The Creators Collection: Peat Plants III is a sensory journey across Scotland’s West Coast. From Islay’s Atlantic coast to Campbeltown’s historic harbour, this is a deep dive into the realm of peated whisky. This is the stuff that fantasies are made of, from four iconic distilleries that showcase coastal smoke in all its forms – including the Society’s last remaining cask from distillery 27.
These four whiskies offer a remarkable diversity of flavour from maturation in four different cask types: refill bourbon, first fill American oak oloroso, first fill Spanish oak oloroso and an STR oloroso-seasoned barrique.
These Elgin Marvels may come from the same town, but they tell two vastly different sides of the whisky creation story. At 33 and 37 years old, they are both graceful elder statesmen of Elgin, and are united not only by lengthy maturation but by their intense fruitiness.
But it’s in their maturation journeys that our Marvels have taken entirely different paths to what they have developed into today.
For The New Wave, we’ve brought together five of Scotland’s most exciting modern producers – each with its own sense of place and character.
The result is a collection that’s not just about what Scotch whisky is, it’s about where it’s going. We love these whiskies and we’re very excited by the future that each of this next generation of distilleries offer to our members.
For this latest Creators Collection, we have turned to Australia, where casks once holding fortified chardonnay, tawny and muscat bring new layers of flavour.
Fortified: Adventures in Australian wine casks is a celebration of flavour exploration, taking whisky to new levels of complexity and brilliance – the ultimate flight in sweet wine casks from Down Under.