Scotland’s southernmost distillery has launched a new range of Lowland single malt Scotch whiskies.
Each of the four single malts in the latest Peated Collection from Bladnoch are made from peated barley and drawn from casks maturing in the distillery’s 207-year-old bluestone warehouses. The casks were selected by master distiller Nick Savage to showcase the distillery’s “innovation and taste-first approach to whisky making in crafting its bold Galloway spirit”.
The new limited annual release includes Alinta Reserve and three peated single cask expressions, “each displaying distinct flavours and characteristics, for those who love a dram with fire”. It follows the distillery’s inaugural Peated Collection in 2023.
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Alinta Reserve, which takes its name from indigenous Australian languages, will be released in a limited batch of 2,000 bottles selected annually by the master distiller from a special reserve of Bladnoch’s rare peated casks. Pedro Ximenex sherry casks have been presented for the 2024 release, which the distillery said present a “nose of smoked apricot jam with woodland trees, a palate of smoky cola cubes with cinnamon and nutmeg and a very long and warm campfire finish”.
The three Peated Collection single cask whiskies have been created using the distillery’s maturing stocks from 2009, which are 100% peated and "exceptionally scarce". The distillery had under the previous ownership of brothers Raymond and Colin Armstrong produced spirit made exclusively with peated barley for the entire year.
Mr Savage said: “Bladnoch has a rich history and heritage spanning more than two centuries and the Peated Collection shines a light on the breadth and quality of the distillery’s maturing stocks.
“When I joined the team, I discovered an incredibly diverse range of whisky maturing in the warehouses, including exceptional peated single malt from our 2009 stocks, and our Peated Collection is a celebration and a tribute to this unique part of our history.
“Our taste-first philosophy, rooted in our whisky making knowledge provides a platform to showcase our bold Galloway spirit, which is symbolic of the area and the community.”
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