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Creetown – Caol Ila 15 Year Old 

Single Cask | Bourbon Barrel | Cask Strength

A beautifully mature 15-year-old Caol Ila bottled by Creetown Distillers at its natural cask strength of 56.0% ABV. Fully matured in a single bourbon barrel for fifteen years, this cask preserves everything whisky lovers cherish about Caol Ila’s unmistakable distillate: elegant coastal peat, oily texture, bright fruit, and maritime character. Rather than masking the spirit, careful maturation in quality bourbon oak allows the distillery character to remain front and center, gaining depth and refinement with age.

Whisky Details

Distillery	Caol Ila
Region	Islay
Bottler	Creetown Distillers
Age	15 Years Old
Cask Type	Bourbon Barrel
Cask Number	#321702A
ABV	56.0% (Cask Strength)
Bottle Size	700ml
Outturn	220 Bottles

Tasting Notes

Nose
Soft and inviting with gentle peat smoke, sea breeze, and subtle orchard fruit sweetness.

Palate
Oily and vibrant, revealing layers of ripe fruit, warming vanilla, soft coastal salinity, and elegant Islay peat.

Finish
Long and balanced with lingering smoke, soft spice, and a delicate maritime freshness.

Additional Information

✓ Natural Color
✓ Non-Chill Filtered
✓ Single Cask Bottling
✓ Bottled at Natural Cask Strength

Why We Like It

           Not every Caol Ila needs a wine finish or heavy cask influence to shine. When the                   distillate is this good, quality bourbon oak simply enhances what makes the spirit so               beloved in the first place. This cask lets Caol Ila speak clearly and confidently: soft                   peat smoke, oily texture, bright fruit, and classic coastal character elevated by fifteen             years of patient maturation.

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About the Caol Ila Distillery

Located on the most famous island in the whisky world, Caol Ila Distillery, is hidden from view of both the winding narrow road leading to it and the nearby Port Askaig ferry. Rising from the rocky waters, one see’s the iconic black lettering of Caol Ila on the huge white washed warehouses. In sharp contract to the traditional warehouse buildings, is the huge glass front stillhouse, with its magnificent views across the sound to the Paps of Jura.

Although Caol Ila, is currently the largest of the Islay distilleries it sometimes feels forgotten. There’s not a ton of flashy advertising or promotion of the brand from Diageo, who still relies heavily on Caol Ila production for its Johnnie Walker blends.

Islay, in general is a majestic and heartwarming place, but to Caol Ila fanatics it feels like home.  And home it is indeed to the generations of Islay families who have been instrumental to all aspects of the whisky’s production, including the legandary Stitchell family whose contributions graced Caol Ila for four generations.

The distillery has a tremendous cult following and quite frankly it’s deserved. While there are some single malt Caol Ila releases from Diageo, the majority of single malts from Caol Ila are released by independent bottlers.

Caol Ila single malts are known for their light peat flavor, complemented by notes of flora and pepper. The distillate is not nearly as peat intense as its neighbors on the south end of Islay and that’s exactly what Caol Ila fanatics love.