{"product_id":"arran-13-year-old-small-batch-cask-strength-island-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2023-70cl","title":"Arran 13 Year Old Small Batch Cask Strength Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2023) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eArran 13 Year Old Small Batch Cask Strength Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2023) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"w-full mt-6 leading-relaxed product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prose max-w-full\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected and bottled exclusively for the UK, this small batch Single Malt from Arran is non-chill filtered and natural in colour. Maturing for 13 years in port cask wood has balanced the punchy character of the spirit with notes of soft summer fruits and a toasted oakiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNose: Raisins, molasses, toffee apples, caramel, and a hint of vanilla.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePalate: Full-bodied with a rich mouthfeel; notes of honey, citrus, apple, prickly ginger, cinnamon, and dark berries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinish: Long and smooth with lingering sweetness and ginger spice\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout Arran\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce buzzing with over 50 whisky distilleries, until recently the island of Arran was home to only one, which claims its water, sourced from Loch Na Davie, is the purest in Scotland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an island whisky, it might be thought that Arran would always have been peaty. Instead, it started life as a non-smoky ‘Highland-style' malt. Like any new build distillery, the equipment is in an easily managed single tier space with small semi-lauter mashtun, wooden washbacks and two pairs of small stills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe character shows light cereal crunchiness behind a distinctly citric note. Arran has also shown that this distillate, allied to a quality-focused wood policy, has given single malt that is capable of extended ageing. These days, peated malt is also being run.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough the Arran distillery is relatively new (production started in 1995), the island in the Firth of Clyde has a long history of whisky-making. A fertile place, the farmers in the south of the island had plenty of raw materials to work with, and when home distillation and small stills were effectively banned in the late 18th century, they simply went underground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter all, demand for smuggled whisky was on the rise and Arran had excellent links to Glasgow. There is some evidence that molasses was also distilled here. When the law changed, a legal distillery ran at Lagg from 1825, but it closed in 1837 and Arran’s distilling heritage was seemingly lost forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll that changed in 1995 when a consortium, headed by former Chivas Bros MD Harold Currie chose a site at Lochranza in the north of the island. The decision to move to a part of Arran that was previously unknown for whisky was a result of two facts: a good water supply and potential for tourism. Today, in excess of 60,000 people visit the distillery every year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurther cash was made by selling casks of whisky to private individuals, but the scheme was halted when it was discovered that, though the money raised was useful in creating initial cashflow, it resulted in the distillery not owning a significant percentage of its own stock – a problem when trying to build a brand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBottling started with a limited edition three-year-old in 1998 and the range has continued to expand, although today there are fewer ‘finished’ variants than in the past. A peated expression, ‘Machrie Moor’, has also been introduced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2017 an expansion of the distillery was completed with the installation of an additional wash and spirit still, more than doubling Arran’s capacity to 1.2m litres per year. To accommodate the growing number of visitors to the distillery, Arran added a second tasting room to its visitor centre, and built an adjacent facility with meeting room, tasting bar and blending room named Rowan House.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParent company Isle of Arran Distillers opened a second distillery,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/scotchwhisky.com\/whiskypedia\/14342\/lagg\/#\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLagg\u003c\/a\u003e, in the south of the island in 2019, then revamped the Arran range with clean, modern packaging plus the introduction of new core expressions Barrel Reserve and The Bodega – as the name suggests, a Sherry cask-matured whisky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e53.2% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arran","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56991450988869,"sku":"ARR13SMALLBATCH23","price":105.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/Arran13YearOldSmallBatchCaskStrengthIslandSingleMaltScotchWhisky_2023_70cl.jpg?v=1769470522","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/arran-13-year-old-small-batch-cask-strength-island-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2023-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}