Lowrie's Reserve Blended Scotch Whisky - Thompson Bros. (70cl, 45.7%)

Lowrie's Reserve is a blended Scotch composed in 2023 by Jack Lowrie and Thompson Bros from four components. These are 28-year-old Strathclyde single grain from 1994 matured in a refill bourbon cask, an eleven-year-old Speyside single malt from a bourbon hogshead, a ten-year-old blend from three sherry hogsheads, and a small part that finished in a cask once holding Australian Shiraz and then Edinburgh beer. The name honours W. P. Lowrie, a blender and distillery founder or owner of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is bottled at 45.7%, non-chill-filtered and without added colour, in a 70cl bottle. The nose brings pear drops, white grapes, hops and toffee popcorn, with parsley and hay. On the palate come toffee brittle, almond nougat, strawberry and orange marmalade. The finish is bitter orange, clove oil and ginger with a gentle saltiness.