Types

The limited Ardbeg Auriverdes of 2014 got its name from the golden colour (Auri) and the distillery's typical green bottle (Verde). This year's host country of the World Cup, Brazil, is also called Auriverdes because of its national colours.

Auriverdes is distinguished by the barrels used for maturation. The refill barrels received new, specially toasted lids before the second filling.

For Balvenie Caribbean Cask, Malt Master David Stewart filled American oak casks with special rum. When the casks were full of rum aromas, he replaced the contents with 14-year-old Balvenie. Scottish whisky thus meets Caribbean joie de vivre. Rich and sweet with a fruity character.

The name Glenlivet 'Code' already says everything about the bottle. As mysterious as the bottle looks, so are its contents. The Glenlivet Code was brought to market without any indication of the cask and the flavour profile. The Glenlivet distillery wanted to take you on a voyage of discovery and test your personal knowledge of Single Malt whiskies. Inspired by the famous British 'code breakers', this limited edition is a labyrinth of flavours that will test the senses of the most discerning whisky drinkers. Meanwhile, the exact tasting notes of the Glenlivet Code have been revealed.

Glen Keith is one of the most modern distilleries in Scotland. Official bottlings from the Glen Keith distillery are very rare to find and the few that are on the market are mainly batches from the 1990s. This 21-year-old Single Malt comes from specially selected oak casks that were filled by hand.

The second bottling in the new Ardbeg Smoketrails series is the Côte Rotie Edition. The special thing about this release is the combination of two differently matured single malts. One part matured in fresh American white oak casks, while another part matured in Côte Rotie wine casks. This special vatting is bottled uncoloured and unfiltered at 46.0% vol. in a 1-litre bottle.

The Aberlour Double Cask is matured partly in American oak casks and partly in Spanish sherry casks. After maturation, the malts were married together. This gives this Aberlour its distinctive fruitiness.

The village of Port Askaig is located on the north-east coast of the Isle of Islay. It is the village that has been considered the gateway to the island for hundreds of years. The distillery behind this 17-year-old single malt is a well-kept secret, as this is part of the concept behind the brand, which was created by Elixir Distillers. Although the casks for each Port Askaig bottling are always selected from one distillery, the respective Islay distillery can vary depending on the bottling. As the distillery, which is also known as the 'Sound of Islay', did not allocate any casks elsewhere in the production year of this bottling, another distillery, which was heavily involved in maritime trade in its early days, is probably responsible for the contents. The pleasantly smoky single malt matured for 17 years in American oak casks.

Under this label, the independent bottler G&M has been bottling this Single Malt for the distillery for decades.

Among collectors, it is considered an original because of the authentic label.

This 13-year-old Auchroisk belongs to Gordon & MacPhail's Connoisseurs Choice series, which has been bottled by the independent bottler since the 1960s. In 2018, the complete range was restructured. Each Single Malt is created as a single cask or from a small number of casks. Detailed information about the vintage and cask type can be found on the bottle label. The Auchroisk was matured in refilled Bourbon Hogsheads.

With the Ardbeg Blasda, the limited edition of a slightly smoky malt (8ppm smoke) was released in 2008. Blasda in Gaelic stands for sweet and delicious. With little smoke, the more subtle flavours of Ardbeg come to the fore.

Ardbeg Traigh Bhan (pronounced Träi Wan) is the name of a well-known beach on the island of Islay. The locals also call it 'The Singing Sand' because the sand seems to sing under your feet when you walk on it. The 2nd batch of the bottling matured for 19 years in American oak casks and Oloroso sherry casks.

This Lagavulin bottling is part of the Distillers Edition of the Classic Malts of Scotland. The single malt matured for at least three months in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks. The powerful, dry and maritime character of Lagavulin is complemented here by rich, sweet flavours from a Pedro Ximenez cask.