{"product_id":"tamdhu-28-year-old-1989-mackillops-choice-single-bourbon-cask-4126-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2017-70cl","title":"Tamdhu 28 Year Old 1989 Mackillop's Choice Single Bourbon Cask #4126 Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2017) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTamdhu 28 Year Old 1989 Mackillop's Choice Single Bourbon Cask #4126 Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2017) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 310 bottles produced from a single bourbon cask. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rarity for Tamdhu is the bourbon cask maturation as they are for the most part sherry cask matured which is where Tamdhu has gained its reputation as part of Ian McLeod Distillers who also produce Glengoyne just outside of Glasgow. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMackillop’s Choice is a Scottish independent bottling label established in the 1990s by Angus Dundee Distillers. The range focuses on single-cask releases from a wide selection of Scottish distilleries, bottled without chill filtration and often at natural strength. Bottlings are presented in a consistent style, highlighting the individual cask and distillery rather than building a separate brand identity. Mackillop’s Choice is distributed internationally and has long been positioned as an accessible entry point into independent bottlings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColour: Pale Golden colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNose: Light. Delicate nose, a hint floral with some citrus notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePalate: Light, creamy malt, with some sweetness and a good hint of citrus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinish: Light finish that grows in the palate. Elegant rather than heavy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout Tamdhu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA major player in blends such as The Famous Grouse and Cutty Sark, Tamdhu was also the spiritual home of the lesser seen (but high quality) Dunhill blend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough a few official single malt bottlings appeared, including a light-bodied 10-year-old, Tamdhu could hardly be regarded as a frontline player. It has a fragrant fruitiness with notes of honey and apple but sufficient weight to cope with ageing in ex-Sherry casks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/media.scotchwhisky.com\/images\/media\/8104d793442aca36864d561968a203ef.jpg\" alt=\"Image\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/media.scotchwhisky.com\/images\/media\/13793346d90a806dfaf738bc10bc91f8.jpg\" alt=\"Image\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike neighbouring Knockando, this is another late 19th century railway distillery which has quietly provided fillings for blends ever since. It was built in 1897 by a group of blenders headed by William Grant who was both a director of Highland Distillers and, handily enough, on the board of the Elgin bank. The famous distillery designer Charles Doig was the architect. ‘[It is] perhaps the most efficient and designed distillery of its era,’ wrote Alfred Barnard in 1898.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHighland Distillers (now Edrington) purchased it outright in 1899, but like many sites it had a rocky time, closing from 1927 and remaining silent for two decades. Soon after its reopening, the old floor maltings were replaced with 10 Saladin boxes, each capable of holding 22 tons of malt. This would become the last site in Scotland to retain this method of malting and was one of the few distilleries in the modern era to malt all of its own requirements (the others being Springbank, Glen Ord and more recently, Roseisle). As well as its own needs, it supplied all of the malt for Glenrothes and the unpeated component of Highland Park’s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTamdhu grew substantially in the 1970s with four stills added to the original pair, while a change in wood policy in the 1990s saw it being filled exclusively into Edrington’s bespoke ex-Sherry casks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSomewhat surprisingly, Edrington mothballed it in 2010, but two years later, Ian MacLeod stepped in. The firm has since installed new washbacks, built new warehouses, opened a visitors' centre (in the old Dalbeallie station) and released a 100% Sherried 10-year-old. Older releases are planned.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e48.1% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tamdhu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52792583618898,"sku":"TAM28MACK1989","price":355.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/Tamdhu28YearOld1989Mackillop_sChoiceSingleBourbonCask_4126SpeysideSingleMaltScotchWhisky_2017_70cl1.jpg?v=1771974345","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/tamdhu-28-year-old-1989-mackillops-choice-single-bourbon-cask-4126-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2017-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}