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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.
Bowmore 20-year-old
I’ve always wanted to bottle a Bowmore, and sometimes dreams can come true!
The nose is very Bowmore, with light, fragrant smoke, old oil paints, guava and pink grapefruits in syrup, primroses and gorse, creosote, dressed crab and lime. The palate is fat, oily, tarry and citrussy, with mango and peach popping out alongside olive oil, luminous citrus, brine and smoked oysters.
Fantastic Islay distillate, properly aged and at the perfect strength. This is the sort of whisky I almost always want to drink. Get it while the going’s good.
This bourbon barrel produced 231 bottles at a cask strength of 52.6% and they are available for £150 each. Only one per person please.
Glendullan 23-year-old
A joint bottling with The Rare Malt in Hong Kong. You don’t see all that much older Glendullan, and almost never any as good as this one.
The nose is exuberant and spring-like, with blosson, warm oranges, honey, almond butter and thyme. The palate has a wonderful melted-ice-cream texture, with fruit syrups, honey, digestive biscuits and a few drops of chartreuse. The finish remains creamy, with honeyed oranges and nougat.
This is top-notch Speyside single malt of real quality, and available at a cracking price.
This refill hogshead produced 226 bottles at a cask strength of 58.6% and they are available for £120 each.
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.
Highland 21-year-old
This is secret peated spirit from a well-known distillery (shh!), and quite a rare old bird.
On the nose – imagine, if you will, a really sweet red apple that’s somehow been peat-smoked. I also get fruit gums, orange, herbs on the BBQ, spearmint, leather, with light smoke and coal tar drifting around. The palate is really rich and viscous in texture, with smoked honey, crystallised orange, herbal pastilles, and a drop of tar stirred through custard. The finish feels almost creamy, with baked pineapple jelly, pine needles and lingering wisps of sweet peat smoke.
This is deliciously idiosyncratic, with a mellow smokiness and fruity richness that sets it apart from other peated drams.
This refill barrel produced only 198 bottles at a cask strength of 54.5% and they are available for £125 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.
Nc’nean 7-year-old
A first visit for Chorlton to this new-ish distillery on the West Highlands coast. This is a carbon-neutral single malt, made with 100% organic Scottish barley, and just as importantly tastes blummin’ great.
The nose has cherry drops, membrillo, macadamia nuts, green melon, buttercream and honey – it has a fascinatingly uncommon sort of fruitiness that keeps opening up in the glass. The palate is full-bodied, with golden apples, quinces, yellow sultanas, coconut cream, honey, and a pinch each of salt and white pepper. In the background there’s a nicely mineralic Highlands-y feel, and then Juicy Fruit gum and black tea in the finish.
Lovely Highlands spirit, this, with loads of both fruit and personality. I love how much it develops with time in the glass – a nice reminder to slow down and enjoy the scenery.
This first-fill barrel produced 243 bottles at a cask strength of 57.9% and they are available for £69.50 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.
Epris 11-year-old
A joint bottling of Brazilian Rum with Hop/Scotch Liverpool! This is a cask that we stumbled across and decided we had to have.
The nose has pineapple tarte tatin, banana and custard, then herbal liqueurs and cough candy. The palate has lime, peach, demarara sugar, a light tarriness and all the herbs from the nose. The finish has juicy red cherry fruits and pandan leaf. It’s the unusual herbal/fruity balance that really stands out with this one – it’s easy drinking without being even slightly boring.
This rum was matured for six years in amburana wood in Brazil, and the remainder in ex-bourbon in Europe. 80% cane juice and 20% molasses. The cask produced 265 bottles at 53.6% and they are available for £59.50 each. Last two.
Tote Bag
A sturdy canvas shopping bag with long handles and a gusset, perfect for transporting whisky or other essentials. Screenprinted in Yorkshire. £4 each, and can be added to any bottle order for no extra postage.
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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.