Elements of Islay - Fireside

The Elements of Islay Fireside is a blended malt from two distilleries on the north coast of Islay. Both mature their heavily smoky single malts in burnt-out hogsheads, Oloroso sherry hogsheads made from American oak and Oloroso sherry butts made from European oak. The strong profile of fireside smoke with rich red fruits and candied oranges evokes associations with a cosy fireside evening in cheerful company. The independent bottler Elixir Distillers had the whiskies for the blend selected by master blender Oliver Chilton from active and inactive Islay distilleries, which is intended to capture the liquid spectrum of the Isle of Islay in the bottle - and it has succeeded!