Whisky

Single Malt Scotch Whisky Ledaig

Written by micki on 27 April 2023.

Single Malt Scotch Whisky Ledaig

Ledaig whisky is the powerful peaty expression of the Tobermory distillery. This spirit rested 13 years in an ex-bourbon cask and the result is a perfect balance between peat and saltiness.

Tobermory Distillery – Short Story

Located in the heart of the capital of the Isle of Mull, the Tobermory Distillery, founded in 1798, is the island’s only original distillery and one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland.

Mishnish Loch is the distillery’s water source. The river Tobermory carries water to the distillery. Peat phenols are present in the water, giving the whisky a slightly phenolic character. Tobermory uses an old cast iron mash tun with a capacity of 5 tonnes.

Fermentation takes place over a period of 50 to 90 hours in four Oregon pine wash backs, which have a total capacity of 92,000 litres. The Tobermory Distillery uses two pairs of stills. The two wash stills have a capacity of about 18,000 litres each; the spirit stills are only slightly smaller, with a capacity of about 16,000 litres.

The peat whisky produced by Tobermory is bottled under the name of Ledaig, a “smoky” expression of the distillery’s production. Aged 13 years in an ex-bourbon cask, it was selected by Cuspid Spirits for its balanced strength between peat and salinity.

Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Written by micki on 27 April 2023.

Islay Single Malt – Scotch Whisky – Caol Ila

Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky is a peated whisky, in the tradition of the Caol Ila distillery. Aged for 11 years in a cask that previously contained Oloroso sherry, where the smoke and iodized hints are enriched with fruity and spicy aromas.

Story

Located north of the Scottish island of Islay, the Caol Ila Distillery was founded in 1846. The distillery overlooks the strait that separates the island of Islay from that of Jura, one of the most evocative and spectacular places in western Scotland, called in English “Sound of Islay” and in Gaelic “Caol Ila”, from which the distillery takes its name.

The barley is locally malted in Port Ellen and then distilled in one of the six handcrafted copper stills, reconstructed maintaining the shape and characteristics of the original nineteenth-century ones. The water used to mix the distillate produced comes from a crystalline stream that flows from the limestone rocks of nearby Loch nam Ban, to flow into the sea at Caol Ila.

The light and elegant style of Caol Ila is due to the low filling level of the stills. Filling to approximately 33% capacity, allows for significant levels of backflow into the stills, where the vapor condenses and flows back into the bowl for further purification.

Whisky Caol Ila 2011

Written by micki on 27 April 2023.

Whisky Caol Ila 2011

A 2011 Caol Ila single malt, matured in a koval cask for 9 years before being bottled in 2020. In the mouth it sums up all the contrasts of the region it comes from by bringing the earth and the sea together in a single sip.
In Gaelic Caol Ila means “Sound of Islay” founded in 1846 near Port Askaig in a remote bay of Islay, it is located in one of the wildest regions of the west coast of Scotland.

A 2011 Caol Ila single malt, matured in a first fill ex bourbon four grain cask for 9 years before being bottled in 2020. In the mouth it sums up all the contrasts of the region it comes from by bringing the earth and the sea together in a single sip.
In Gaelic Caol Ila means “Sound of Islay” founded in 1846 near Port Askaig in a remote bay of Islay, it is located in one of the wildest regions of the west coast of Scotland.

The distillery was founded near Port Askaig (on the east coast of Islay) in 1846 by Hector Henderson. The distillery, after a few changes of ownership, was merged into the DCL in 1927 and was completely rebuilt in 1972.

The malt is reduced to a floury substance. The grist, as the ground malt is called, is then placed in the mash tun where it is mixed with water from Loch Nam Ban, the small lake above the distillery, whose outlet flows right next to the bay. It is a water from a clayey soil that is not too peat which counterbalances the 34.5 ppm of phenols making the style of Caol Ila fresher and relatively less demanding than the other whiskeys of Islay. The liquid, coming from the mash tun, is placed in the fermentation vats, the wash backs. The eight wash backs, 6 meters high, are in Scottish larch wood.

143 bottles were produced from barrel number 900014.

Whisky Glen Keith 1995

Written by micki on 27 April 2023.

Whisky Glen Keith 1995

Glen Keith was founded in 1957 by Chivas Brothers. It is located in the beautiful Speyside town of Keith. Its history is significant, full of innovation and experimentation. In the 1970s, after a successful first decade of production, the distillery expanded from two to five stills. These pot stills were the first to be gas fired in Scotland. A sixth still was installed in 1983, completing the series of stills still in use. In 1999 the distillery was mothballed. It lay dormant for over a decade, until a large-scale renovation began in 2012. It was reopened in 2013, with production capacity increased from 3.5 million liters to 6 million. Most of the single malt produced at the site is still used in blends owned by Chivas Brothers.

Glen Keith uses unpeated malts in his brew.

The Glen Keith distillery is experimental from the beginning and produces a delicate and fruity whisky.

This is a 24-year-old Glen Keith single malt distilled in 1995 and matured in a single ex-bourbon hogshead for more than two decades, before being bottled in September 2020. It is an example of elegance and freshness in pure Speyside style.

Only 271 bottles were produced from barrel number 171251. This whisky has not undergone cold filtration and has not been adulterated with the addition of colorings, aromas or sugars.

The best Whiskies and Rums

Written by micki on 27 April 2023.

The best Whiskies and Rums selected by Cuspid selections

A special casket made of emotions and flavors, a complete journey into true taste.

This edition of the complete Rum and Whisky series of the Cuspid Spirits collection is the representation of our careful selection, able to inspire you a real complete sensory experience, made of flavors as different as they are satisfying.

An alternation of Yin and Yang, of feminine and masculine, a harmonious exchange between sweetness and strength, an interpenetration and interaction of emotions aroused by different tastes, perfumes, flavors.

This collection will be able to take you on a journey through time and space, a special edition that we have decided to dedicate to all tasters of authentic pleasure in search of a new overwhelming inspiration.

Package Includes:

1 Speyside Whisky – Distillery GLEN KEITH 24 y.o.

1 Islay Whisky – Distillery CAOL ILA 9 y.o.

1 Demerara Rum Distilleria Diamond – Versailles Wooden Pot Still 18 y.o.

1 Barbados Rum – Undisclosed Distillery 20 y.o.