Finglassie 2017 RBTW (Rest & be Thankful Whisky Company)

Finglassie is the name InchDairnie uses for the peated single malt it releases through independent bottlers, the smoky counterpart to its unpeated Strathenry trade malt. Rest & be Thankful Whisky Company bottled this 2017 vintage at 6 years old. The outturn was 3720 bottles, released for Europe.

The Fife distillery runs one of only two mash filters in Scotch production and distils through a custom Lomond Hill still, a pot still with six bubble cap plates in its neck for high reflux. Peated malt gives this one a smoky backbone the unpeated Strathenry side lacks. Matured in a rum cask.

Bottled at 46%, the rum cask brings molasses sweetness and a soft banana lift from its esters. Guaiacol and related phenols carry the smoke, with the medicinal edge that peated Lowland spirit shows young. Recorded bottle notes run to citrus and a medicinal note. At this age the malt is young but the smoke gives it weight, into a long, drying finish.