Mortlach 30 Year Old ‘Midnight Malt’
Mortlach will soon release a 30 Year Old expression nicknamed Midnight Malt.
On the side of the bottle it says The Darker Side of Speyside which could mean it’s intended as a darker, wintery dram. It is a combination of refill American oak with European oak, split to finish in Bordeaux wine, Calvados and Guatemalan rum seasoned casks.
A limited set of 350 bottles will be available in August 2022, bottled at 49.1% ABV. It will become an annual release afterwards.
Benromach Cara Gold Malt
Benromach distillery experimented with a low colour roasted caramel malt, more commonly found in breweries where it produces fruity and toffee flavours. Laid down in 2010 this has now resulted in Benromach Cara Gold Malt, a limited edition of 6000 bottles. It is peated to 12 ppm and matured in first fill bourbon casks.
Already available from The Whisky Exchange and TyndrumWhisky among others.
Update: read my review of Benromach Cara Gold Malt
Glen Scotia Campbeltown Festival 2022
Glen Scotia is preparing its yearly bottling for the Campbeltown Malts Festival. In 2022 this will be a peated PX cask finish, a heavily peated release matured in 100% first fill bourbon barrels and finished for 12 months in PX hogsheads. It comes at a high strength of 56.5% ABV.
Lum Reek 10 Years Cask Strength
The well received Lum Reek blended malt range is getting a new addition in the form of Lum Reek 10 Year Old Cask Strength.
It contains single malts from Speyside and Islay, blended and re-racked into Billy Walker’s trinity of sherry casks, wine barriques and virgin oak. The first batch is bottled at 55.4% ABV and will cost £ 60. It is already in stock at Master of Malt.
Also interesting
Things that may not have been widely announced but that grabbed my attention in shops recently…
- The Lakes Whiskymaker’s Editions Mosaic
- GlenDronach 26 Years 1993 cask #6853 (TWE exclusive)
- Glen Keith 30 Years 1991 (Xtra Old Particular)
- Ledaig 16 Years 2005 (Sweetdram)
- Ben Nevis 9 Years 2012 (DT TyndrumWhisky exclusive)
- Highland Malt 21 Years 2000 (Watt Whisky)
- Glenallachie 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 6
- Strathisla 13 Years 2008 (Connoisseurs Choice – UK exclusive)
- Highland Malt 2008 (Single Malts of Scotland Reserve Casks – Parcel 7)
- Mannochmore 2008 (Single Malts of Scotland Reserve Casks – Parcel 7)
- Jura 30 Years 1998 (Blackadder Statement)