Whisky with GreatDrams - Season One - Episode One

In this episode we introduce you to the two people behind GreatDrams - Greg & Kirsty Dillon - talk about what we have been up to through lockdown, how our world of being an independent bottler has changed and also talk through our brand new range of limited edition Single Cask Single Malt whiskies.

Whiskies talked about include:

TAMDHU SINGLE CASK SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY
Available here: https://greatdrams.com/product/tamdhu-single-cask-single-malt-scotch-whisky/
Tamdhu now one of the industry’s gems, has had a tumultuous past having been shut for 20 years between 1927 and 1947 as well as being earmarked for decommissioning in 2010 before being sold to its current owners who have built it up again to be an unsung hero of the whisky industry. This release has been matured in a single sherry cask, giving it those lovely winter fruit and spice notes along with notes of apple and honey from the distillery character too.
Distillery: Tamdhu
Region: Speyside
Age: 8 Years Old
Distilled: March 2012
Bottled: February 2021
Cask type: Ex-Sherry cask
ABV: 48.2%
Limited: 200 bottles globally

BENRINNES RARE CASK SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY
Available here: https://greatdrams.com/product/benrinnes-rare-cask-single-malt-scotch-whisky/ 
A rather meaty whisky this one, with a thick, creamy mouthfeel owing to the wormtubs used in the process decreasing the copper contact with the spirit. This was matured initially in a second fill Oloroso sherry cask for over eight years then finished for nine months in a first fill Pedro Ximénez cask to amp up the spiciness and the deep, dark winter fruity notes too.
Distillery: Benrinnes
Region: Speyside
Age: 9 Years Old
Distilled: January 2012
Bottled: February 2021
Cask type: 8 years in a second fill ex-Oloroso cask, 9 months finishing in a first fill ex-PX Sherry cask
ABV: 48.2%
Limited: 333 bottles globally

ISLAY SINGLE CASK SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY
Available here: https://greatdrams.com/product/islay-single-cask-single-malt-scotch-whisky/
We have always wanted to bottle an Islay whisky, and our awesome customers have been pestering us to do so for a long time… finally it is here! A heavily peated whisky from the mystical island of Islay, matured in First Fill Bourbon Barrel and laden with beautifully balanced, classic Islay peated whisky notes as well as lovely soothing vanilla and citrus fruit notes along with cinnamon and warming spice notes too.
Distillery: Secret Islay Distillery
Region: Islay
Age: 7 Years Old
Distilled: 28th October 2013
Bottled: January 2021
Cask type: Ex-Bourbon cask
ABV: 48.2%
Limited: 243 bottles globally

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