Glen Scotia 18 Year old started its maturation in refill bourbon casks or refill American oak hogshead before our Malt Master, Iain McAlister hand selected the finest ones and vatted them together for a 12 month finish in first-fill oloroso casks. The oloroso finish complements the perfumed, floral flavours without taking away the distillery character of fruit with hints of sea spray and spice. An exception single malt, delivering the true character of a Campbeltown malt whisky.

When we considered putting oats in a Bourbon, our minds went to the chocolate oatmeal stouts we enjoyed in our brewing careers. Those rich stouts, and resultant, "Winter Whiskey," imbue our palates with the warmth and cheer of the season. Winter Whiskey is a Bourbon with the unique spice of raw and malted oats, backed by roasted cocoa notes of chocolate malt. It's quite a unique Bourbon, unlike anything we've ever made or tasted. The experience is something of a three-way conversation between the dry cocoa quality of the chocolate malt; a balanced amount of oak; and this unique spicy quality (sort of like kasha-style buckwheat, perhaps blueberry skin) quite distinct from that of rye. The finish dances away on the oaty spice, dusted with Belgian cocoa. Despite the suggestion of “chocolate” in the grains and the name, it never turns cloying, tending to delicate dryness.