Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round-up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way into our WFE email. Inbox features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday. Here is this week’s whisky news.
Diageo
The world’s largest Scotch whisky producer Diageo has revealed details of this year’s line-up for The Twelve by Casks of Distinction. Each cask is chosen by one of Diageo’s Master Whisky Makers with clients then purchasing the entire cask and its contents. This year’s collection of casks was unvieled at a lavish ceremony in Singapore earlier this week. The list includes the oldest Mortlach ever made available by Diageo. The full list of The Twelve is below:
- Benrinnes 1991/ Cask #2396/ Speyside/ Fill date: 10/18/91/ Est. ABV: 54%/ Est. Bottle No.: 137/ Cask type: Refill American Oak
- Caledonian 1984/ Cask #68642/ Lowlands – closed/ Fill date: 26/10/84/ Est. ABV: 54.9%/ Est. Bottle No.: 213/ Cask type: Refill American Oak
- Caol Ila 1990/ Cask #9237/ Islay/ Fill date: 05/09/90/ Est. ABV: 47%/ Est. Bottle No.: 198/ Cask type: Refill American Oak
- Caol Ila 1997/ Cask #642/ Islay/ Fill date: 03/09/97/ Est. ABV: 50.4%/ Est. Bottle No.: 200/ Cask type: First-fill ex-Bourbon American Oak
- Cragganmore 1985/ Cask #601268/ Speyside/ Fill date: 28/05/85/ Est. ABV: 44.4%/ Est. Bottle No.: 120/ Cask type: Refill American Oak
- Dailuaine 1990/ Cask #4565/ Speyside/ Fill date: 05/01/90/ Est. ABV: 56.2%/ Est. Bottle No.: 218/ Cask type: Wine-Seasoned American Oak
- Dalwhinnie 1989/ Cask #3530/ Highlands/ Fill date: 02/11/89/ Est. ABV: 48.5%/ Est. Bottle No.: 156/ Cask type: Refill American Oak
- Glenlossie 1994/ Cask #110/ Speyside/ Fill date: 13/01/94/ Est. ABV: 50.5%/ Est. Bottle No.: 151/ Cask type: First-Fill ex-Sherry American Oak
- Mortlach 1984/ Cask #4155/ Speyside/ Fill date: 12/12/84/ Est. ABV: 47.3%/ Est. Bottle No.: 133/ Cask type: Hogshead
- Pittyvaich 1989/ Cask #2148/ Speyside – closed/ Fill date: 20/03/89/ Est. ABV: 52.6%/ Est. Bottle No.: 201/ Cask type: Refill American Oak
- Royal Lochnagar 1988/ Cask #1121/ Highlands/ Fill date: 14/10/88/ Est. ABV: 47.3%/ Est. Bottle No.: 148/ Cask type: Refill American Oak, Charred Ends
- Talisker (1979/ Cask #5021/ Islands/ Fill date: 19/09/79/ Est. ABV: 43.8%/ Est. Bottle No.: 130/ Cask type: Refill American Oak.
To find out more about The Twelve by Casks of Distinction or to register interest, please visit: www.justerinis.com/discover-whisky/casks-of-distinction.
Douglas Laing
The family-owned independent bottler Douglas Laing & Co. have announced two seasonal limited editions in their Remarkable Regional Malts range. Both are designed to warm you up on a cold winter day. The first is Scallywag Winter Edition: Frosted by Nature features only Speyside single malts. It features a finishing period in rare ex-ice wine casks sourced from eastern Europe. It also features a frosted glass bottle. The whisky is released at its natural cask strength of 52.4% ABV and is both non-chill filtered and of natural colour. A bottle will cost £60/ €68.
The second is Big Peat Winter Edition: A Powerful New Chapter. This replaces the annual Christmas bottling. Using only Islay single malts in the blend, this new whisky features a finish in ex-Madeira wine casks from the famous Atlantic island of Madeira. It is also bottled at the natural cask strength (53.6% ABV) and is non-chill filtered and of natural colour. A bottle will cost £65/ €74. Both bottlings will be available worldwide in limited numbers.
Nc’ nean
The Highland craft distillery of Nc’ nean has revealed two new limited editions in their Quiet Rebels series, created by the husband and wife Simon and Sarah Hewitt. Sarah leads Nc’ nean’s bottling operation and Simon is one of the team’s longest serving distillers. The Nc’ nean Quiet Rebels Simon is inspired by Simon’s love of beer. It has been initially matured in shaved, toasted, and re‑charred (STR) ex-red wine casks before a finishing period in ex-stout barrels from Scottish brewery Innis & Gunn. It is bottled at 48.5% ABV and will cost £80.
The Nc’ nean Quiet Rebels Sarah is the first in the series to not be a single malt. It is a cream liqueur which is made using Nc’ nean’s organic single malt as the base and organic oat milk, rather than diary. It is recommended to be cosumed straight from the fridge over ice. It is released at 20% ABV and will cost £27.50. Both new products will be available in the UK and via www.ncnean.com from early October. Other world markets will follow shortly after.
