Have a dram and enjoy the music!
Have a dram and enjoy the music!
A third entry in the Diageo Special Releases for Pittyvaich. It’s a rare whisky to see as the distillery was closed in 1993 and very few casks have made it out into the wild. Fortunately, Diageo have dropped another 1989-vintage edition in the Special Releases, giving us a chance to try the distillery’s idiosyncratic style. It was matured in refill American-oak hogsheads and the gentle wood influence has revealed a core of fruity spirit.
Cask wood: refill American oak hogsheads.
Availability: 4,680 bottles.
Pittyvaich was a small distillery that was only open from 1974 to 1993. A 25 YO version was released as part of the Special Releases in 2015, so this year’s release is presumably from the same stock with 3 additional years of again.
Hi,
The blind auction of the Arran Smuggler Series has ended.
It ran from Saturday 27th April 8h00 till Sunday 5th Mai 13h00.
We are sad to say that the reserve has not been met. It was set at €650.
The highest bid was from KC with €600, which came pretty close. Second in line was JVdE with €512.
So maybe in the future we will offer the series once more for auction or maybe we will just organize a tasting with the full set. Who knows?
Thanks for playing!
The first release in Arran’s Smugglers’ Series which celebrates the illicit distillation on the island in the 18th and 19th centuries. Made with a combination of unpeated, medium-peated and heavily peated malt and bottled at cask strength, this is rich, fruity and smoky.
In this Smugglers’ Series Vol.2 ‘The High Seas’ we pay tribute to the exuberant character of those striving to outwit the Government’s representatives in the pursuit of the production of the famed Arran Waters. This dram is a powerful marriage of whisky matured in the finest rum casks with time-honoured peated spirit and a rich layer of first-fill Bourbon barrel adding sweetness and fruit. The use of rum casks in the maturation serves as recognition of Arran’s importance, in years gone by, in the trade of diverse, black market liquor. The resulting liquid is complex, full of character and a perfect tribute to these independent characters of Arran.
Volume 3 The Exciseman
In this Smugglers’ Series Vol.3 ‘The Exciseman’ we conclude our popular series which pays tribute to the exuberant character of those striving to outwit the Government’s representatives in the pursuit of the production of the famed Arran Waters. The Madeira casks used in this final volume, are similar to the ones utilised by Arran’s illicit distillers, who often stored and transported locally produced whisky in old Madeira casks brought over from the continent by their smuggling counterparts. The Quarter Casks are a nod to the type of small casks which would have been the easiest to transport.
The resulting liquid is complex, full of character and a wonderful way to end a series which has so perfectly paid tribute to the independent characters of Arran over the centuries.
Mid-2018, Arran launched the Explorers Series, the successor to The Smugglers Series, The Devil’s Punch Bowl Series, and the earlier Icons of Arran.
Arran Lochranza is the 2nd in line and available soon.
Order now (only 3 available).
Arran Brodrick Bay is also available for those who missed out when it was released.