Williamson 2010 PST (Phil & Simon Thompson) (50%)

The Thompson Brothers run the Dornoch distillery and hotel in the far north of Scotland, their tongue-in-cheek labels masking serious cask selection is an independent bottler. This bottling is a 12 year old Williamson, laid down in 2010 and drawn off in 2022. Bottled as Williamson because it is teaspooned, a Laphroaig cask with a spoonful of another malt stirred in, which makes it legally a blended malt. The name honours Bessie Williamson, the first woman to own and run a Scotch distillery.

Matured in Oloroso, twelve years wrap Laphroaig's coastal, medicinal character in the cask's character.

Bottled at cask strength, 50%, the Oloroso brings dried fruit, fig and walnut. Expect citrus, cooked fruit, dried fruit, fresh fruit, leather, a malt note.