Rock Oyster Small Batch Release Sherry Edition (70cl, 46.8%)

Rock Oyster Small Batch Release Sherry Edition is a whisky. Bottled at 46.8% ABV, 70cl. Having been in specialist and craft Scotch Whisky production for generations, Douglas Laing originally exported blends, but now carries the family name down the line by focusing on bottling exceptional single malts and grains as part of their Old Particular, Provenance and XOP ranges. They also enjoy huge success with their “Remarkable Regional Malts” range; a series of creatively named vatted malts, designed to epitomise the characteristics of Scotland’s whisky regions. Prise open a rock oyster and you’d be lucky indeed to find a pearl. The real treasure though is the hidden, tasty delicacy inside, rich with the flavours of the sea. Bottled traditionally without colouring or chill-filtration, this Small Batch bottling has a truly maritime and oceanic character of sea-salt, sweet peat, smoke, honey and pepper. Containing the finest Malt Whiskies from Scotland’s Whisky islands, including those distilled on Islay, Arran, Orkney and Jura. Despite the evoking imagery, Douglas Laing decided to change the name of the range to ‘Rock Island’ in 2019 as feedback showed people thought of oysters as a controversial food. For this release, all the components of the blend have been matured in Sherry cask.