Ledaig 18 Years Old ElD Macbeth Act One The Murderers (Elixir)

A Ledaig single malt, picked by Elixir Distillers, aged 18 year old and bottled at 50.5%. 2100 bottles in all. Ledaig is the heavily peated single malt of Tobermory distillery, the only distillery on the Isle of Mull, founded in 1798. Water comes from the Gearr Abhainn, a private hill loch above the town of Tobermory.

The spirit was run through the distillery's boil ball stills from peated barley, to build the medicinal, briny Ledaig character. It was matured in ex-Bourbon oak, a vanilla sweetness beneath the smoke. By this age the peat rounds into a sweeter, coastal smoke. Peat smoke and active oak settle together over the years, the smoke softening as the fruit deepens. Both malts feed the Scottish Leader and Black Bottle blends as well as single malt. The distillery was refurbished and its stills renewed between 2017 and 2019. Mull's maritime climate works into the maturing casks over the years.

At a hearty 50.5% it carries real weight. Soot, sea salt and a sweet fruit, and the refill bourbon lends a quiet vanilla. Beneath the smoke run brine, tar and a sweet fruit. The close is long, smoke over a sweet fruit. This is the peated island malt of Mull.