Abhainn Dearg 3 Year Old Miniature 2012

Bottled April 2012, this 3 year old single malt from Abhainn Dearg Distillery on the Isle of Lewis has matured in a fresh ex-bourbon cask. See our Abhainn Dearg Distillery blog article for a full write-up of this little Hebridean distillery. Abhainn Dearg Abhainn Dearg Distillery was established in 2008 by Mark Tayburn and is a Scottish Islands distillery situated at Carnish near Uig in the Isle of Lewis on the Outer Hebrides off the north west coast of Scotland. Abhainn Dearg Distillery plans to use some Lewis grown and malted barley and is bottling its own whisky at the distillery. Soft and pristine water from the Uig Hills, two small mash tuns, two pine washbacks, two small stills each with a round wooden worm tub, and maturation in dunnage warehouses close to the Atlantic shore.  Draff from the mash tun is fed to Abhainn Dearg’s very own heard of Highland cattle.  The Abhainn Dearg Distillery visitor centre welcomes visitors and offers distillery tours by appointment.  Nose: A young spirit, barley sugar, butterscotch, vanilla, pine forest and sea salt. Palate: Warming, the barley sugar and vanillas on the nose are all kept in check by pine needles and salivating salt. Finish: Oily with a sea salty tang leaving a mineral and slightly dry finish.