Cask Number: 800320

Age: 14 years

ABV: 52.0%

Cask Type: Bourbon Barrel Hogshead

Bottles: 303

Bottle Size: 700ml

Natural color, non-chill filtered.

About the Fettercairn Distillery

To the seasoned whisky drinker, Fettercairn is synonymous with the unicorn, the elegant mythical animal gracing its bottles and merchandise. We like to think of this independent bottling of Fettercairn from Creetown Distillers as a bit of unicorn bottling too, as it isn’t too often indie bottlers can get their hands on the Fettercairn liquid.

The Fettercairn Distillery is an eastern highland distillery located about halfway between the coastal towns of Dundee and Aberdeen at the base of the Cairngorm mountains. Founded in 1824, by local Alexander Ramsay, the Fettercairn Distillery turned hands shortly after its inception when in 1830, it was sold to John Gladstone. Interestingly, Sir John was the father of four-time British prime minister, William Ewart Gladstone. The distillery changed hands several more times over the years and today it is a part of the Whyte & Mackay portfolio. For many years, Fettercairn was primarily used in blends but in 2018, Whyte & Mackay launched a re-brand of the Fettercairn brand, releasing several single malts of various age statements.

What really makes Fettercairn different from other distilleries is its unique still set up. In the 1950’s the distillery decided to do a little experimentation – they tried a bunch of different things but one in particular, an unusual contraption that runs cool water down the outside of the still and cools the copper resonated with the team. That experimentation was such a success, Fettercairn still runs fresh water from the Cairngorms down the side of its stills today. The team claims that the cool mountain water running on the stills gives Fettercairn those fruity tropical notes everyone loves. Can you taste the difference in the whisky? Give this 14 year old single cask bottling from Creetown Distillers and let us know.