Single Malt
Scotland
1 Jan 2006
1 Jan 2019
21
Bourbon
We split our 9 bottle allocation of this whisky between a 30ml dram lottery, a bottle lottery, and a charity auction (timeline below). Why all the fuss? Read more about this approach over on the blog.
In mid-2019, the Daftmill Distillery released a series of single cask expressions, all of which were distilled back in 2006. This particular bottling was released as a UK exclusive - it was matured in a single first-fill bourbon barrel until 2019, when it was bottled at cask strength with an very small outturn of 234 bottles. Though only a few of Daftmill's whiskies have seen the light of day, they've all been very impressive indeed - and this one follows suit.
Lottery and charity auction timeline:
Dram lottery
Wed 28 Aug 16:00 – Thu 29 Aug 14:00
Bottle lottery
Thu 29 Aug 16:00 – Fri 30 Aug 14:00
Bottle charity auction
Fri 30 Aug 16:00 – Mon 2 Sept 14:00
Dried apple crisps and pear drops, alongside biscuit dough, vanilla and hickory.
Grassy as it opens, giving way to more vanilla and a touch of floral malt. Orange peels, red chilli flake, macadamia nuts and gooseberry.
Still slightly floral, though the toasty oak has the last word.
Only 1 per customer
£145.00I've read many reviews for this release and the master of malt review is spot on. Complainers complain, lovers love. For a very small production I have no problems paying a premium as long as it is reasonable, and I love this Scotch. I paid 220 and some nucklehead in San Francisco is asking 2000. So the answer is don't shop at the nuckleheads store.
wonderful
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