Arran 10 yo 2007 ‘James MacTaggart’ (54,2%, OB ‘Master of Distilling’ 2017, first-fill bourbon, 12.000 btl.)

Strathisla 40 yo 1977 (48,5%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Book of Kells’ for The Whisky Exchange 2017, refill American oak hogshead #387, 191 btl.)

What is a sherry cask? Nowadays mostly a fairly new cask that tailor-made for the whisky industry. It is seasoned with very young sherry that is quite different from the sherry that is bottled. The production of sherry casks and the production of sherry are less related industries than you would think…