From Ben Nevis, this 8-Year-Old bottled under Douglas Laing's Provenance range is a spritely number showing some classic Ben Nevis style with a lovely soft vanilla character. From a refill barrel distilled in July 2014 and bottled last August for an outrun of 450 bottles, bottled at 46% ABV and of course being natural colour and non-chill filtered. On the nose it’s super soft with a classic funk coming from the Dunnage warehousing which is synonymous with the Ben Nevis. 

The palate gives more classic cerealiness and barley sweetness, matched wonderfully with a freshly baked ginger sponge. The finish is all vanilla, toffee and honey with a gloriously soft spiced end.  

Shelf price - £45

Your Price - £40.50 

Very limited stock so why not check out our other Ben Nevis cask strength from Ardent Spirts.

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Only the second time to be bottled as a single cask by an Indy bottler Little Brown Dog where just pipped the Boutique-y but they only did 50cl’s... Soo... here is the first ever 70cl Independently bottled Single Cask, Cask Strength Nc’nean! Bloody cool! But what does it taste like?!?!?

Quick lowdown on Nc’nean first, the first spirt flowed into casks in March of 2017 after the Drimnin Estate came to the Lewis family in 2012. The distillery was part of the estate revamp and was an idea that came to fruition from early in the estate's revival. Daught Annabel Thomas took on the project as CEO after leaving her London job to bring the dream to a reality. A completely organic distillery run 100% on renewables with all by products going to livestock feed. Good eggs doing good things. 

This dram distilled in 2017 and bottled this year at 57.9% after maturation in a STR (Shaved, Toasted & Recharred) cask with only 317 bottles available gives a super creamy nose, with the shariness of cranberries with a superb tannin oak char influence. The tannin balanced against the sweetness is what caught me on the nose. The palate is like warm Birch woodland in after rain, its bright fruity with this lovely musky oak character that is apparent throughout the dram, the mouth feel is thick and sticky with a great spiciness to it. The finish is long and coating the mouth in thick cream and soft oak, writing this after tasting it is now like toffee apples and maple.   

Shelf Price - £75

Your price - £67.50