The Islands Whisky

A 16 Year Old, Single Cask, Single Malt Whisky from the a mystery distillery located on Orkney. One of just 337 bottles of whisky that were matured in an American oak hogshead.

The Alistair Walker Whisky Company was founded in 2018 and specialises ... Click for more info

- Created from less than 20 casks, hand selected from Gordon Motion, Highland Parks Master Whisky Maker.

- An intriguing combination of first-fill bourbon American Oak hogshead, first-fill sherry seasoned European oak hogshead and a small quantity ... Click for more info

- Created from less than 20 casks including sherry seasoned European oak casks, combined with first-fill Bourbon casks and refill casks, hand selected by Gordon Motion, Highland Parks Master Whisky Maker.

- Laid down and matured safely within ... Click for more info

Official Tasting Notes:

Nose: Citrus notes with a background of peat and a puff of smoke immediately apparent.

Palate: A robust dram with the typical orchard fruits of Arran coming to the fore over a layer of toasted brioche and red ... Click for more info

James MacTaggart has been the Master Distiller and Blender at Arran distillery for over a decade. This rare, collectable, Limited Edition whisky is a celebration of his many contributions to the tremendous success of this exciting young distillery.

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The classic fresh Arran Malt character with a puff of peat smoke. The 2018 release of this Single Malt doesn't feature a batch number as it is now a permanent part of the range. This peated Arran Single Malt displays all the freshness of the island ... Click for more info

A beautifully aged Tobermory is the standout from our latest Claxton's batch. Aged for 24 long years in a Single Sherry Butt, one 346 bottles

Official Tasting Notes

Aroma - Brimming with notes of dark chocolate, raisins and walnuts; ... Click for more info

An extremely well priced, aged Jura from Ian Macleod, as part of the Dun Bheagan range. Aged for 16 years in, rather interestingly, a single white wine cask (#95181) Expect your smooth and supple Jura that we all know and love, along with additional ... Click for more info

The 5th and final bottling in the Highland Park Keystone Series, (Hobbister, Shiel, Quercus, Yesnaby and Hillhead) which explores and celebrates the five traditional keystones of their production that have remained unchanged for 220 years.

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Another beauty of a Ledaig, this time from The Vnatge Malt Company as part of their Cooper's Choice Range.  This is a vintage, 17 year Ledaig that has been matured in a combination of American Oak and Moscatel wine casks.  Again, a small ... Click for more info

Produced to commemorate the distillery's island heritage, Jura Tide has been bottled at 46.7% abv after being matured in ex-Bourbon barrels and finished in virgin American oak casks. Part of Jura's Aged Vintage series, this will be a continuing limited ... Click for more info

A sublime 30 year old Highland Park bottled by Gordon and Macphail. Matured in a refill Sherry Butt, this is bottled at cask strength and is 1 of 450 bottles

Supplier Tasting Notes

Aroma - Rich stewed fruit aromas, prunes, raisins and ... Click for more info

An Old Malt Cask bottling of Scapa. Distilled in 2003 and aged for 14 years in a Single Bourbon Hogshead. Bottled by Douglas Laing as they owned this brand until it was taken by Hunter Laing in 2010. One of 370 bottles.

A new cask finished Arran for 2019! Continuing Arran's excellent sourcing of wine casks for their finishes, we have a Côte-Rôtie red wine finish (casks sourced from the Rhône Valley in France). This Single Malt has been finished in ... Click for more info

A new core range Tobermory expression to coincide with the reopening of the distillery and visitor centre after they had been closed for 2 years. This expression has been matured in American oak casks for 12 years before being bottled at 46.3% ... Click for more info

Double Gold Medal winner at the San Francisco World Spirits competition 2019

The classic Ledaig 10 year old from the Tobermory distillery on Mull.  Using peated malted barley from the Port Ellen maltings (around 37 ... Click for more info

Older bottlings of Ledaig are something of a favourite here at HTFW towers. With a mix of big earthy peat, savoury texture and developed fruit, there's an awful lot to like.  Also with the rise in price of older peaty whiskies (noteably Islay) ... Click for more info

A much loved old discontinued expression from the other Orkney distillery, Scapa.  Replaced briefly (and unsuccesfully) by a 14 year, an excellent 16 year followed before the distillery moved to NAS expressions.

This is a lovely unpeated ... Click for more info

A 1990's vintage Ledaig from the 'old style' Connoisseurs Choice bottlings by GnM.  This 10 year old was matured in a refill sherry butt and thus adds a lovely swet and fruity note to the usually peaty and earthy Ledaig.  These releases always ... Click for more info