Five New Releases from That Boutique-y Whisky Company!

Dave Worthington is here to introduce you to five new releases from That Boutique-y Whisky Company.

Each single cask whisky from your favourite bottler is more interesting than the last. Ever had Bushmills Irish whiskey from a Maury wine cask? How about Caol Ila from a rye barrel? Or a whisky so wild from Glen Garioch, you will sit and stare at the bottle for an age trying to work out all of its strange secrets…

All this and more can be found in the new range. Here’s Dave to take you through them.

Five New Releases from That Boutique-y Whisky Company!

Following the regional theme of our core and previous ‘Bigger and Boutique-ier’ releases, we’re excited to introduce five new releases from That Boutique-y Whisky Company. This selection includes four whiskies from Scotland and one non-Scotch bottling. All are presented in 70cl bottles at 80 UK Proof (45.8% ABV). As always, the labels feature re-imagined designs by our long-time collaborator, Glasgow-based artist, Emily Chappell.

Single malts from Islay, Speyside, and The Highlands, a single grain from a long-closed Glaswegian distillery, and an aged Irish single malt whiskey. Chosen by our team as five of the best single casks in our warehouse at the end of 2025.

Our latest collection features a range of limited edition releases, spanning from a 9-year-old to a venerable 33-year-old. Production outturns for these special bottlings are extremely limited, ranging from just 198 to 438 bottles. Following the tradition of our core range, the regional colour palettes are maintained. For these reimagined labels, we once again commissioned Emily to take a character or image from the original Boutique-y label art and make it the central focus.

Notably, our Irish Single Malt now sports a fresh, psychedelic vibe – Groovy baby!

Why 45.8% ABV?

Why not cask strength? Well, here at TBWC, we don’t think cask strength is necessarily right for every whisky, for a start. There’s also UK duty on spirits to think about, which is currently £33.99 per litre of pure alcohol. When we bottle at 45.8% ABV, the duty paid on every bottle is £10.90. If we bottled at say a cask strength of 57.14% abv*, that duty would increase to £13.60 (at current duty rates).

We settled on 45.8% ABV as there’s a story to tell. I’ve definitely mentioned this before, but it’s a nod back to times of old, when spirits in the UK were bottled at the old British imperial proof system. The British proof system was more complicated than the current alcohol by volume (ABV) system. Many of the bottles of Scotch whisky bottled in the 1950s and 1960s were bottled at the old 80 proof, which is close enough to 45.8% ABV.

Did you know that the United Kingdom, where the proof system originated, only started using ABV instead of the imperial proof system in 1980?

*57.14% abv is equivalent to 100 imperial proof.

Caol Ila 13 Year Old Rye Barrel

Caol Ila single malt was once an elusive dram, primarily accessible only at the distillery or via independent bottlers. The first official releases of the single malt were not until 2002, following an initial appearance in the Flora and Fauna series.

Caol Ila is primarily known for its peated style, sharing the same peated malt style (ppm) as Lagavulin. However, up to 30% of their output is now unpeated. This particular single cask is a sweet, spicy, and smoky example of Caol Ila, enhanced by a two-year finish in a fresh rye barrel.

Just 327 bottles are available worldwide.

Nose: Complex coastal air and sweet smoke. Initial notes of salt and black pepper yield to pronounced brine, balanced by sweet, creamy, vanilla-laced peat smoke. Deeper spice notes of paprika and clove emerge, weaving through the persistent woodsmoke.

Palate: Luxuriously creamy at the start, the texture is quickly met with a firm oak grip, delivering a powerful flavour. Dominant notes of toasted almond, burnt sugar, and dry ash appear, followed by a mid-palate rush of sea salt and savoury, charred barbecued meats, leading to a long, satisfying finish.

Glen Elgin 9 Year Old

Glen Elgin was the final distillery established during the late 19th-century whisky boom, opening its doors in 1898. At the time, famed distillery architect Charles Doig declared it would be the last distillery built in Speyside for the next five decades.

This Glen Elgin, from one of our favourite distilleries, spent a tasteful period of finishing in a PX hogshead. This finishing has deepened the distillery’s character into dark, sweet spice, yet it crucially maintains the fresh and invigorating ‘sipper’ quality that Glen Elgin is famed for.

Just 438 bottles are available worldwide.

Nose: Bright and notably sweet, opening with prominent notes of candied orange peel and plump, dark raisins. This is soon followed by the fresh sweetness of ripe red apples. A delicate touch of golden honey emerges, complementing the inherent floral distillery character, which adds an air of lightness. The profile is finally rounded out by deeper, richer undertones of sticky toffee pudding

Palate: The mouthfeel is immediately juicy and incredibly appetising, leading with a pleasant nuttiness. The sweetness is delivered through a rich, runny honey, beautifully counterpointed by a surprising yet subtle touch of fresh lavender.

Glen Garioch 27 Year Old

Glen Garioch holds a strong claim to being Scotland’s oldest licensed distillery. While different founding dates are often cited, a more concrete reference is found in the Aberdeen Journal. An article published on December 1st, 1785, announced that spirit had been distilled at the site for the first time, a date that precedes all other proposed founding years.

With a lifetime spent in a quality single cask, this classic, well-aged distillery expression has achieved a perfect balance of distillery character, wood, and time. We think it’s unbeatable. Laid down in a refill sherry butt back in 1998, only 198 bottles are available globally.

Nose: Deeply autumnal and ‘warehouse-y,’ the aroma speaks of profound maturity. Rich malty notes are interwoven with polished, ancient oak. It’s a complex profile that evokes a sense of ‘time travel in a glass’—a classic, old-school funk alongside notes of warmed, slightly dusty vinyl and a surprising lift of overripe tropical fruit like mango and papaya, all balanced by a hint of sweet tobacco leaf.

Palate: The remarkably oily and coating texture introduces an old-school, funky, and complex flavour. Deep maturity is evident in notes of damp, mossy oak, tropical decaying fruit (rotting banana peel, dried figs), aged saddle leather, pipe tobacco, and dark, bitter chocolate. This savoury weight is beautifully balanced by bright whiffs of fresh, clean tropical fruit and a subtle, honeyed sweetness, speaking to the spirit’s remarkable age and vitality. 

Dumbarton 33 Year Old

Once Scotland’s largest distillery, Dumbarton, was constructed in 1938 at the confluence of the River Leven and the Clyde, on the former site of the McMillan Shipyard. A significant contributor to Ballantine’s Blended Scotch Whisky, it sadly ceased operations in 2002 and has since been demolished.

The distillery represented a significant investment by its owners, Hiram Walker, who were struggling to acquire enough grain whisky to satisfy export demands for their blends. They used maize exclusively, imported from Canada and America (naturally, given the ownership). However, the stills were modified sometime in the 1990s so that wheat could be used if they so desired. This release was distilled in 1992 and matured in a refill hogshead.

There are just 242 bottles available globally.

Nose: A delightful initial hit of sweet cereal, reminiscent of freshly baked shortbread, quickly followed by the familiar warmth of vanilla wafers.

Palate: The texture is light and silky. A burst of sweet, tropical fruit greets the tongue, underpinned by a delicate oak spice. As the sweetness subsides, the notes gently reveal coconut and spearmint, adding a refreshing, almost cocktail-like complexity. Leaving you with Pineapple and cedar—a final, lingering impression of a warm, wooden-decked terrace overlooking a tropical fruit grove.

Bushmills 22 Year Old

For centuries, Ireland maintained its supremacy, only yielding to Scotland at the end of the 19th century. Throughout much of the 19th century, the whiskey powerhouse was undoubtedly Dublin, whose half-dozen distilleries had a production capacity of nearly 10 million gallons per annum, and in some years accounted for up to one gallon in seven of all the whiskey distilled in the British Isles.

Ireland’s whisky dominance started to slip towards the end of the 19th century. By the late 1970’s, just two Irish whiskey distilleries existed: Bushmills and Midleton.

This 22-year-old triple-distilled single malt was originally laid down in October 2002, and in January 2023, it was re-racked into a Maury wine cask for an extended period of finishing.

There are just 390 bottles globally.

Nose: Invitingly reminiscent of sweet, milky black tea or chai, with a buttery shortbread aroma. A softer sweetness of ripe mango emerges, followed by the cask’s delicate milk chocolate and rich, syrupy sultanas, suggesting a significant sherry or fortified wine influence over the 22 years.

Palate: The texture is gratifyingly rich, coating the mouth with creamy caramel. The flavour is intensely tropical and fruity, featuring mango, banana, soft peach, and dark plum, all beautifully integrated with a refined, antique cigar box note suggesting long oak maturation.

Buy now from Master of Malt!

Chill-Filtered? Never!  

Caramel E150? Of course not!!!

Yes, all of these releases are in 700ml/70cl bottles, have been bottled at 45.8% ABV, are non-chill filtered, and naturally coloured.

Cheers!

Boutique-y Dave x