Sold outOct 2023In short · Craigellachie (Speyside), 18 years.
“After 14 years in ex-bourbon wood we transferred this into a first fill Spanish oak oloroso hogshead.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 44.166 is a single cask of Craigellachie, in the Speyside region, 18 years old, bottled at 59.6%, released in the Oct 2023 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 44.x is from Craigellachie.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
High above the Spey since 1891, Craigellachie keeps the old ways on purpose. Its worm-tub condensers, coiled in cold water outside, breed a heavier, sulphury, struck-match muscle that traditionalists prize like a secret. Part of the Dewar's family (Bacardi).