NEW WAVE
Trying new whiskies has always been part of the endless discovery journey for Society members, and that’s as true today as it has ever been. The ‘New Wave’ is a series of 10 bottles for markets around the world, selected from three of the UK’s newest distilleries and all illustrated by the Society’s original illustrator, Bob Dewar – the artist who was instrumental in defining our look when we started out 40 years ago, and whose artwork still adorns the ceiling of our spiritual home at The Vaults.
Spirit Notes
We shallow fried our sliver of peat in fine olive oil, then added mushrooms, vanilla and heather honey before covering it with a hessian sack. To the tongue, the dram offered poppyseeds, smoked black tea, salted toffee and baked red apple. Introducing water generated more sweetness and a distinct salinity on the nose; cashew nuts, sursild (Norwegian pickled herring), vanilla frosting and Whitby kippers. Now, the palate gave us sweet tobacco, wet peat and sponge cake, with toffee and cinnamon buns.
| Profile | peated |
|---|---|
| Cask No. | 156.1 |
| Cask(s) | 2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel |
| Region | Highland |
| ABV | 61.2% |
| Age | 5 years |
| Distillation Year | 2017 |
| Outturn | 217 bottles |
