Bunnahabhain StiuireadairIslay Single Malt Scotch WhiskyDistillery Bottling 70cl 46. 3% A no age statement sherried Bunnahabhain first released in 2017 to take the pressure off the riotously popular Bunnahabhain 12 year old, Bunnahabhain Stiuireadair has been aged in first and second fill sherry casks and emphasises the distillery's coastal, briney, nutty character to its fullest. A pleasing young sherried Islay dram without the smoke. Attributes Distillery Bunnahabhain

Palate: Sweet flavours of toffee and cocoa with a hint of polish

Country Scotland Region Speyside Age 25 Limited Edition Yes Bottle Size 70cl ABV 43

referencing both the Brazil football team and the Ardbeg combo of green bottle and gold liquid

Distillery Bottling 90cl / 43%

These early 80s bottlings by DL are very much the benchmark expressions of this style

Finish: Lingers sweetly with vanilla'd milk chocolate quality plus citrus peels

Release number 30 is the second undisclosed Orkney whisky release under the Infrequent Flyers range

What Whistle Pig have done here is take bonds of 12-year-old rye

A 1936 Mortlach 50-year-old bottled by Gordon & MacPhail all the way back in 1986 in an elegant plain crystal decanter decorated with the famously intricate Book Of Kells label

interlocking aromas

Kudos to Mr Walker and his team

A half bottle of Macallan 10 year old bottled sometime in the nineteen nineties