Wolfburn No. 155 Cask #Batch 4

Wolfburn's Small Batch release No. 155, named for the warehouse and stow the casks came from. A 4 year old, bottled at 46%. Founded in 2013, Wolfburn is a small, hand run distillery at Thurso in Caithness. It is the most northerly distillery on the Scottish mainland, on the North Coast 500 at Thurso.

Distilled slowly on soft Wolf Burn water, giving the clean, fruity coastal spirit. A wine or fortified cask shaped it, the fruit meeting the coastal spirit. At just a few years old it is bright and fresh, the young coastal spirit to the fore. Hand filled and hand bottled, each cask is followed closely from fill to glass. The original Wolfburn, founded in 1821 by William Smith, was once the largest distillery in Caithness before falling silent in the 1860s. The new distillery stands about 350 metres from the old ruins, sharing the Wolf Burn that names them both. It is the most northerly distillery on the Scottish mainland, a stop on the North Coast 500.

At 46% it is soft, fruity and clean. Apple, citrus and a clean malt, and the Port cask adds plum and red berry. The texture is light and fresh, the fruit lifted by a coastal salt. The finish runs light, coastal and crisp. This is Wolfburn's clean, coastal Thurso single malt.