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All Chorlton Whisky releases are bottled at natural strength from a single cask, with no chill-filtering or added colouring. No monkey business, basically.
TDL 13-year-old Rum
I found a couple of cases of this particularly fruity single cask Trinidad rum in the storeroom – back in stock just in time for summer!
The nose has peaches, bananas, honeysuckle, guava and pineapple jam, with some rather funkier notes of green olives, liquorice comfits, petrol and dark chocolate in the background. The palate has huge mangos and grapefruits, liquorice and peppermint oil. The finish is wonderfully chunky, with marmalade, mango jam, herbal pastilles, tar and dark chocolate.
This is exuberantly fruity, but with a hint of herbal bitterness that keeps it feeling like a “grown-up” treat. (Angostura Bitters are made at the same distillery, coincidentally.) It’s also incredibly easy to drink at full strength – be careful!
This rum was aged for ten years in the tropics, and the rest in the UK. The barrel produced 275 bottles at a cask strength of 64.2% and they are available for £65 each. Last few.
Aultmore 15-year-old
A chance to try unsherried Aultmore here (as it is preferred casa Chorlton Whisky), and bottled just shy of its 16th birthday due to a leaky cask.
The nose is bright and fruity, with honeydew melon, lime & honey, dandelions, vanilla slice and pine branches. The palate is malty and sweet, with maple syrup cut through with lime leaves and spearmint. The finish has brioche and pops of red berry fruit (dried cranberry muffins) in the aftertaste.
This is just super-tasty, with a particularly enjoyable balance of richness and herbal citrus. Primo summer drinking.
This refill barrel produced just 160 bottles at a cask strength of 58.1% and they are available for £75 each. Last few.
Ruadh Maor 14-year-old
My first Ruadh Maor release since 2018, and sadly now an endangered species as production ceased last year. This was matured in a strangely misshapen old marsala barrique.
The nose has cigars, peat-smoked chocolate raisins, coal bunkers, grilled pears, BBQ’d meat with burnt lemons and herbs and a pinch of garam masala. The palate has fantastic big, chunky, herbal smoke, with coal tar, sticky hoisin sauce, black cardomom and oranges. The body is huge, and develops on smoky caramel, BBQ sauce and salt & pepper ribs.
It’s bursting with character, this, with a nice background sweetness from the marsala cask that keeps everything fun and easy-going. There’s no other whisky quite like Ruadh Maor, and we should enjoy it while we can!
This refill marsala barrique produced 304 bottles at a cask strength of 57.3% and they are available for £72.50 each.
Linkwood 15-year-old
I’m very glad to be returning to this distillery after many years. Lots of people have seemed excited about this one – there’s a growing Linkwood fanbase it seems!
The nose has an elegant sort of fruitiness, with white peach, apple and lime, backed up with some buttery pastry and a lightly mineralic feel in the background. I also find touches of orange cream and beeswax. The palate is bigger than you might expect, with green apple sweets, cherry drops, Ricola, and fab waxy citrus on arrival, and then yellow peaches, herbs, pink grapefruit and an almost salty tang through the finish. It’s more exuberant, and summery with a drop of water.
Poised, restrained, elegant. A fruity Speysider for grown-ups!
This hogshead produced only 277 bottles at a cask strength of 57.5% and they are available for £77.50 each. Last few.
Tullibardine 13-year-old
A distillery on the up! This little Tulli has been treated to an unusual maturation in a refill barrique that previously held peated spirit.
The nose starts with bananas galore, then toffee pennies, clotted cream, allspice, brioche, orange and little touches of tar and smoke. The palate is big, fruity and funky, with an almost rum-ish vibe of bananas, tarry liquorice, a pile of oranges, plus spiced coffee cake, custard, and old-school Tullibardine rye and juniper.
This is great fun (as long as you like bananas) – rich, chunky and engagingly weird around the edges. The smoke from the cask doesn’t jump out at you, but provides a nice bit of background complexity.
This barrique produced only 213 bottles at a cask strength of 52.2% and they are available for £72.50 each.
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Matt Ellis
Hi,
Do you ship to the U.S.? I’d love to get a hold of some. Thanks!
admin — Post Author
Hi Matt. I can’t send to the US directly I’m afraid, but some of my stockists (Whiskybase, Tyndrum, Nickolls & Perks, Milroy’s) should be able to ship to you.
Rick
I have just bought and tried the Cataibh 10-year-old here in Hong Kong. What a fantastic whisky this is (Clynelish) immediately impressed with the initial power and flavour and adding a few drops of water made this explode with aroma and hidden flavours. Right up there as one of my favorite expressions.