Speyside Distillery Batch 1 (TBWC)

A Speyside Distillery single malt, selected and bottled by That Boutique-y Whisky Company matured to 15 year old and bottled at 53.4%. 472 bottles in all. Set close to the very source of the River Spey, the Speyside Distillery was slowly converted from an old mill by one stonemason. Water comes from the River Tromie, drawn through the old mill lade that once turned the waterwheel.

The spirit was made in small stills after a long, ester building fermentation, for a soft, fruity make from short stills. An ex-Bourbon barrel shaped it, gentle American oak beneath the fruit. By this age the light spirit rounds into heather honey and orchard fruit. Sherry and Port wood suit the make well, lending dried and red fruit. Set in the Cairngorm foothills, it counts among Scotland's prettiest distilleries. Harvey's whisky heritage runs back to 1770 and the founding of Bruichladdich. Quality over quantity has always been the watchword of this tiny distillery.

Undiluted at 53.4%, it is layered. A gentle vanilla and coconut from the wood, with pear, honey and a fragrant lift. The texture is light and rounded, the fruit lifted by honey. A warming, fruity finish lingers. This is the hand built malt of Drumguish.