Sons of Scotland – 2013 – Stoneywood

The sons of Scotland is a new series of whisky bottling done by the Sterling distillery. Founded by husband and wife duo Cameron and June McCann in the city of Sterling for the production of Gin, Sterling distillery has now started bottling whisky with the intent to distill whisky by 2024. The Sons of Scotland series is their first bottling attempt and features a range of whiskies collected from four different whisky making regions of Scotland, The Lowlands, Highlands, Islands, and Speyside, And named after historical Stirlingshire distilleries. Representing the Islands is the Stoneywood. In the late 1700s Stoneywood consisted of a farm and mansion house with the distillery somewhere close to the River Carron on the estate, all these are long gone and Stoneywood housing estate is the only remanence in name alone nearby in Denny. The aroma of a juicy fruit cake and molasses greets your nose but on the palate dark chocolate comes out and a dribble of caramel lingering and morphs to a spicy finish. Only 299 bottles of this special nectar.