Distillery Dive #80: Speyside Spring Islay The nose suggested sweet treats

The nose suggested sweet treats spread out on a wooden table – vanilla tablet

dunnage – in a good way

oaky under-structure

We sat down for a ploughman’s lunch with a variety of cheeses

Liquorice Allsorts and Eccles cakes

Distillery Dive #80: Speyside Spring Islay The nose suggested sweet treatsTucked away in the quaint village of Rothes, in Scotlands Speyside region, Distillery #80 produces truly wonderful whisky which is rarely available in single cask, cask strength form. Todays release is a particularly bright and well textured selection of malts brimming with complexity. Lets discover just what complexities are in store for us as we examine three casks all distilled on the same day and all aged 9 years in first fill ex bourbon