Dram Mor 11YR Dailuaine Elijah Craig Bourbon Finish Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Dailuaine is one of Speyside’s great hidden engines. Founded by William Mackenzie in 1852 in a hollow beside the River Spey, it grew into one of the region’s largest distilleries, and today nearly all of its big, full-bodied spirit disappears into Diageo’s blends, Johnnie Walker chief among them. Official single malt bottlings are rare, which makes independent single casks like this one the practical way to actually drink Dailuaine as Dailuaine.

Dram Mor took this weighty Speyside malt and finished it in a first fill Elijah Craig bourbon barrel from Heaven Hill in Kentucky, layering charred-oak vanilla and caramel over a naturally rich spirit. Single cask #300972, bottled at a cask strength of 52.9%, non-chill filtered, natural colour, 289 bottles worldwide.