{"product_id":"loch-lomond-rhosdhu-8-year-old-2013-smws-single-1st-fill-ex-bourbon-barrel-g15-23-tuck-shop-treats-in-an-old-school-desk-highland-single-grain-scotch-whisky-2024-70cl","title":"Loch Lomond Rhosdhu 8 Year Old 2013 SMWS Single 1st Fill Ex Bourbon Barrel G15.23 Tuck Shop Treats In An Old School Desk Highland Single Grain Scotch Whisky (2024) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLoch Lomond Rhosdhu 8 Year Old 2013 SMWS Single 1st Fill Ex Bourbon Barrel G15.23 Tuck Shop Treats In An Old School Desk Highland Single Grain Scotch Whisky (2024) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 213 bottles produced\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eScotch Malt Whisky Society\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas founded in Edinburgh in 1983 by Phillip 'Pip' Hills who, while travelling around Scotland in the 1970s, fell in love with whiskies drawn straight from the cask. After he expanded his syndicate the Society was purchased by Glenmorangie PLC in 2004. In 2015, the Society was sold back to private investors. In June 2021, the private owners floated the holding company The Artisanal Spirits Company plc on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has a unique code system where the first number refers to the distillery and the second refers to the cask from which the bottle comes. SMWS also offers the largest range of distilleries of any independent bottler. These curiously named drams really do have something for every whisky lover!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe SMWS are one of the Britain's most revered independent bottlers with a worldwide network of partner bars with one mission of getting as much whisky at natural cask strength without water to different nations including USA, Canada, Switzerland, UK, Austria, Germany and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-categories='[\"No Menu Link\/Bottle Archive\"]' class=\"productView bottle js_itemPageProfile flavour-default\"\u003e\n\u003carticle id=\"productView-description\" class=\"productView-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productView-descriptionWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe initial nose had lemon and unripe melon, then some sweetness (marzipan, fudge, jam) and vaguer earthy hints (prosciutto, tobacco, balsamic). Our palates were awakened by zingy, zesty notes of orange, lemongrass and tart grapes before deeper, darker elements appeared – figs, treacle toffee, cigars and leather, with ginger, black pepper and incense to finish. The reduced nose sweetened considerably – brown sugar, crème brûlée, coffee cake and chocolate caramel chews in an old school desk. The palate balanced barley sugars and iced caramels with more aromatic flavours (blood orange, wax candles, perfumed cigarettes, patchouli), while the finish suggested liquorice allsorts, humbugs, chilli chocolate and cigar boxes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Rhosdu out of Loch Lomond\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-content-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"introduction\"\u003eA single malt from the Loch Lomond distillery, with bottlings dating from the 1960s until its discontinuation in 2000. ‘Rhosdhu’ is also an internal name for a single grain spirit produced at the plant using 100% barley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pagenav js-fixed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSingle malt Old Rhosdhu was last made at the versatile Loch Lomond distillery around 2000, but bottles dating back as far as the 1960s still turn up occasionally at auction. Distillery bottlings have included NAS and five-year-old expressions, while independent bottlings have been released in a variety of age statements and vintages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whisky itself exuded fruity and floral characteristics, a testament to Loch Lomond’s distillery set-up that tends toward maximising reflux.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe name Rhosdhu is today used internally by the distillery’s owner to classify one of its many spirit types: an unusual single grain produced by distilling 100% malted barley in a continuous still. The resulting whisky is bottled as Loch Lomond Single Grain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Loch Lomond distillery at Alexandria in Dunbartonshire has been one of the most flexible and versatile in the Scotch whisky industry for more than 50 years, accumulating a confusing array of pot, column and hybrid stills over that period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOld Rhosdhu was first produced soon after the distillery opened in 1966, and until 2000 the name referred to a single malt style produced at the plant, with bottles from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s still turning up at auction from time to time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2007, a continuous still was installed in Loch Lomond’s malt distillery – separate to its by-now operational on-site grain plant – in which a spirit made from 100% malted barley was produced. Despite the raw materials used, the Scotch Whisky Association ruled that this had to be classified as a single grain, rather than single malt, whisky. While the internal name used for this spirit type is Rhosdhu, it’s better known on the market as Loch Lomond Single Grain. There are no current plans for commercial releases under the Rhosdhu name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e60.6% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rhosdhu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54974600380741,"sku":"LOLORH8SMWSG15.23","price":99.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/LochLomondRhosdhu8YearOld2013SMWSSingle1stFillExBourbonBarrelG15.23TuckShopTreatsInAnOldSchoolDeskHighlandSingleGrainScotchWhisky_2024_70cl.jpg?v=1750377305","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/loch-lomond-rhosdhu-8-year-old-2013-smws-single-1st-fill-ex-bourbon-barrel-g15-23-tuck-shop-treats-in-an-old-school-desk-highland-single-grain-scotch-whisky-2024-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}