You are holding the last freshly printed Outturn for 2024 in your hands and I hope you enjoy browsing through it.
In the Winter Wonders series, after the Halloween bottling, we present those for Christmas 115.33: Nostalgic notions and for New Year 39.307: A spicy soother. The series will conclude in January with the one for the Robert Burns suppers.
With the “Creators Collection”, the Society presents a new, ongoing, constantly changing series of bottlings. They range from duos, trios to quartets and each time have two things in common: an interesting angle on our whisky creation on something that connects these whiskies – and a fascinating flavour story.
It starts with a trio under the title “Peat” – need I say more? There are three whiskies, distilled in 1991, 1997 and 1998, which of course have peat in common. Two from the island of Islay and one from the Highlands.
Personally, I was taken with a bottling from a distillery that we have rarely seen recently: 8.46: Sweet strawberry syrup with a lemon tang. The distillery from Speyside is generally known for its luscious sherry cask bottlings. However, this one shows the wonderful distillery character from a 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel.
I sincerely wish you a peaceful Advent season followed by a few relaxing Christmas days with your loved ones. And then a brilliant start to 2025!
Thank you for your loyalty to the Society – I never take this for granted.
Sincerely, Patric Lutz