Sons of Scotland – 2012 – Cashly (70cl, 46%)

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. The Highland representation is the Cashly distillery founded in the 19th century by George Drew somewhere southeast of Buchlyvie, Stirlingshire on the Cashly burn. This whisky has the scents of apple and gooseberry with a slight eucalyptus after notes, The palate takes you by surprise with white pepper but keeps the apples in a sweet stew with the tanginess of the apple on the medium finish. With 401 bottles on this unique release.