Arran Single Malt Scotch Quarter Cask 56.2%, 70 cl

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Our Quarter Cask expression is a complex, rich and intensely fruity Single Malt, a cask strength delight and the perfect partner to our Sherry Cask Single Malt! Here, presented with a Darach chunky bottle stand made from vintage oak whisky barrels sourced from Scottish distilleries. Secondly, according to Arran Master Distiller James MacTaggart, they wanted to create a new design that would help them clearly distinguish between whisky made at Lochranza Distillery (where Arran whisky is currently produced) and their newly opened Lagg Distillery, dedicated to the creation of peated Arran whisky. When I first heard about Arran whisky and tried learning about the brand, I was intrigued by the different contradictions that stood out throughout the course of their history. They said the old design had served its purpose, so they wanted to reimagine the bottling design to make it modern and more effective in communicating their brand values, like the importance they place on the soft water they use at the distillery – on the new design, this is shown by the “ripples” on the bottle’s shoulder. Whiskybase B.V. (“Whiskybase”, “we” or “us”, company details below) offers a whisky enthusiasts online platform that provides its members access to the most comprehensive, transparent and trusted resource of whisky bottles and allows and stimulates its members to contribute information about whisky bottles to the platform (“Service”).

Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. Without prejudice to the section Liability below, the Service may be temporarily unavailable during maintenance, updates, etc. We shall make reasonable efforts to inform you of any unavailability due to maintenance or updates. The islanders of Arran like to boast they have the purest water in Scotland and claim that this water, plus the warm ‘micro-climate’ are two contributing factors to the island’s reputation for great whisky. We’re not sure just how ‘warm’ the micro-climate is though, with the Isle of Arran’s average summer temperature hovering around 14 degrees C. But we are sure that with temperatures like this – the Isle of Arran offers an ideal dramming climate.Scottish whisky was traditionally aged in sherry casks from Spain and Portugal since it was first found that leaving raw spirit in a barrel for a few years does wonders for it’s taste!. Due primarily to the abundance of empty sherry casks in Britain rather than any concern for flavours. But in the 1970s this supply of sherry casks was severely limited when Spanish sherry producers began bottling in-house rather than exporting barrels of sherry. Unless mandatory applicable law provides otherwise, your use of and membership to the Service are exclusively governed by Dutch law. We shall first try to settle any dispute over a dram of whisky. Disputes that cannot be settled over multiple drams of whisky shall be solely submitted to the court of Amsterdam, The Netherlands unless mandatory applicable law provides otherwise.

Light espresso and a nice faint leather. Limes and light fruits. Chocolate toffees. The usual suspects are in abundance here – vanilla and honey, the fancy exotic stuff that costs double in Sainsbury’s. Scotch broom’s coconut-floral, bushy notes are around the periphery too – my favourite wild plant and in fabulous bloom right now, FYI. Whiskybase B.V. is the Dutch private limited liability company, having its statutory seat in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and its office at Zwaanshals 530, 3035 KS Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Whiskybase B.V. is registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under no. 52072819. It’s really good whisky! It falls comfortably within the Arran stable, offering the proprietary tropical goodness that Arran delivers with aplomb, but in the Quarter Cask it’s delivered at warp speed. Higher ABV is becoming the place to go with whisky now, for me, because it gives me the flexibility to tailor the experience to my heart's content – the chance to release suppressed flavours or dampen down others. It’s not the first time I’ve heard from brand representatives that the cask strength version of their whisky is their favourite, and it’s easy to see why. You’re getting the signature characteristics but at maximum volume. I also far prefer the Quarter Cask over the Sherry Cask sister dram, because it’s clear now that I prefer bourbon-based whiskies at the moment, but loads of folk hold the Sherry Cask up as their go-to sherried dram of choice. The Quarter Cask on the other hand is a perfect go-to dram for an enjoyable evening and is cost effective enough to remove any confirmation bias or not worry too much that it’s depleting rather promptly. I was given this bottle from a pal after he lost a bet, so I have even less financial bias towards it. I had presumed it was young whisky in the four-five year range presented at the higher ABV to deliver more flavour at the compromise of a missing age-statement. The Arran 10 might be the winner of accolades, but this Quarter Cask expression is, to all intents and purposes, a large step up from that great entry point, even if it was young. Now that I know it’s just shy of a decade and, knowing it delivers an elevated, potent flavour experience, that when my bottle of Arran 10 runs out, I’ll be replacing it with another Quarter Cask instead.This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services. Every cask of whisky made by our master distillers is unique - and now you can put your name on one. Buy a barrel or hogshead of non chill filtered new Arran spirit from our Lochranza Distillery and we’ll mature it for you on our beautiful island for your chosen number of years, then give you advice on where to have it bottled when the time is right. You could even come to visit your whisky during the long, slow years it spends ageing to perfection.