Bruichladdich 1986 | 20 Year Old | Blacker StillIslay Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery Bottling 70cl 50. 7% Already something of a classic, this was composed from the last of the Bruichladdich's notoriously excellent 1986 batch of fresh sherry casks. The quality shines out of this one in the glass, big coastal leathery sherry with notes of blood orange, preserved lemons, tar, hessian and minerals. Fantastic and evocative like the best Bruichladdichs so often are.

honeyed sweetness

The Manager's Dram is a series of annual staff-only bottlings chosen by the malt distilling managers of United Distillers (now Diageo)

Highland Single Malt Scotch WhiskyPrivate Bottling 70cl / 48

this is a ballsy and powerful example of this legendary make

This is a recipe for a fantastic dram

but it's tempered by the use of Madeira casks

indicating that it's one of the most sought after styles: the high ester Heavy Trinidad Rum

fully sherry-matured Ardbeg from the distillery's often forgotten era in the early 1990s under Allied Distillers - these early 1990s Ardbegs have more in common with the pre-1977 casks than the 1980s or post-1997 stocks

Series 3rd Release

Cask Number 89/591/16 Bottle Size 70cl ABV 56% Pre-Owned Yes

This is a fantastic whisky that really shows how a spirit can improve in its bottle

Hopefully it's every bit as much of a complex mouthful to drink as it is to say