Dist Owner: Inver House
Distillers Ltd. (International Beverage Holdings/Thai Beverage) / Speyside (Rothes)

BENRINNES Single Malt / 1997 Vintage (20-Year) / 43% ABV / SC# 9406 (Bourbon HH refill) / IB: Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky Co. Ltd. (Andrew Symington) / Dist Owner: Diageo Scotland Ltd. (Diageo plc) / Speyside (Central) – D: 10/17/97 – B: 6/5/18

HOLYROOD Single Malt / ‘Ambir’ (Bourbon & Sherry Casks) / NAS / 49.8% ABV /NCF / OB: Holyrood Distillers Ltd. / Dist Owner: Carpenters & Robertson / Lowland

BEN NEVIS Single Malt / 2012 Vintage (9-Year) / CS 61.1% ABV / NCF / SC# CM286 (Bourbon HH) – 313 btls / IB: Golden Cask series (House of MacDuff) / Dist Owner: The Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. Ltd. (Asahi Breweries, Ltd./Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.) / Highland (Western)

GLEN SCOTIA Single Malt / ‘Exclusive Cask’ / 2019 Vintage (6-Yr) / CS 57% ABV / SC# 24-616.6 – 163 btls (Bottle Your Own) / NCF / OB / Dist Owner: Loch Lomond Distillers Ltd. dba Loch Lomond Grp (Hillhouse Capital Mgmt) / Campbeltown

CAOL ILA Single Malt / 2008 Vintage (8-Year) / CS 59.5% ABV / NCF / SC# 311943 (Binny’s) – 314 btls / IB: Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky Co. Ltd. (Andrew Symington) / Dist Owner: Diageo Scotland Ltd. (Diageo plc) / Islay (North Shore)