Strathclyde 16 year oldA lovely aged grain from Strathclyde distillery. This has all of the sweetness and vanilla you would expect from a 16 year old single grain scotch whisky. nose: Aniseed. Creamy. Hint of fennel. Sweet mint. Vanilla pod. palate: Rich vanilla with crme brulee. More aniseed, slightly herbal. finish: Custard, creamy finish. Lots of vanilla, raisins and icing sugar. 70cl 50% Age: 16 years old Cask Type: PX sherry barrique Distilled: 23 08 2007

but it was so good that Claxton's chose to bottle it straight away

Malty – barley sugar

Originally bottled for the Stirk Brothers shop in Thornhill

Dark chocolate covered raisins

along with oak smoke

Palate: Shortbread

Pear drops

crème brûlée

Shortbread with spices

Age: 8 years old

Finish: Medium finish

Distilled in 1990