Arran – 12 Year Old Master of Distilling II (70cl, 51.8%)

Arran – 12 Year Old Master of Distilling II is a whisky from Arran (Islands). Aged 12 years, bottled at 51.8% ABV, 70cl. Situated in the Firth of Clyde, the island of Arran was once a hotbed of illicit distillation and smuggling. Eventually though the dreaded excise men got the best of Arran’s renegade stillmen, and the island was without a working distillery from 1837. That all changed in 1995 when the Arran distillery at Lochranza started production. Although it is a relative youngster, Arran’s investment in quality casks has paid dividends, and its popularity continues to soar like the Golden Eagles that nest nearby. This quick success, combined with high visitor numbers at the Lochranza distillery, have enabled the company to construct another distillery at Lagg, on the south of the island, that will focus on creating peated whisky. This 12 Year Old has been bottled to honour to master distiller at the Arran distillery James MacTaggart. The whisky itself was matured in Palo Cortado Sherry casks which were handpicked by James MacTaggert himself.