It’s weekend, so let’s take a break from writing about our Islay trip and post a picture that’s been lying on the shelf for a while now.

It’s the Craigellachie 8yo, finished on a red wine barrel, bottled by Douglas of Drumlanrig. We love Craigellachie and we love indie bottlers. Those two make a great combination. Be sure to also check out Sherwood’s 9yo Craigellachie bottling, which we’ll review soon.

This particular whisky is quite untamed. It has some nice rough edges and it doesn’t need to be polished. It’s what makes this a great dram.

The flavours are bouncing around in your mouth, the unpolished character suits this whisky very well. But we have to be fair, it is a little difficult sometimes to taste everything that wel. Our scores for this whisky are fluctuating between 84 and 90. We discovered that it’s best when savored after a nice peated malt. Very interesting, what’s your ‘have-to-find-the-right-moment-whisky’?