Knockando – 12 Years (70cl, 43%)

Knockando 12 Years is a Speyside single malt aged for 12 years, in a 70cl bottle at 43% ABV. Knockando makes its whisky from malted barley, yeast and clear water from the Cardnach spring, which rises in the hills above the distillery. The distillery was built in 1898 by John Thompson on the bank of the River Spey, in the village of the same name. Its name comes from the Gaelic Cnoc-an-dhu, meaning little black hill. W & A Gilbey took it over after it closed in 1899.