This year’s festival is nearby here are the official distillery bottling for the 2024 fest!
Lagavulin – Open day on Saturday 25th May 2024
Lagavulin 10 Year Old Fèis Ìle 2024 (56.7%, £175, 1800 bottles)
Has a higher peat level than the distillery’s usual offering and has been matured in refill, heavily charred and first fill ex-Bourbon American oak hogshead casks.
Lagavulin Skies of Fèis Ìle (£2,500, 250 bottles)
first filled in ex-bodega Sherry in May 1995, and matured for around two decades before being filled in a heavily charred barrel of American oak treated with Amoroso for the final eight years of maturation.
Bruichladdich – Open day on Sunday 26th May 2024
Bruichladdich ROCK’NDAAL 03.1 10 Year Old (50%, £100, 3000 bottles)
The spirit began its maturation life in bourbon casks. From 2017-2023, the spirit was recasked into a specific combination of Sauternes casks (12.5%), Austrian dessert wine casks (12.5%) and ex-brandy casks from Fernando de Castilla, Spain, which previously held Pedro Ximénez Sherry (75%). The spirit was then married in ex-bourbon casks before bottling.
Bruichladdich ROCK’NDAAL 03.1 10 Year Old (50%, £100, 3000 bottles)
Matured in a combination of bourbon casks (70%) and first fill Sauternes casks (30%).
Port Charlotte ROCK’NDAAL 03.2 20 Year Old (54%, £225, 1500 bottles)
Caol Ila – Open day on Monday 27th May 2024
Caol Ila 13 Year Old Fèis Ìle 2024 (54.5%, £185, 1404 bottles)
Finished for 3 months in ex-ruby Port French oak casks, sourced from the Douro Valley in Portugal
Laphroaig Cairdeas 2024 10 Year Old Casks Favorites (52.4%)
The Laphroaig Cairdeas 2024 is an ode to two well-loved releases of previous Cairdeas releases: Triple Wood and PX.This 10 Year Old is aged in ex-bourbon and quarter casks before being finished in PX casks.
Port Ellen – Open day on Tuesday 28th May 2024
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Bowmore – Open day on Wednesday 29th May 2024
Bowmore 19 Year Old Feis Ile 2024 (54.8%, £200, 3500 bottles)
A 19-year-old single malt specially selected for Feis Ile 2024. Double matured in Virgin American Oak Barrels, an array of sweet and creamy notes give way to a caramelized taste and a distinctive smoky finish.
Bowmore 2016 – THE ART OF MALTING EXPERIENCE Handfill
This expression costs £200. This whisky is 100% Bowmore floor malted in Ex-Bourbon cask.
Ardnahoe – Open day on Wednesday 29th May 2024
Ardnahoe Feis Ile 2024
Ardnahoe are releasing their first official bottling on 10th May 2024 . highly interesting!
Kilchoman – Open day on Thursday 30th May 2024
Kilchoman 100% Islay Casks Feis Ile 2024 (53%, £110, ~480 bottles
The Fèis Ìle 2024 release is a vatting of two fresh bourbon barrels, distilled in 2011. This single farm single malt was produced from barley grown and malted at Kilchoman, before being dried in our kiln. Significantly, this batch of malt was not dried with peat, and the Fèis Ìle 2024 release is one of the few from Kilchoman to be unpeated
Bunnahabhain – Open day on Friday 31st May 2024
Bunnahabhain Fèis Ìle 2024: 14 Year Old Ruby Port Finish (58.7%, £120/€128)
This whisky has started its life in bourbon casks in 26/05/2009 and was transferred to Ruby Port Hogsheads on 17/11/2000 and bottled in 2024 (so finished for 3 years)
Fèis Ìle 2024: 19 Year Old Mòine Madeira Cask Finish (51.2%, £199)
12 year maturation in Bourbon casks followed by a 7 year finish in Madeira hogshead
Bunnahabhain 23 Year Old Triple Sherry Wood Finish (53.3%, £400/€440, 4002 bottles)
The spirit was distilled in 1999 and then transferred to a trio of sherry casks: Amontillado casks on 04/11/2009, Oloroso casks on 20/06/2011 and Manzanilla casks on 12/09/2016. Finally bottled in 2023. Expertly blended by Master Blender Julieann Fernandez. The result is a burst of sherry with notes of creamy fudge, vanilla and a hint of tobacco.
Bunnahabhain Day 2024 27 Moscatel Finish Single Cask (46.6%, £695, 264 bottles)
Available by booking and collecting it in the distillery during Bunnahabhain day in the festival.
Each bottle includes a complimentary 3cl tasting sample
Ardbeg – Open day on Saturday 1st June 2024
Ardbeg Spectacular (46%, £110)
Introducing Ardbeg Spectacular! – a Distillery first! A rare spirit matured in the finest port wine casks and classic ex-bourbon, this whisky binds together smoky peat with devilish sweet. Brave a sip and experience the flabbergasting flavors in this inimitable Ardbeg.
Matured in highly sought-after port wine casks and classic ex-bourbon barrels, Ardbeg Spectacular is a whisky with a BIG mouthfeel. Step into a world of bizarre and complex flavors and delight in a peaty performance on the palate.
In Ardbeg Spectacular, smoky pear crumble and cooling menthol twist into notes of incense candles, performed lavender and antique leather. A curiosity sure to shock the world of distilling, this dram reveals itself for one day only – Ardbeg Day