Distillery Dive: Orcadian Spring

Our dashing duo of featured single malts were both distilled on January 28^th, 2008. After 9 years of aging in ex-bourbon hogsheads, they were vatted (married together) and ‘re-casked’ for 4 years of additional maturation in separate first-fill ex-bourbon barrels. The resultant whiskies will transport your senses across the Atlantic! Cask No. 4.314 Sitting in the sauna is the more robust of the pair with the terribly fun nose of sushi and burning herb bushes. Sweet and salty aromas and flavours, ex-bourbon barrel vanilla notes and that beautiful Orkney peat combine to offer up an intensely satisfying springtime sipper. Cask No. 4.315 No vikings need apply dons the “Oily & Coastal” flavour profile and delivers much more oceanic appeal, combining notes of dried seaweed, briny seawater, ashy smoke and much more. Citrus, mineral and medicinal notes add to the complexity of this dram with plenty of richness to coat the palate. Two equally delicious drams with plenty of flavour divergence from one another!

If ordered separately: Cask No. 4.314= $145; Cask No. 4.315= $145. 

Cask No. 4.314 - Sitting in the sauna
Date distilled: January 2008
Cask: First-fill barrel
Age: 13 years
Alcohol: 61.4%
Region: Highland Island

Cask No. 4.315 - No vikings need apply
Date distilled: January 2008
Cask: First-fill barrel
Age: 13 years
Alcohol: 61.4%
Region: Highland Island