Craigellachie 13 Year (Signatory Cask Strength)

Craigellachie has sort of come into its own, in terms of notoriety and reputation among dedicated whisky drinkers. Once confined to the dusty prisons of the back shelves, people are now taking notice of the robust spirit that has full flavor (and occasionally wildly meaty notes due to the sulfur molecules left behind by the worm rubs they still use). 

Benrinnes 16 Year (Blackadder Raw Cask, Montilla/PX wine finish)

 

This is an interesting one because it's a sister cask to the other Blackadder Benrinnes I had not long ago - that one was cask 309928 and was 15 years old with a rum finish. This is cask 309926, 16 years old and with an unusual Montilla PX finish. 

Linkwood 12 Year (Blackadder Raw Cask, PX Finish)

 

Linkwood is a distillery that is unknown to the public at large, but fairly well-known in the Scotch community. Owned by Diageo (and thus consigned to being blend fodder for Johnny Walker and such), there are myriad fantastic varieties from independent bottlers, almost all of which are known for delicate but persistent fresh grass or hay notes and rich orchard fruit.