Craigellachie 13 Year Bas-Armagnac Cask Finish

46% ABV

This distillery was founded in 1891 in Speyside, Scotland. They still use ‘worm tubs’ to condense and cool the spirit vapour (from the distillation process) back to a liquid. The worm tub consists of a long copper tube which sits within a tank of cold water housed outside of the still house. The copper pipe snakes back and forth gradually becoming narrower as it continues down condensing the spirit vapour to a liquid where it then cut and collected as ‘new make’ whisky. This process, which is far more expensive to maintain than the more efficient and modern ‘shell and tube’ condensers results in a spirit with a far more distinctive, meaty character due to the reduced vapor contact with copper.

Aged in both ex-Bourbon and Sherry casks and then finished in Bas Armagnac casks for over 1 year. The producer of the Armagnac also utilizes worm tubs in their distillation. Bottled without any added color and without chill filtration. Baked apples, vanilla, leather, butterscotch, with a bright and fresh finish.