Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to 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…
Kilchoman
The Islay distillery of Kilchoman have launched their annual release of Loch Gorm Single Malt Whisky from Islay.
The expression, which is named after a small, dark loch near the distillery is the only regular expression matured solely in ex-sherry casks. The Kilchoman Loch Gorm 2024 Edition consists of 23 ex-Oloroso sherry butts filled with spirit distilled in 2014. The whisky is bottled at 46% ABV and will be available worldwide in specialist whisky retailers. A bottle will cost £82.
Cù Bòcan
The peated Highland single malt of Cù Bòcan, which is made at the Tomatin distillery near Inverness, has announced the sixth bottling in its Creations Series – the Cù Bòcan Creation #6.
The series uses unorthodox cask combinations to create unique flavour profiles. In this case these are 9-year-old ex-Pedro Ximenez sherry casks and 10-year-old ex-Jamaican rum casks, which have been fused together. There are just 8,400 bottles and they will be available in selected world markets. It is released at 46% ABV and will cost £60.
Bladnoch
The Lowland distillery of Bladnoch has launched the Bladnoch 2024 Single Cask Collection, a series of six single cask single malts curated by Dr. Nick Savage, the Master Blender for the brand. It marks the final set in a five-year series.
The whiskies are available from www.bladnoch.com and in selected world markets including Australia, Germany and Taiwan.
- Single Cask 2024/01 – distilled 2017 | ex-sherry butt | 57.6% ABV | 219 bottles | £160
- Single Cask 2024/02 – distilled 2007 | ex-bourbon barrel | 52.6% ABV | 170 bottles | £160
- Single Cask 2024/03 – distilled 2017 | peated/ ex-canasta cask | 58.3% ABV | 676 bottles | £160
- Single Cask 2024/04 – distilled 2008 | ex-bourbon barrel/ 51.2% ABV | 237 bottles | £160
- Single Cask 2024/05 – distilled 2006 | ex-sherry butt | 49.9% ABV | 660 bottles | £160
- Single Cask 2024/06 – distilled 2001 | ex-Amontillado sherry hogshead | 50.1% ABV | 281 bottles | £450
Glen Scotia
The award-winning Glen Scotia distillery has launched its annual limited edition for the forthcoming Campbeltown Malts Festival, which will be held in May. The Glen Scotia Campbeltown Malts Festival 2024 Edition is a 9-year-old unpeated single malt that has seen initial maturation in first-fill ex-bourbon barrels. It has then been finished in rare ex-Fino sherry casks for six months.
The bottling has been created by Michael Henry, the Master Blender for Glen Scotia. The new whisky is released at the natural cask strength of 56.2% ABV and is both non-chill filtered and of natural colour. It will be available in limited quantities through whisky retailers globally and at the festival in Campbeltown. A bottle will cost £65.
