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WHISKY #1 SCAPA Single Malt / 10-Year / 43% ABV / IB: Gordon & MacPhail (Dist Label range) / Dist Owner: Chivas Brothers Ltd. (Pernod S.A.) / Island (Orkney)

Scapa Distillery St. Ola, Kirkwall, Isle of Orkney KW15 1SE SCOTLAND Pronunciation: SKAA-pa - SWA Map Location: #41 Translation: ‘Boat’ Slogan: “The Orcadian” Region (District): Islands (Orkney) Neighbors: & Orkney Distillery Established: 1885 Founder: Macfarlane & Townsend, Speyside distillers. Operated by John Townsend from 1885 to 1919. First : October 1885 - Demonym: An resident of Orkney is called an Orcadian Status: Active/Producing Location: On the shore of the Scapa Flow (where Germany scuttled its High Seas Fleet at the end of WWI rather than surrendered them there to the Allied Forces. Scapa is location, one mile south of Highland Park Distillery, on the high cliff of a large natural harbor which is strategic to UK naval defense. House Style: Scapa is a whisky to be enjoyed, not endured. Oily in body with chocolate, salt and straw in the flavor. It’s mild and easy-drinking whisky. It’s highly rated and well-known for its unique heather notes (reminiscent of freshly-cut ripe summer pear) and honey flavor. Water Source: Lingro Burn, its cooling water source, is adjacent to the distillery. Three underground springs (Orqvic, Halmyre and Mossbank) and Coltland Burn is its process water. The water itself is hard (i.e., a high mineral content). Heat Source: In 2019, a new natural gas-fired central boiler was installed. Barley Source: Concerto & Optic is sourced from mainland commercial maltsters Malt Spec (Phenols): 0-ppm (Unpeated). Because its water supply carries a considerable amount of peat, no need to specify peated malted barley. Gristmill: One 4-roller Porteus Mill Mash Tun: One s/s semi-lauter @ 3.76-tons (charged @ 2.9-tons) 12 Washbacks: 4 of Douglas fir and 8 of stainless-steel Tasting Notes - Gordon & Fermentation: 52 hours (reduced from up to 160-hours in 2015) MacPhail: Malt Spec: 0-ppm Yeast: Anchor dried yeast (Unpeated). Cask: Ex-bourbon Pot Stills: 1 Lomond Wash @ 16,500L (charged @ 13,500L), 1 Spirit @ 12,284L (charged @ 8,200L) Condensers: Conventional copper shell-and-tube condensers cask of American oak (1st fill). Casks: Ex-Bourbon HH; mainly refill. Scapa is a bourbon cask house (with one new peated expression) Style: Light, balanced Island 6 Warehouses: 3 racked and 3 dunnage; only the racked are currently used. malt. EYE: Dark straw, light to Vatting & Bottling: Matured casks shipped to facility in Keith or Dumbarton for disgorgement, bottling and labeling. medium-bodied. WITHOUT Capacity: 1,300,000-Lpa per year (litres of pure alcohol @ 100% ABV) - Current Output: 1,000,000-Lpa (2020) WATER - NOSE: Light and fruity Visitor Center/Tours: Yes with green apples, white grapes OBs: Skiren & Glansa (peated cask finish); 16 is out-of-market until 2019-2020 and sweet vanilla. A subtle Blending Role: Single Malt: 100%, Blends: 0% smokiness develops. PALATE: Blend Partner: None (previously Teacher’s and Ballantine’s); Scapa allows G&M bottle 10-yo with former official label. Chili spices initially with Parent-Owned Distillers (13): Aberlour, Allt-á-Bhainne, Braeval, Dalmunach, Glenburgie, , Glenlivet, Glentauchers, grapefruit, a slight nuttiness and Longmorn, Miltonduff, Scapa, Strathisla & Tormore. a lingering creamy milk Parent-Owned Blends: , Ambassador, Ballantine’s, Black Watch, Bonnie Lassie, Braemar, , Clan chocolate edge. WITH WATER - Campbell, Doctor’s Special, Imperial, King’s Ransom, Long John, Passport, Queen Anne, , Royal Strathythan, NOSE: Becomes fruitier with Something Special, Stewart’s Cream of Barley and White Heather. pears, apples and citrus aromas. Other Parent-Owned Brands: Beer/Ale/Stout: Void - //Armagnac: , Augier, Comte de Lauvia, Macieira, A trace of cigar ash and vanilla. Marquis de Montesquiou, - Fortified : Void - Liqueurs/Cordials/Misc: 51 , , DITA, Kahlúa, PALATE: Sweet vanilla and mild Lochan Ora, Pernod , Pernod , Absinthe, Ricard Pastis, Tia Maria, Zoco - Rum/Cachaça: , spices initially with tropical fruits , Montilla - /Mezcal: Agavia, Aviõn, Del Maguey (majority stake), Olmeca, Tezon - /Gin: Absolut, Beefeater, Frïs, FUEL, Level, , Monkey 47, Plymouth, ’s, - Whiskey Other: , Corby, and charred oak flavours , , Jameson, McGuinness Silk Tassel, Midleton, Old Scout, Paddy, , , , developing. FINISH: Long and Seagram, Smooth Ambler, Wiser's, Yellow Spot - Wine: Aura, Azpilicueta, , Campo Viejo, Jacob's Creek, creamy. AWARDS: Double Kenwood Vineyards, Mumm, Perrier-Jouët, Siglo, Tarsus, Ysios. Gold Medal & Best in Show @ Management: Operations Manager: Richard Clarke (Dalmunach, Glenburgie, Glen Keith, Scapa, Strathisla & Tormore) San Francisco World Spirits Distilleries Group Director: Alan Winchester - Master Blender: Colin Scott - Chairman & CEO: Competition (2008), the top Legal Name of Distillery: Scapa Distillers Ltd. - Owner (Parent): Chivas Brothers Ltd. (Pernod-Ricard S.A., since 2005) whisky competition in the world. USA Importer: USA - Elevation: 4m MSL (13 feet above sea level)

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Whisky #2 SPEY Single Malt / Trutinā (Latin Collection; Balanced) / NAS / 46% ABV / NCF / OB: Speyside Dist / Dist Owner: HOE International Ltd. (John Harvey McDonough) / Speyside (Central)

The Speyside Distillery Glen Tromie, Kingussie Inverness-shire PH21 1NS SCOTLAND

Translation: ‘Thorn of the river valley’ - SWA Whisky Map Location: #97 Slogan: “The best whisky in the world” Region (District): Speyside (Central) Neighbors: Dalwhinnie & Tomatin Established: 1987 (construction period 1962-1987). After an extended construction period of 25-years, it was completed in 1987. The first production was in 1991 and first whisky released was in 2001. Founder: George Christie, legendary WWII submarine captain, blender, whisky merchant and executive. Status: Active/Producing Location: Speyside, one of Scotland's newest and smallest, is located on the River Tromie, one of River Spey's main tributaries, is in the Cairngorm mountains near Drumguish. The southern-most SS distillery. House Style: A slightly peaty flavor gives way to creamy hazelnut; tending towards the aperitif style. Water Source: River Tromie (via a lade or canal dug for this former corn mill’s water wheel) is used for production and cooling. The distillery is closest to the source of the River Spey (Loch Spey), providing access to the Speyside’s richest, purest and fastest running water. Barley: Chariot (probably using some Concerto and/or Optic, too) Malt Spec (Phenols): 0ppm (Unpeated); peated whisky is produced the last week of the year Trutinā is Latin natural/balanced Gristmill: 1 Porteus Malt Mill (twin rollers) That’s apropos as it is a well- Mashtun: 1 semi-Lauter tun (4-ton); founder purchased Glen Spey distillery’s former mashtun. balanced and elegant single Washbacks: 4 s/s washbacks @ 23,000L capacity each malt that was released in late Fermentation: 60-hrs (short); 100-hrs (long) 2016 in Europe (and a year later 2 Pot Stills: 1 Wash @ 11,000L; 1 Spirit @ 7,000; both stills which were originally installed in Lochside in US). The first release was distillery and were subsequently cut down in order to fit into their new surroundings. 18,000 bottles. Its ornate bottle Casks: Ex-bourbon (mainly refill). was selected for its appeal to Warehouse: None. Spirit tankered to Rutherglen for filling & off-site maturation. the Taiwanese, its largest Vatting & Bottling: Owner’s bottling hall in Rutherglen. market, but PRC is likely to Capacity: 1,000,000-Lpa per year quickly take that title. Current Output: 600,000-Lpa (2019); production will be increased to full-capacity in 2020-2021. Malt Spec (Phenols): 0-ppm (Unpeated) - Casks: Ex-Bourbon Visitor Center/Tours: By appointment only. casks of charred American OBs: Spey Royal Choice, Chairman’s Choice, 18, Tenné, Trutinā, Fūmāre, Beinn Dubh & Lord Byron white oak (mainly refill) Blending Role: 10% Single Malt, 90% Blends TASTING NOTES by Blend Partner: In-House blends, King’s Crest Master of Malt: Parent-Owned Distilleries: Speyside Distillery. EYE: Golden spring barley. Parent-Owned Blends: MacGavin’s SM range NOSE: Chocolate cheesecake, Former Name: Drumguish Distillery (the original distillery was demolished in 1911) candied orange and fresh Notes: Its single malts are branded as ‘SPEY’; It is the 3rd best-selling single malt in Taiwan. Founder barley. George Christie (now deceased) was a WWII hero (submarine captain) and whisky industry legend. Mr. PALATE: Almonds, buttered McDonough’s team is doing a remarkable job in terms of quality and sales. Speyside Distillers employs bread, orchard blossoms. Crisp 18 people in Scotland, 50 people in Taiwan and a further 5 in China. and refreshing. Management Team: FINISH: Medium length with Distillery Manager: Allan Findlay notes of sugared peels. Managing Director: Patricia Dillon AWARDS: Board of Trade CEO: John Harvey McDonough, Owner Award (2018); Double Legal Name: Quest Brands, Chattanooga, TN (Ed Kohl, M.K., Owner) Gold/Best in Class @ WWA Owner (Parent): HOE International Ltd. dba Harvey’s of Edinburgh (John Harvey McDonough), since 2012 (2020); Silver @ Spirits USA Importer: Quest Brands, Chattanooga, TN (Ed Kohl, M.K., Owner) Selection / Concour Mondial de GA Distributor: Atlanta Beverage Co., Atlanta, GA (Chuck Crouse, Sales Manager-Craft Spirits) Bruxelles (2017); Bronze @ Intl Wine & Spirits Competition Importer - Republic of China: Dong Hsun Hsin Trading Co., Ltd. (Taichung City, Taiwan) (2017-19). Importer - People’s Republic of China: Luzhou Laojiao International Development (HK) Co., Ltd. (Beijing) Elevation: 254m MSL (833 feet above mean sea level)

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WHISKY #3 GLEN GARIOCH Single Malt / 15-Year / 'Sherry Cask Matured' / CS 53.7% ABV / NCF / OB / Dist Owner: Beam UK Ltd. (Suntory Holdings Ltd.) / Highland (Eastern) Glengarioch Distillery (Some say, Glen Garioch is one word for the distillery; 2 words for its whisky) Distillery Road, Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire AB51 0ES SCOTLAND SWA Whisky Map Location: #27 - Pronunciation: ‘Glen GEAR-ee’ in the ancient Doric dialect of Aberdeenshire; it’s Pict rather than Scottish Gaelic. The Picts were a tribal confederation of peoples who lived in what is today northeastern Scotland during the Late Iron Age and Early Medieval periods. They are thought to have been ethnolinguistically Celtic. Where they lived and what their culture was like can be inferred from the geographical distribution of brochs, Brittonic place name elements, and Pictish stones. Picts are attested to in written records from before the Roman conquest of Britain to the 10th century, when they are thought to have merged with the Gaels. They lived to the north of the rivers Forth and Clyde, and spoke the now-extinct Pictish language, which is thought to have been closely related to the Celtic Brittonic language spoken by the Britons who lived to the south of them. Picts are assumed to have been the descendants of the Caledonii and other tribes that were mentioned by Roman historians or on the world map of Ptolemy. Pictland, also called Pictavia by some sources, gradually merged with the Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata to form the Kingdom of Alba (Scotland). Alba then expanded, absorbing the Brittonic kingdom of Strathclyde and Northumbrian Lothian, and by the 11th century the Pictish identity had been subsumed into the "Scots" amalgamation of peoples. It has been proposed that they called themselves Albidosi, a name found in the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba during the reign of Máel Coluim mac Domnaill, but this idea has been disputed. Translation: ‘Valley of the Garioch’ - Slogan: “From the granary of Aberdeenshire” Region (District): Highlands (Eastern) Neighbors: Ardmore, Glendronach, Glenugie Established: 1797 (Recent records support a 1785 dating as there appears to have been a working distillery then.) Founder: John and Alexander Manson, as per its official label, although others insist on Thomas Simpson. Status: Active/Producing Location: The granite distillery of Glengarioch is found outside Aberdeen in the farming town of Old Meldrum. The Aberdeenshire farming landscape is more rolling agricultural fields and villages than mountains, crags and heather however. But that’s not to decry the beauty and atmosphere of this part of Scotland as the village of Oldmeldrum and the surrounding countryside are stunning. The valley is called as the ‘Granary of Aberdeenshire’ yielding perhaps the highest quality barley in Scotland and explaining why a distillery at this site makes sense. It’s the most easterly distillery. House Style: A light spiciness with some softer floral, fruity flavors. GG whisky is light clean malt that has some spice and body. Not as light as some of the Speysiders and without the saltiness of coastal malts and the heavier peaty style of Island malts. It does, however, have its own niche within the Morrison group that is Bowmore, Auchentoshan and Glengarioch. Bowmore’s more heavily peated character and Auchentoshan’s light Lowland style are contrasted by Glen Garioch’s spicy gingeriness. Water Source: Process: Coutens Spring - Cooling: Coutens Spring and Meldrum Burn Barley: Optic (430-litres of sugar per ton) is its current strain of its barley. The malted barley intended for whisky This is a 1999 vintage (15-year) dram production is ‘cross-bred’ to build-up its yield and consistency (rate of germination, nitrogen level and in Glen Garioch’s vintage series which fungus/insect/disease resistance) before it is presented as a suitable varietal. Such cross-breeding can take 7-8 years was released in 2013. Malt Spec: 0- in order for achieve the required characteristics. Once that is demonstrated and the barley is mass produced for its ppm (unpeated). Casks: Matured end-users, it may have a life of as little as 8-10 years before the qualities begin to fade and the strain is dropped. entirely in ex-Oloroso sherry casks of Typically, the replacement variety affords a higher yield in terms of litres of sugar per ton. Right now, Concerto is the toasted Spanish red oak and bottled most popular barley variety for the Scottish distillers and Optic is second. at its of 53.7% ABV. Malt Spec (Phenols): 0-ppm (unpeated) from Simpson’s of Berwick-upon-Tweed (Until 1998, 8-10 ppm) Peat Source: New Pitsligo Moss - Gristmill: 1 Porteus Malt Mill - Mashing Equipment: 1 s/s full-Lauter tun (4.4 ton) TASTING NOTES - Whisky Exchange: Washbacks: 8 s/s WBs @ 21,000-L (8% ABV) - Fermentation: 48-hours - Yeast: 21-kg dry Anchor Distillers Yeast NOSE: Heavy and sweet - stolen with 3 Pot Stills: 1 Wash @ 25,000-L (charged @ 21,500-L), Spirit @ 11,000-L (charged @ 9,500-L); 8-hr cycle. A second extra raisins, rich PX sherry, heavy spirit still @ 12,000-L is no longer used. - Middle Cut: 72.5% to 69% ABV (narrow) - Casks: Bourbon & Sherry (refill) fruitcake, cinnamon and clove, black Filling Station: Its distillate is tankered to Glasgow for filling and trucked back to the distillery for maturation. licorice and a background of leather Warehouse: 4 dunnage WHs (12k casks) - Vatting & Bottling: facility in Spring Burn (metro Glasgow) and balsamic sourness. There is a Capacity: 1.37-Mlpa per year - Output: 850,000-L (2020); currently working a 5-day week touch of struck match, but it adds to Visitor Center/Tours: Yes - OBs: Founder’s Reserve & 12-yr the experience rather than detracts. Blending Role: 100% Single Malt; 0% Blends - Blend Partner: Formerly VAT-69 & Rob Roy PALATE: Bitter char and stewed plums Distilleries Owned (14): Suntory, Hakushu & Chita (JP); Ardmore, Auchentoshan, Bowmore, Laphroaig & Glengarioch to start, with apple skin tannins, Eccles (SC); Cooley & Kilbeggan (IR); Maker's Mark & Jim Beam (US); Alberta Distillers & Canadian Club (CN). Parent-Owned cakes insides, cloves, malt loaf, bitter Other Brands/Blends: Teacher's HL Cream (SC); Greenore, Tyr Connell, Kilbeggan & Connemara (IR); Chita, Hibiki & Kakubin (JP); Jim Beam, Basil Hayden, Knob Creek, Bakers, Bookers, Maker's Mark (US); Canadian Club (CN). Notations: black licorice and a bit of damp wood. There is no room for expansion and at one-time closure was considered. However, its whisky is so good, Morrison FINISH: Licorice, menthol hints, damp Bowmore decided to invest the funds required to bring its kit up to governmental environment compliance. bark, forest floor rancio, dried apple Management Team: Distillery Manager: Kenny Grant - Global Master of Whisky: Iain McCallum (loves Glen Garioch) and lingering fruit cake with burnt Legal Name of Distillery: Glengarioch Distillers Ltd. raisins. Comment: A great heavily Owner (Parent): Beam Suntory UK Ltd. (Suntory Holdings Ltd.) sherried dram, with orchard fruit USA Importer: Beam Suntory Inc. pushing past the sherry influence, Elevation: 102m MSL (335 feet above mean sea level) without reducing it any.

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WHISKY #4 FETTERCAIRN Single Malt / 7-Year / CS 56.0% ABV / NCF / 3 Bourbon HH (714 Bottles) / IB: Battlehill (Duncan Taylor & Co.) / Dist Owner: Whyte & Mackay (Emperador) / Highland (Eastern) Fettercairn Distillery Fettercairn, Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire AB30 1YB SCOTLAND Pronunciation: fetter-CAIRN - SWA Whisky Map Location: #24 Translation: 'Foot of the mountain' 'Wooded slope' Region (District): Highland (Eastern) Neighbors: Glencadam, Glenesk, and Glenury Royal. Established: 1824 - Founder: Sir Alexander Ramsay, owner of Fasque Estate, founded the distillery in 1824 to replace an earlier distillery of the same name just 2-miles away. It was licensed to and operated by James Stewart & Company from 1825 to 1830. At that time, Ramsay sold the estate and distillery to Sir John Gladstone, father of England's celebrated Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. (That was of great significance as his family's ownership of Fettercairn made PM Gladstone intimately aware of the governmental regulation on malt distilleries.) Fettercairn continued to be owned by the Gladstone family until 1939, more than a century. Status: Active/Producing Location: Sits at the foot of the Grampian mountains in the village of Fettercairn on the east coast of Scotland. It’s near Laurencekirk and the river North Esk which soon flows into the sea at Montrose. - House Style: Earthy, sulphur-y and nutty. Distinction: “I would tell consumers to not judge the we produce at Fettercairn based on other people's opinions. I would rather that they try it for themselves and realize what a wonderful spirit Fettercairn is. It is a Medium Bodied, Honey & distillery which has been a sleeping giant and it is ready to be woken up and enjoyed throughout the world. Creamy Balanced - Highland, Fettercairn whisky is special in my opinion as we have stuck to traditional methods when it comes to crafting our Scotland: Youthful and whisky. We have been utilizing the same water source for the past 193 years (since 1824) and all the staff we have elegant, this is a sweet and had working at the distillery are passionate about their jobs and the whiskies that we produce.” Stewart Walker, nutty medium-bodied single Distillery Manager malt. Though only spending Water Source: 2 Springs in the Cairngorm Mountains (for production and cooling). seven years in oak, you will get Barley: Optic/Braemar/Concerto/Propino. plenty of vanilla on the palate Malt Spec (Phenols): 10% of production is heavy peated 55-ppm (Since 2005, but none in 2013-16). as well. Gristmill: 1 Bobby Malt Mill - Grind: 10% flour, 70% grist and 20% husks Age: 7-years - Malt Spec: 0- Mashtun: 1 traditional cast iron Lauter tun with a copper dome (4.6-tons of grist per mash) ppm (unpeated) - Cask: 8 Washbacks: 8 Douglas fir WBs @ 26,000-L - Yeast: Liquid yeast - Fermentation: 60 hours Conventionally matured in ex- 4 Pot Stills: 2 Wash @ 13,000-L, 2 Spirit @ 11,500 (#1) & 13,500L (#2); Spirit stills have 'irrigator ring' (during the bourbon barrels and 'middle cut and fore shot' run, fresh cold water is trickled down the sides, collected at the base, chilled and re- hogsheads. circulated to the top) to increase reflux and produce a purer distillate. Condensers: Copper - Middle Cut: 70% to 60% ABV - Entry Strength: 63.5% ABV TASTING NOTES - Wiskypiles: Casks: Bourbon & Sherry, mainly refill - 14 Warehouses: 14 on-site dunnage WHs (32,000 casks). EYE: Very light straw gold Blending: At Invergordon (northern highlands) and Leith (metro Edinburgh). with its medium tears leave Bottling: W&M bottling plants at Fettercairn, Grangemouth Bond (near Falkirk) or Leith Bond. fine legs Capacity: 3.2-Mlpa - Current Output: 1.5-Mlpa (2018); produced 200,000-L @ 55-ppm in 2011-12. NOSE: Light, lemon juice, Visitor Center/Tours: Yes - OBs: Fior; Limited Editions of aged whiskies 24, 30 & 40 yo; Single cask expressions grassy hay, peach melba, (the current one being the first 55-ppm) is available only at Visitor Center. something solvent-y & ester- Blending Role: 4% Single Malt, 96% Blends y, white grapes, pear flesh Blend Partner: Unknown (David Doig, its now retired Distillery Manager, couldn’t tell me) PALATE: Like the nose - bit Parent-Owned Distilleries: Dalmore (The), Fettercairn, Jura, Tamnavulin & Invergordon Grain. more depth of sugar & honey Parent-Owned Blends: Cluny, Glen Salen, John Barr, Mackinlay's, Whyte & Mackay & Glayva Liqueur. Former but also a sour/bitterness, Names: Nethermill Distillery pear drops and sparkling Notations: (1) “Fettercairn 1824” and “Old Fettercairn” denote single malt expressions whereas “Fettercairn” white wine, crisp green name referred to a blended . (2) Whyte & Mackay execs/employees are delighted with the apples, slightly creamy with Emperador ownership. (3) Lightly-peated Fior is its only official bottling. hints of vanilla Management Team: FINISH: Medium, tart white Distillery Manager: Stewart Walker (promoted in 2015) who has worked at Fettercairn since 1989. fruit, sparkling wine Master Blender: Unknown; Richard C. Paterson, OBE, has retired (he continues to work with The Dalmore malts) OVERALL: Fresh and CEO: Bryan Donaghey (W&M) refreshing, almost a little too Legal Name of Distillery: Fettercairn Distillery tart for my palate, perhaps Distiller Licensee: Whyte & Mackay Distillers Ltd. hints of lemonade. Owner (Parent): Whyte & Mackay Ltd. (Emperador Inc./AGI, since 2014) SCORE: 81% USA Importer: Whyte & Mackay Americas Limited, LLC Elevation: 74m MSL (243 feet above mean sea level)

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WHISKY #5 LAPHROAIG Single Malt / 'Quarter Cask' / NAS / 48% ABV / NCF / OB / Dist Owner: Beam Suntory UK Ltd. (Suntory Holdings Ltd.) / Islay (Kildalton) , Islay, PA42 7DU SCOTLAND Pronunciation: la-FROIG - SWA Whisky Map Location: #8 Translation: 'Beautiful hollow by the broad bay' Slogan: "The world's most richly flavored Scotch Whisky" - "Love it or hate it" Region (District): Islay (South Shore/Kildalton) Neighbors: Ardbeg, and Laphroaig aka the Kildalton distilleries. Established: 1815 - Status: Active/Producing - Location: At the head of Loch Laphroaig on the southeastern coast of Islay, 1½ miles from the Port Ellen ferry terminal. It’s bounded on the northeast by the and the southwest by the Atlantic Ocean. Water Source: Kilbride Reservoir with support from Loch na Beinne Brice. Barley: Optic 97 spring malting barley; previously used Durcado and Kamar varietals. Malt Source: 15% from its floor maltings @ at least 35-ppm. The spec for sourced malt (85%; uses several commercial maltsters) is 35+ ppm but fluctuates. The kiln operators vary the duration of peat exposure so as to attain the targeted phenol level in the finished malt. For consistency, several batches are mixed prior to mashing. Malt Spec (Phenols): ~ 40-ppm; sourced @ 35-45 ppm; floor maltings @ 40-60 ppm Kiln: 32 hrs (13 hrs of peat smoke infusion followed by 19 hrs of hot air drying; many distilleries peat/heat concurrently, an inferior method if one’s goal is to max phenolic levels. Peat reception varies inversely with moist level of targeted barley.) Peat: Glen Marchrie. Hand-cut from bogs next to Machrie Golf Course, just east of Lochindaal, Tasting Notes by Whisky.com: April and May (the driest period) and requires 6-8 weeks outside to dry. This is good . The Gristmill: 1 Porteus Malt Mill (4-roller) - Mashtun: 1 s/s semi-lauter (8.2-ton); 1985. debate is which of the Laphroaig 3 6 Washbacks: 6 s/s 53,000-L WBs (charged @ 42,000-L); Wash @ 8.5% ABV. Also, from 1985. is best: 10-yr, 10-yr Cask Strength Yeast: 150-kg of Mauri-M Distillers Yeast (dry); have started using some liquefied yeast. or Quarter Cask? As all are Fermentation: 55 hours (short); 90 hours (long); always mixed prior to distillation. excellent; there’s no clear choice. 7 Pot Stills: 3 Wash @ 10,910L; 4 Spirit (3 @ 4,700L + 1 @ 9,400L). Shell-and-tube. But, I say, buy Laphroaig Quarter Spirit Run: 72%-60.5% ABV; 5.5 hrs: 45-min foreshots, 2.5 hrs middle cut & 2.25 hrs feints. Cask: Help rescue a Lipid! New make: 68% ABV average strength - Cask Entry: 63.5% ABV Style: Rich and pungent whisky Casks: Circa 90% ex-Bourbon ASB (1st fill; mostly Maker's Mark & JB) @ Grade #3 char; 10% from the vatting of 5-yr to 11-yr Quarter Casks & Spanish Oloroso butts for less common expressions. whiskies - Malt Spec: 35-40 ppm - 6 Warehouses: 6 on-site dunnage and racked WH's. Casks: Initially, Bourbon barrels (1st Vatting & Bottling: Kilmalid, Dumbarton (mainland) fill); then finished in Quarters casks Capacity: 3.3-Mlpa per year - Current Output: 3.3-Mlpa (2020) (125-L) for 7-8 months. Visitor Center & Tours: Yes - OBs: 10, 15, 18, 25, TripleWood, Cairdeas, Select & Lore. EYE: Full, refractive gold; Full- Blending: 70% Single Malt (a high %), 30% Blends (Ballantine's, Teacher’s, Long John, Islay Mist) bodied and hardy. NOSE: Very Distilleries Owned (14): Suntory, Hakushu & Chita (JP); Ardmore, Auchentoshan, Bowmore, peaty with the tangy sweetness of Laphroaig & Glen Garioch (SC); Cooley & Kilbeggan (IR); Maker’s Mark & Jim Beam (US); Hiram the sea. There’s no mistaking that Walker Canadian Club & Alberta Distillery (Canada). it’s a maritime malt. PALATE: Parent-Owned Other Brands/Blends: Teacher’s Highland Cream (Scotland); Kilbeggan & Concannon (Ireland); Chita, Hibiki & Kakubin (Japan); Jim Beam, Basil Hayden, Knob Creek, Richly smoky and peat-y. FINSH: Bakers, Bookers, Maker’s Mark (USA); Canadian Club (Canada). Lingering with unique sweetest. COMMENT: Take it neat or with a Notation: The Prince of Wales awarded a Royal Warrant to Laphroaig in 1994. splash of soft water. Allow it to MANAGEMENT TEAM: linger and release the pungent, Distillery Manager: John Campbell - Assistant Distillery Manager: David Livingstone earthy aroma of blue peat smoke, Global Ambassador: Simon Brooking - Beam Suntory State Manager: John McLaughlin (GA) sweet nuttiness of barley and the President: Takeshi Niinami - Chairman: Nobutada Saji delicate, heathery of Islay's Legal Name of Distillery: D. Johnston & Co. streams. Owner (Parent): Beam Suntory Inc. (Suntory Holdings Ltd.), since 2014 USA Importer: Beam Suntory Inc. - GA Distributor: Republic National Distributing Co. (RNDC) Elevation: 7m MSL (23 feet above mean sea level)

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WHISKY #6 LAGAVULIN Single Malt / 12-Year / ‘2020 Special Release’ (60,762 Bottles) / CS 56.4% ABV / NCF / OB / Dist Owner: Scotland Ltd. (Diageo plc) / Islay (Kildalton)

Lagavulin Distillery Port Ellen, Islay (Kildalton) PA42 7DZ SCOTLAND Pronunciation: ‘la-ga-VOO-lin’ - SWA Whisky Map Location: #7 Translation: ‘The hollow by the mill’ Slogan: “The Prince of Islay” & “The definitive Islay malt” Region (District): Islay (South Shore aka Kildalton) Location: Location: Situated in a small bay near the South coast of Islay (‘Kildalton’), Lagavulin stands near the ruins of . Located on 6-arces at the head of the Bay. Established: 1816 - Neighbors: Ardbeg, Laphroaig, Port Ellen Founder: John Johnston, local farmer and distiller, founded the first legal distillery, within view of Dunyvaig Castle, once the stronghold of the Lords of the Isles. A year later Archibald Campbell founded a second, which seems later to have traded under the name Ardmore. After Johnston's death the two were united, when Glasgow-based Islay malt merchant Alexander Graham, to whom Johnston had been in debt, acquired Lagavulin for the princely sum of £1,103. Graham improved the buildings and his successors, James Logan Mackie & Co., carried on the business successfully. As a result, Lagavulin went from strength to strength. Owner Peter Mackie became famous throughout the whisky world as the creator of the famous blend, White Horse. A man driven by the Victorian work ethic and nicknamed Restless Peter by his staff, he was continually planning new ventures, including Malt Mill distillery (1908-1960) built next to Lagavulin. Status: Active/Producing Location: Situated in a small bay near the South coast of Islay (‘Kildalton’), Lagavulin stands near the ruins of Dunyveg Castle. It’s located on 6-arces at the head of Kildalton Bay. House Style: Many refer to Lagavulin as ‘the driest of the Islay malts’ with a smokiness akin to Lapsang Souchong tea. Jim Murray remarked, “It’s not a malt you simply sip; it devours you. Dry smokiness with complexity through the phenols.” Water Sources: Lochan Sholum Heat Source: Steam from its central boiler Malt Spec (Phenols): 34-38 ppm (from Port Ellen Maltings) Barley: Optic Malt mill: 1 Porteus Mill (4-roller) Mashing Equipment: 1 s/s full-Lauter mashtun (4.32-ton) 10 Washbacks: 10 New England larch @ 24,000L (charged @ 21,300L); wash @ ~ 8.9% ABV. Fermentation: 55-75 hours - Yeast: Mauri and Quest creamed yeast on a 1:1 ratio. Lagavulin 12-yr (2020 Special Release) 4 Pot Stills: 2 Wash @ 12,300L (charged @ 10,500L), 2 Spirit @ 12,900L (charged @ 11,500L); 9-10 hour Once again, Diageo has released a spirit still runs. Indirectly fired. Shell-and-tube condensers. Middle-Cut: 72%-59% ABV (one of the widest) marvelous 12-year Lagavulin single malt as Spirit Cut (Middle): 72% to 59% ABV; lower cut captures the heavier phenols for a bold peatiness. part of its Special Releases series. The 2020 Casks: 99.5% Bourbon HH (3rd fill); 0.5% Sherry Butts (3rd fill) - Cask Entry: 63.5% ABV Special Releases Lagavulin 12 was aged in Warehouse: 13 small Islay dunnage WH hold only 16,000 casks; 3 on-site, 9 at PE, and 1 at Caol Ila. Most of refill American oak casks and packs plenty the new make is transported in bulk to Blackgrange for cask entry/maturation. of smoky notes, though there's also a good Vatting & Bottling: Non-Islay stock @ Diageo’s Blackgrange Bottling Plant (Alloa) on mainland. helping of boiled sweetie and sweet spices Capacity: 2.6-Mlpa per year - Current Output: 2.53-Mlpa (2020); working 24/7 for 51-wks in there, too. It is the 19th incarnation of Visitor Center: Yes (the buildings are those of the former ‘Malt Mill’ distillery) the Islay single malt; the first was 2002. OBs: 8, 16, DE & 12CS Malt Spec (Phenols): 34-38 ppm Blending Role: 90% Single Malt, 10% Blends Casks: Refill American oak hogsheads Blends: White Horse & Logan Alcoholic Strength: 56.4% ABV Parent-Owned Distilleries (28): Auchroisk, Benrinnes, Blair Athol, Caol Ila, Cardhu, Clynelish, Cragganmore, Tasting Notes by Master of Malt: Dailuaine, Dalwhinnie, Dufftown, Glen Elgin, Glen Ord, Glen Spey, Glendullan, Glenkinchie, Glenlossie, Nose: A gently ashy Lagavulin expression, Inchgower, Knockando, Lagavulin, Linkwood, Lochnagar, Mannochmore, Mortlach, Oban, Roseisle, bolstered by pear drop boiled sweets, an , Talisker and Teaninich. iodine brine, orange oil and a grassiness. Parent-Owned Blends (Partial): Bell’s, Black & White, Buchanan’s, Bulloch Lade, Chequers, Dimple (Pinch), Wafts of smoke become more prominent , J & B, Johnnie Walker, McCallum’s, Old Parr, Sanderson’s, Spey Royal, VAT 69, White Horse, and with time in the glass and a drop of water. Windsor Premier. Palate: A medium-weight dram, on the Sister Distillery: Caol Ila (Lag and CI are used in many Diageo blends) palate the expression is sweeter than you'd Distillery Manager: Colin Gordon expect from the nose, and the smoke is Legal Name of Distillery: White Horse Distillers Ltd. more pronounced, too. The pear becomes Owner (Parent): Diageo Scotland Ltd. (Diageo plc) fresher and the orange zestier, along with a Distiller Licensee: United Malt & Grain Distillers gentle earthiness. USA Importer: Diageo North America, Inc. Finish: Medium-long and drying, with waft GA Distributor: Republic National Distributing Co. (RNDC) after waft of that seaside smoke. Elevation: 6m MSL (20 feet above mean sea level) Overall: Lagavulin with a delectable twist!

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