Elements of Islay

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  Elements of Islay Bourbon Cask Blended Islay Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 54,5%

  Item no.: 22227865480-67093-0031

  The label looks like something lifted from an old pharmacy, and that is deliberate. Elixir Distillers built the whole range around the idea of Islay as an element you could extract and bottle in its pure form.

  The expert description

  Elements of Islay Bourbon Cask is a Blended Islay Malt Scotch Whisky matured in 1st fill and refill bourbon barrels and bottled at 54.5%.

  The range began in 2008 with small apothecary bottles and a code in place of a distillery name. Bourbon Cask is one of the core releases and brings together malt from several Islay distilleries, where the heavy barbecue smoke of the south coast meets the lighter, zestier style of the north. Elixir Distillers does not disclose which distilleries are involved.

  The bourbon wood was chosen because it lets the smoke stand clearly in front. Where a sherry cask would lay dark fruit over the top, American oak contributes vanilla and coconut that push the peat forward instead of covering it. The whisky is neither chill filtered nor coloured, and the 54.5% was chosen to give it full weight.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Sugar and vanilla pod first, then tropical fruit, mango and pineapple, and behind it a thin ribbon of chimney smoke drifting in and out.

  Palate

  Cappuccino dusted with cocoa, warm vanilla brioche and fruit poached in maple syrup, while a peat fire builds underneath it all.

  Finish

  Long and sooty with salt, lemon peel and a dry ash note that stays well after the sweetness has gone.

  Specifications

  Name: Elements of Islay Bourbon Cask
  Distillery: Elixir Distillers
  Region/Country: Islay Scotland
  Type: Blended Islay Malt Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 54.5%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: 1st fill and refill bourbon barrels
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Edition: Elements of Islay
  EAN no.: 5060880920435

  Flavour profile

  Smoky · Maritime · Fruity · Vanilla · Cask Strength

  Did you know?

  Elixir Distillers was founded by brothers Sukhinder and Rajbir Singh, the pair behind The Whisky Exchange. They are now building on Islay themselves with the Portintruan distillery, so a range that started by bottling other people’s whisky will end up with its own.

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    100,50EUR
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  Elements of Islay Campfire Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 54.5%

  Item no.: 056633-3352

  A fire on the beach, marshmallows on a stick and two chocolate biscuits to press them between. Elixir Distillers has carried the American s’mores tradition over to Islay and built a festival whisky on top of it.

  The expert description

  Elements of Islay Campfire Feis Ile 2025 is an Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky matured in sherry casks, bourbon casks and toasted new oak and bottled at 54.5%.

  The bottle was made for Fèis Ìle 2025, the annual whisky and music festival on Islay, and holds whisky from three different Islay distilleries. Which three is not revealed. The flavour target, by contrast, is entirely specific: the whole release is built to land on s’mores, with smoke, burnt sugar and chocolate arriving in the same mouthful.

  To get there, Elixir Distillers worked with three types of wood. Pedro Ximenez and oloroso sherry casks deliver the dark sweetness, 1st fill bourbon casks give vanilla and body, and toasted new oak contributes the burnt, almost caramelised edge. The whisky is neither chill filtered nor coloured.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Pronounced smoke straight away, then ginger, dark chocolate, burnt caramel and candied orange.

  Palate

  Intense and powerful. The notes from the nose return, but tighter and sweeter, with toasted marshmallow, sooty chocolate and a rich, almost syrupy texture.

  Finish

  Very long. The smoke lingers alongside dried orange and a warm, peppery note from the toasted oak.

  Specifications

  Name: Elements of Islay Campfire Feis Ile 2025
  Distillery: Elixir Distillers
  Region/Country: Islay Scotland
  Type: Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 54.5%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Pedro Ximenez and oloroso sherry casks 1st fill bourbon casks and toasted new oak
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Edition: Feis Ile 2025

  Flavour profile

  Smoky · Sherry matured · Sweet · Chocolate · Cask Strength

  Investment potential

  Medium. Fèis Ìle bottlings are made in one run for one week of the year and are never reissued. Elements of Islay also carries an international collector following, and the festival editions have historically been among the first to leave the shelves.

  Did you know?

  Fèis Ìle started in 1986 as a modest local celebration of Gaelic language and music. Today several thousand people travel to an island of roughly 3,000 residents during festival week, and every distillery has its own day in the programme.

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    113,75EUR
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  Elements of Islay Cask Edit Giftbox Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 46%

  Item no.: 0597555663-441

  Islay smoke wrapped up in something you can hand over. The same whisky as the standard Cask Edit, but delivered in a box with a metal hip flask, which makes it a gift with something to drink and something to keep.

  The expert description

  Elements of Islay Cask Edit is an Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky matured in bourbon and sherry casks and bottled at 46%.

  This version is sold in a gift box together with a metal hip flask. The whisky in the bottle is identical to the standard release, so you get no more and no less in the glass, but the packaging is what makes the difference when the bottle is being given away.

  Cask Edit is the most approachable bottling in the range. Elixir Distillers has assembled it from smoky Islay malts matured in both bourbon and sherry casks, and the result is a clean, salted coastal smoke rounded off by sweetness, vanilla and fruit from the wood. It is bottled without chill filtration and without added colour.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Soft peat smoke and sea spray, a light mineral edge, and vanilla, citrus and pale fruit behind it.

  Palate

  Well balanced. Smoke and ash meet caramel, candied fruit and malt, with a discreet sherry sweetness as counterweight.

  Finish

  Medium length with smoke, oak and a mild spiced warmth.

  Specifications

  Name: Elements of Islay Cask Edit
  Distillery: Elixir Distillers
  Region/Country: Islay Scotland
  Type: Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 46%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Bourbon and sherry casks
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Edition: Gift box with metal hip flask
  EAN no.: 5060880924945

  Flavour profile

  Smoky · Maritime · Fruity · Sherry matured · Soft

  Did you know?

  A hip flask should be rinsed with warm water and dried completely before it is put away. Leave whisky sitting in it for weeks and the metal picks up flavour, so the next time you fill it the contents taste of the previous trip.

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    67,00EUR
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  Elements of Islay Cask Edit Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 46%

  Item no.: 059763-615-530

  Some smoky whiskies demand that you take a position immediately. Cask Edit is not one of them. It beds the smoke down in something soft and lets you decide how far into it you want to go.

  The expert description

  Elements of Islay Cask Edit is an Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky matured in bourbon and sherry casks and bottled at 46%.

  Where the rest of the range splits by cask type, bourbon on one side and sherry on the other, Cask Edit is where the two meet. Elixir Distillers has built it from smoky malts drawn from several Islay distilleries and let both American oak and sherry wood leave their mark. The bourbon casks give vanilla and body, the sherry casks sweetness and dark fruit, and the smoke runs through all of it without taking charge.

  The result is the most approachable release in the range and a sensible place to begin if Islay is still unfamiliar ground. The 46% is chosen so the whisky has enough body to take a drop of water, and it is neither chill filtered nor coloured.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Soft peat smoke and sea spray, a light mineral edge, and vanilla, citrus and pale fruit behind it.

  Palate

  Well balanced. Smoke and ash meet caramel, candied fruit and malt, with a discreet sherry sweetness as counterweight.

  Finish

  Medium length with smoke, oak and a mild spiced warmth.

  Specifications

  Name: Elements of Islay Cask Edit
  Distillery: Elixir Distillers
  Region/Country: Islay Scotland
  Type: Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 46%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Bourbon and sherry casks
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Edition: Elements of Islay
  EAN no.: 5060880920411

  Flavour profile

  Smoky · Maritime · Fruity · Sherry matured · Soft

  Did you know?

  Elements of Islay took its name and its design from the periodic table, giving each bottling a letter code instead of a distillery name. The idea was that you should judge the whisky on what was inside rather than on the label, and the code was only just difficult enough that most people could crack it.

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    60,25EUR
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  Elements of Islay Sherry Cask Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 54.5%

  Item no.: 059763-615-529

  Peat smoke and oloroso are not an obvious pair. One wants to fill your mouth with ash and salt, the other with dried fruit and syrup. Elixir Distillers put them in the same bottle and let them work it out.

  The expert description

  Elements of Islay Sherry Cask is an Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky matured in 1st fill and refill sherry butts and hogsheads and bottled at 54.5%.

  The range divides Islay by cask type, and this is the dark end. Where Bourbon Cask leaves the smoke standing free with vanilla underneath, the sherry wood here lays down a layer of figs, dates and dark chocolate that the smoke then has to climb through. The result carries more weight and more spice than anything else in the range.

  The malt comes from several Islay distilleries and which ones is not disclosed. The 54.5% is chosen to hold both the smoke and the sherry together, and the whisky is neither chill filtered nor coloured.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Tobacco lingering in an emptied sandalwood cigar box, smoked fish, and above it lemon oil, fresh ginger root and a hint of menthol.

  Palate

  Smoky, phenolic and slightly medicinal. Figs and dates arrive first as the smoke builds, with honey, orange marmalade and citrus underneath as counterweight. Further in: dark chocolate around candied orange, crystallised stem ginger and muscovado syrup over a sticky ginger cake.

  Finish

  Long, with a gentle smoke that lingers alongside dried autumn fruit.

  Specifications

  Name: Elements of Islay Sherry Cask
  Distillery: Elixir Distillers
  Region/Country: Islay Scotland
  Type: Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 54.5%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: 1st fill and refill sherry butts and hogsheads
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Edition: Elements of Islay
  EAN no.: 5060880920459

  Flavour profile

  Smoky · Sherry matured · Spiced · Maritime · Cask Strength

  Did you know?

  A sherry butt holds around 500 litres, making it nearly twice the size of a hogshead. The larger the cask, the less wood each litre of whisky meets, which is why a butt can mature for longer before the whisky turns dry and the oak takes over.

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  • 1pcs.
    100,50EUR