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In all seriousness, these could be some of the best cereal whiskies out there. Going down the flight is like running your hands across a pile of freshly harvested barley or malt. They also give a good warm hug, should you ever need one.
| Type | Scotch |
| Style | Single Malt |
| Region | Highland |
| Country | Scotland |
| Distillery | Aberfeldy |
| ABV % | 40 |
| Aged | 12 |
Whisky is colourless before it is barrelled or matured in casks. Colourless whisky is called new make. It slowly gets its colour from the wood of the casks that it is aged in. In some countries, distilleries are permitted to add caramel food colouring to get that lovely sherry colour. Well, as some say, a good first impression is everything.
Can’t get more cereal than 100% malted barley. That’s exactly what this Aberfeldy is made of. It is the cleanest of The Last Great Malts series and spends twelve years grooming itself in American oak barrels. Sometimes ex-bourbon and sometimes ex-sherry. On some days, it soaks itself in some freshwater from the Pitilie Burn—a water source next to the Aberfeldy distillery itself. It’s a pampered whisky, and one to pamper yourself with.
| Type | Scotch |
| Style | Single Malt |
| Region | Highland |
| Country | Scotland |
| Distillery | A. D. Rattray |
| ABV % | 43 |
| Aged | 10 |
A quick lesson on whisky and tax:
It was the Scottish Parliament that first implemented an Excise Tax on distilled spirits in 1644. Back then, whisky businesses had to pay 13 pence (RM 0.74) for every one-third of a gallon of whisky. That’s not too bad… or is it?
An ancient dram recreated for your enjoyment. As the story goes, the original 1904 Stronachie whisky was last seen in a 2002 auction. The descendants of Rattray, a Highland Scottish clan, bought the sealed bottle to study its properties.
They drew a small sample from the bottle and did a scientific analysis of the unique, delicate blend of aromatic esters and flavours. Luckily for us, they found a distillery high up in the wilderness that could replicate and resurrect this rare dying spirit. Here we are now, sipping a century-old legend.
| Type | Scotch |
| Style | Single Malt |
| Region | Speyside |
| Country | Scotland |
| Distillery | Benromach |
| ABV % | 43 |
| Aged | 10 |
The government is not the only body taxing our beloved whiskies. Angels do too! Every year, they take 2-4% of the whisky that evaporates from the barrels into thin air. In whisky speak, that “supernatural” phenomenon is called Angel’s Share.
The Benromach 10 Year Old plays by a classic bourbon 80-20 rule. That’s 80% of the whisky matured in first-fill bourbon barrels and 20% aged in sherry casks, creating the perfect outcome. Pareto would be proud.
