Knockdhu
Infrequent Flyers - Batch 19
- 57
- 70cl
- Taste: 3
- Speyside
This bottling is of Knockdhu is from the Infrequent Flyers range from The Alistair Walker Whisky Company, based in Falkirk, Central Scotland. With nearly 20 years of experience in the Scotch whisky industry, Alistair Walker made the decision to forge his own path as an independent bottler, establishing the company in 2018. Independent bottlers, also known as merchant bottlers, source whiskies from various distilleries across Scotland (and beyond), bottling the...
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This bottling is of Knockdhu is from the Infrequent Flyers range from The Alistair Walker Whisky Company, based in Falkirk, Central Scotland. With nearly 20 years of experience in the Scotch whisky industry, Alistair Walker made the decision to forge his own path as an independent bottler, establishing the company in 2018.
Independent bottlers, also known as merchant bottlers, source whiskies from various distilleries across Scotland (and beyond), bottling the casks when they are ready. The company has no affiliation with any specific distillery, allowing them to freely source casks from a wide range of distilleries. This enables them to offer a diverse portfolio of whisky bottlings.
The ‘Infrequent Flyers’ range is a series of single cask bottlings of Scotch whiskies, sourced from distilleries throughout Scotland. A reference to the nature of many of the casks chosen, 'Infrequent Flyers' are often whiskies from lesser-known distilleries. These bottlings are of excellent quality but rarely or inconsistently available. Predominantly single malts and bottled in their most authentic form.
This bottling has been distilled at Knockdhu Distillery, in the Speyside region. Distilled in 2012, and bottled at 13 years old. Matured in a Ruby Port Hogshead, this is a single cask run of 324 bottles, from cask number 800068.
Apart of Alistair Walker Whisky Co. Batch 19 - Release No. 174
Official Tasting Notes
Colour - Bright rose gold.
Nose - A burst of fruit - peaches and clementines, plus raspberry ripple ice cream, with a subtle herbal undertone (worm tubs at play?).
Taste - Sweet and tangy. Apricots, Demerara sugar, marmalade and blood orange, with a faint spicy note towards the end.
Independent bottlers, also known as merchant bottlers, source whiskies from various distilleries across Scotland (and beyond), bottling the casks when they are ready. The company has no affiliation with any specific distillery, allowing them to freely source casks from a wide range of distilleries. This enables them to offer a diverse portfolio of whisky bottlings.
The ‘Infrequent Flyers’ range is a series of single cask bottlings of Scotch whiskies, sourced from distilleries throughout Scotland. A reference to the nature of many of the casks chosen, 'Infrequent Flyers' are often whiskies from lesser-known distilleries. These bottlings are of excellent quality but rarely or inconsistently available. Predominantly single malts and bottled in their most authentic form.
This bottling has been distilled at Knockdhu Distillery, in the Speyside region. Distilled in 2012, and bottled at 13 years old. Matured in a Ruby Port Hogshead, this is a single cask run of 324 bottles, from cask number 800068.
Apart of Alistair Walker Whisky Co. Batch 19 - Release No. 174
Official Tasting Notes
Colour - Bright rose gold.
Nose - A burst of fruit - peaches and clementines, plus raspberry ripple ice cream, with a subtle herbal undertone (worm tubs at play?).
Taste - Sweet and tangy. Apricots, Demerara sugar, marmalade and blood orange, with a faint spicy note towards the end.
Tasting Rating Guide
1: Light, good for beginners - an aperitif on a summers day, i.e. Glengoyne, Auchentoshan
2: Also good for beginners but with more depth and body - a little stronger than 1, ie. Glenmorangie, Speyburn
3: A dram for everyone, a little more complex so the palate requires a little more experience, i.e. Cragganmore, Macallan
4: A stronger spirit, a big whisky with lots of character and body, excellent after dinner, i.e. Lagavulin, Laphroaig