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…
Cù Bòcan
The peated Highland whisky brand of Cù Bòcan has released the second batch of its award-winning 15 years old single malt. The Cù Bòcan 15 years old 2023 Edition has been fully matured in ex-Oloroso sherry casks for the full term and also marks the 10th anniversary since the brand was launched. The bottling features some of the first Cù Bòcan spirit to be distilled, with production only beginning at the Tomatin distillery near Inverness in 2005. There are just 6,000 bottles available worldwide. The whisky is bottled at 50% ABV and is both non chill-filtered and of natural colour. The Cù Bòcan 15 years old 2023 Edition will cost £97.
Glasgow Distillery Co.
The Glasgow Distillery Co. has added three new expressions to its experimental Small Batch Series – the Glasgow 1770 Triple Distilled Cognac Cask Finish, Peated Tokaji Cask Finish and Golden Beer Cask Finish.
The Cognac Cask Finish is a marriage of three casks that initially began in ex-bourbon barrels before a lengthy secondary maturation in ex-Cognac casks from France. There are just 1,576 bottles and these are released at 52% ABV. A bottle will cost £59.
The Peated Tokaji Cask Finish is constructed of just two casks that were originally matured in virgin American oak barrels before a finishing period in ex-Tokaji wine hogsheads from Hungary. There are just 615 bottles in the batch and these are released at 53.4% ABV. A bottle will cost £59.
The Golden Beer Cask Finish is just one single cask. Initial maturation was in an ex-bourbon cask before it was transferred to an ex-Pedro Ximenez sherry cask that had previously held Innis & Gunn golden beer. There are just 340 bottles and they are released at 58% ABV. A bottle will cost £64. All three bottlings are non chill-filtered and of natural colour.
Glenallachie
The Speyside distillery of Glenallachie has announced the fourth batch of its award-winning 21 years old single malt. The Glenallachie 21 years old Cask Strength Batch 4 consists of just three Spanish oak ex-Pedro Ximenez sherry casks that were hand selected for the bottling by Billy Walker, the Master Blender for Glenallachie. The release consists of just 2,000 bottles that will be available in selected markets worldwide. It is bottled at the natural cask strength of 51.1% ABV and is both non chill-filtered and of natural colour. A bottle will cost £306.
The English Distillery
The English Distillery, which is based in Norfolk in the east of England, has announced the first ever 100% sherry cask bottling into its core range.
The English Sherry Cask features the distillery’s unpeated spirit that has matured in ex-Pedro Ximenez sherry casks and is bottled at 46% ABV. It is both non chill-filtered and of natural colour, and joins The English Original and The English Smoky in the range. The English Sherry Cask is available now from the distillery shop and website, plus via selected specialist retailers. Bottles will cost £60 each.
The English Sherry Cask Single Malt has been awarded ‘World’s Best Single Malt Whisky 2024′ at the World Whiskies Awards.
“After 17 years of distilling we finally have enough stock to add a sherry cask matured single malt to our core range. This is a momentous step for the distillery and a big milestone as we continue to demonstrate the skill of our distillers and the depth of our maturing stock.”
Andrew Nelstrop | Chairman of The English Distillery
