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Distillerie Tessendier, founded in 1880, is a celebrated Cognac producer. Today it’s run by brothers Jérôme & Lilian Tessendier (master blender & cellar master respectively), who’ve also been distilling whisky since 2019 in tribute to their whisky-loving mother. Given Cognac has to be distilled between around Nov and the end of Mar, it’s a great use of the stills in between! Made with traceable two-row spring barley from northern France, mashing and fermentation take place in Jarnac, before distillation in the family’s traditional Charentais copper stills (worth googling if you can’t picture these - quite different to normal whisky stills), and maturation in classic Cognac cellars close to the banks of the Charente river.

‘Original’ is their flagship malt, aged for over 3 years in new American oak and bourbon barrels. They encourage you to try it with ice, ginger ale, or in cocktails.

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The fact that Master of Malt were named Online Retailer of the Year eight times in a decade at Whisky Magazine’s Icons of Whisky awards may come as no surprise. What you may not know, is that they were also named one of the Independent Bottlers of the Year in 2023 too. (Fittingly, other past accolades include Grain Bottler of the Year at the Independent Bottlers' Challenge.) Awards aren’t everything, but MoM have bottled some great whiskies over the years (and made them available at great prices too).

Just this month, MoM gave their range a bit of a relaunch too with handsome new labels and a bunch of new releases. Selected by (also award-winning) Head of Whisky Sam Simmons, this extraordinarily well aged grain whisky was distilled in Dec 1987 and bottled in Apr 2025. Comfortably the oldest whisky to ever feature in Pour & Sip!

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No, not the classic Bowmore 12 Year Old here, but rather a brand new 12-year-old whisky from their Sherry Oak Collection which only hit the shelves in the last few weeks! Described as a new “boutique range” that will sit alongside the core range, it celebrates European oak sherry casks. This particular release is aged in oloroso sherry and bourbon casks, with an additional oloroso cask finish.

Like Kilchoman, Bowmore have their own floor maltings (a very rare feature today), providing around 25% of their needs. The peat level of all the malt they use is lower than at Kilchoman, however, at 25-30 PPM. Bowmore distillery was founded way back in 1779, making it one of the very oldest distilleries in Scotland and the oldest on Islay.

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With over 20 years in the industry in his own right, Alistair Walker is also the son of Billy Walker (master distiller and owner of GlenAllachie, formerly of Benriach, Glendronach and more). Having previously worked at Burn Stewart and BenRiach Distillery Co., Infrequent Flyers is very much Alistair’s own baby. An independent bottler releasing quality single cask whiskies, often (as the name suggests) from lesser known distilleries. As ‘chief cook and bottle washer’, Alistair selects all the casks and can be particular about what (and when) he buys and bottles. He also recasks some whiskies, leaning on his previous experience.

For example, this whisky was finished in an oloroso sherry puncheon, yielding 653 bottles. Braeval certainly fits the bill for ‘lesser known’. Built in 1973 and mothballed for six years in the early 2000s, it’s rarely seen as a single malt even from indie bottlers.

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Bunnahabhain is usually (proudly, as a point of difference to their neighbours) not peated, but things weren’t always that way. Founded in 1881, the distillery produced the kind of heavily peated whisky Islay is famous for right up until the 1960s when they decided to leave the peat behind.

Starting in the 1990s however (and increasing in the last decade or so), the distillery has got back in touch with its peaty roots on the side! Toiteach a Dhà (pronounced ‘Toch-ach ah-ghaa’) is Gaelic for "Smoky Two", being the follow up to one of their previous smoky releases named simply Toiteach. Matured in bourbon and sherry casks, this second version has a higher proportion of sherry casks. It’s also the first peated Bunnahabhain we’ve featured in Pour & Sip.

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A crystal glass that's simply perfect for getting the most out of all the amazing whiskies Pour & Sip members get to explore and enjoy! Its tapered tulip shape captures and helps direct all the subtle and complex aromas, while its base is both sturdy and easy to hold. The Glencairn tasting glass is the classic choice of whisky lovers for good reason.

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Glenfarclas was founded in 1836, and purchased by the Grant family for £511 and 19 shillings in 1865. It remains independent and family-run to this day, holding a special place in our hearts along with their direct fired stills and slow maturing sherried drams. Located deep in Speyside, they (like Macallan) have historically always called themselves ‘Highland’ instead. (Slightly confusing, but the entirety of Speyside is actually also part of the defined Highland region by law.)

Although we featured a Glenfarclas of this age (and strength) back in 2021, when the opportunity to include this limited edition vatting presented itself we didn’t have to think about it very long. Sherry matured, mid-teen, 46% Glenfarclas has always been a sweet spot in the range, with this bottling marking 15 years of the distillery sponsoring Cheltenham’s famous cross country steeplechase.

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One of Godawan’s limited releases was rated as the top single malt at the 2024 London Spirits Competition, and since then two of their single malts have hit the UK: ‘01 Rich and Round’ (PX finish), and this more unusual ‘02 Fruit and Spice’ matured in bourbon barrels but then finished in cherry wood casks. In Scotland (and America), only oak casks are allowed, but in other countries woods such as cherry offer opportunities for innovation.The north Indian climate plays a big role too, with temperatures often reaching 50°C. This whisky has an average age of 5 years, but those are very intense years!

‘Godawan’ is the popular name for the Great Indian Bustard, a once common bird that’s now critically endangered with numbers as low as 150 in the wild. They’re therefore a rare and special sight, and the brand proudly contributes to their preservation.

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This Islay distillery is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year! One of the earliest of the wave of new distilleries this century, when it was founded in 2005 it was the first new distillery on Islay in over 120 years. They grow their own barley (321.22 tonnes of Diablo and Laurette varieties in 2024) and run their own traditional floor maltings, providing about 30% of their needs prior to the latest expansion plans to add a third pair of stills and additional washbacks. All the malt they use is peated to a hearty 50 PPM (phenol parts per million), but distilled to preserve some lighter floral and citrus notes.

This richer offering is the much anticipated limited edition cask strength version of Sanaig, the name given to their predominantly sherry matured style (either finished or fully matured in American oak oloroso sherry hogsheads from Bodegas José y Miguel Martín).

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Leiper’s Fork is found in the rolling hills of Williamson County, Tennessee, a little south of Nashville. Founded by Lee Kennedy, it’s an independent, family-run operation that’s quietly fuelling a revival. In 2009, Kennedy and others successfully campaigned to overturn laws restricting distillation to just 3 counties in Tennessee, opening the door for a new wave of whiskey-making in a further 41 Tennessee counties!

Since 2016, Leiper’s Fork’s been on a mission to resurrect the small-batch, pot-distilled whiskeys that once flourished in Middle Tennessee before Prohibition. Made the slow way – with a sweet mash rather than sour, and lower barrel entry strengths. This one’s 4-5 years old, made with 70% corn, 15% rye, and 15% malted barley, and as a ‘Tennessee whiskey’ was sugar maple charcoal filtered before aging (they also make bourbon and rye).

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As old as the town it’s named after (or older), John & Hugh Stevenson built a brewery in 1793, with distillation recorded from 1794. The distillery’s current buildings date back to around the 1880/90s though, and after briefly closing in the 1960s, the current stillhouse was built in 1972. Located both by the sea and on a high street, it’s a small distillery with a single pair of stills. It’s also another (along with Talisker) of the small number to use traditional worm tub condensers. Usually this leads to a heavier, meatier spirit, but by running their worm tub warmer at Oban, they prolong copper contact for a lighter result (Glen Elgin and Royal Lochnagar distilleries operate in a similar way).

Here their light, fruity, coastal spirit has been finished in Caribbean pot still rum casks for a Diageo Special Release dubbed ‘The Soul of Calypso’! It’s bottled at natural cask strength.

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Old Perth’s history dates back to 1908, with grocer Peter Thomson’s whisky blends. Up to the ’70s it was known to contain a high proportion of malt whisky, including quality sherried single malt. In 2014 the Morrison family (previously owners of Bowmore, Auchentoshan, and Glen Garioch) brought it back, doubling down on its virtues to reinvent it as a blended malt (100% malt whiskies), and 100% sherry matured.

We’ve featured Old Perth in previous years, but never one like this limited edition. Instead of the more common oloroso or PX, this is a vatting of 11 handpicked manzanilla sherry casks (6 hogsheads and 5 butts). Manzanilla’s essentially a type of fino sherry that must be made around coastal Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Aged under a layer of flor yeast, it’s a dry, slightly salty (think sea spray) style of sherry, but can still be fresh and zesty in character.

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The ninth release in Penderyn’s Icons of Wales series honours the great social reformer and only Welsh Prime Minister of the UK, David Lloyd George. What you may not know, however, is that he quite inadvertently established whisky as the premium spirit we know and love today. The wartime Immature Spirits (Restriction) Act of 1915 legislated for the first time that spirits such as whisky had to be matured in oak casks for a minimum of three years.

Since 2000, it’s been Penderyn who’ve had the biggest Welsh influence in the world of whisky, helping to establish a Welsh single malt Geographical Indication (GI) and expanding to three sites (Brecon Beacons, Llandudno & Swansea). They unusually use Faraday stills (a cross between a pot and column still) to achieve a light spirit, with this one fully matured in Jamaican rum & Ruby Port casks, and non-chill filtered.

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Spring has sprung, and we're getting ready to enjoy five new whiskies from Scotland, Kentucky, and even Bristol. Prepare to discover new grain types, yeast strains, and lesser-spotted cask finishes! 

Ledaig 12 Year Old 2008 Amarone Cask Finish: A peated Ledaig single malt, limited to just 2,753 bottles available either only at the distillery itself or on Master of Malt (which powers Pour & Sip!). The final year of its 12 years of maturation was spent finishing in amarone wine casks, adding a dose of rich, spicy tannins to the sweet, smoky, and distinctly maritime whisky

Dalwhinnie 15 Year Old: One of Diageo’s six ‘Classic Malts’, Dalwhinnie 15 Year Old is a great introduction to the gentle, yet complex whisky from the Highland distillery, known for a honeyed sweetness.

Circumstance Single Grain Estate Whisky: The first core whisky release from the Bristol-based distillery, created from four different types of organic grain (malted barley, unmalted barley, malted rye, and malted wheat), three different brewing yeasts, and matured in three different types of casks (bourbon, new European oak, and oloroso sherry).

Aberfeldy 15 Year Old - Cadillac White Wine Cask Finish: A limited-edition Aberfeldy, finished for six months in Cadillac white wine casks, known for its sweet, aromatic wines for a rich, sweet, fruity whisky here.

Angel's Envy: A fantastic Kentucky bourbon finished in Port casks, with the rich fruit notes of the cask finish working wonders with the sweet, vanilla-forward notes of the bourbon itself.

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We're revisiting some old faves this month (with more sherry in two cases), plus a household name from America whose premium releases you may have overlooked…

High Coast Silent Mills Collection - #2 Sandö: High Coast produces both unpeated and peated spirit. The Silent Mills editions all build on the same peated, bourbon cask matured base as Timmer from their Origin range but introduce other cask types into the mix. For the second release, Sandö, that means 22% of the final whisky has been aged in oloroso sherry casks for added dried fruit tang and roundness. The peat level is around 45 PPM.

Ardnamurchan AD/ Sherry Cask Release: Ardnamurchan also makes both peated (30-35PPM) and unpeated spirit. Both are used in this release, just as they are in the excellent core AD/ release. The difference? The Sherry Cask Release is 100% sherry cask matured. Full maturation in a mix of oloroso and Pedro Ximénez butts. As Chris in our curation team noted recently, “Ardnamurchan is slowly taking over my everyday drinkers shelf at home!”

Glasgow 1770 - The Original: In 2015 whisky distilling returned to the city of Glasgow for the first time in a century. Like others in this set, Glasgow Distillery produce both peated and unpeated spirit. The Original is unpeated. Their fresh and fruity flagship whisky is matured in first-fill bourbon casks, then finished in fresh American oak casks that have had no prior contents. It’s non-chill filtered and natural colour.

Aberlour 12 Year Old Double Cask Matured: A classic Speyside name, Aberlour is known to work well with sherry casks, with maturation here taking place in both bourbon and sherry casks as the name implies. Compared to the 14-year-old, this 12-year-old offers a crisper, more citrussy take from the popular distillery. A little more of the new make’s green apple is on show (alongside trademark leafy blackcurrant character).

Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Select: Jack Daniel’s is world famous. You know most people enjoy ‘JD’ with cola. But let’s be clear: within the slightly more premium offerings is good stuff. Their single barrels are excellent, as are their bottled-in-bond releases. The difference between bourbon and Tennessee whiskey? The Lincoln County Process. Tennessee whiskeys are filtered through maple charcoal prior to ageing for smoothness.

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Five single malts this month, three from Scotland including two of Diageo’s ‘Classic Malts’, and two that have reached for the rum casks!

Talisker Distillers Edition: Talisker’s dates back to 1830, when the isle was the definition of remote. Fortunately since 1995 it’s been linked to the mainland by a bridge making it much easier to visit. Deft use of peat is the name of the game once again, but Talisker’s malt has a lower initial peat level than neighbours Torabhaig (~75% peated malt [20-25 PPM] mixed with 25% unpeated). This excellent Distillers Edition is finished in Amoroso (a rich, sweetened sherry) casks.

Braeval 14 Year Old 2010 (cask 127) - Infrequent Flyers: With over 20 years in the industry, Alistair Walker's also the son of Billy Walker (master distiller and owner of GlenAllachie). Infrequent Flyers is very much Alistair’s own baby. An independent bottler, often (as the name suggests) featuring lesser known distilleries. For example, this Braeval finished in an oloroso sherry puncheon, yielding 653 bottles. Built in 1973 and mothballed for six years in the early 2000s, it’s rarely seen even from indie bottlers!

Oban 11 Year Old (Special Release 2023): John & Hugh Stevenson built a brewery in 1793, with distillation recorded from 1794. Oban's a small distillery, and another (along with Talisker) of the small number to use traditional worm tub condensers. By running it warmer at Oban, they prolong copper contact for a lighter result. Here their light, fruity, coastal spirit has been finished in Caribbean pot still rum casks for a Diageo Special Release dubbed ‘The Soul of Calypso’! It’s bottled at natural cask strength.

Penderyn The Headliner (Icons of Wales): The ninth release in Penderyn’s Icons of Wales series honours the great social reformer and only Welsh Prime Minister of the UK, David Lloyd George. Since 2000 Penderyn have helped establish Welsh single malt, which now has its own Geographical Indication (GI). They unusually use Faraday stills (a cross between a pot and column still) to achieve a light spirit, with this one fully matured in Jamaican rum & Ruby Port casks, and non-chill filtered.

Arlett Single Malt - Original : Distillerie Tessendier, founded in 1880, is a celebrated Cognac producer. Today it’s run by brothers Jérôme & Lilian (master blender & cellar master), who’ve also been distilling whisky since 2019 in tribute to their whisky-loving mother. Made with traceable two-row spring barley and the family’s traditional Charentais copper stills, maturation takes place in classic Cognac cellars close to the banks of the Charente river. They encourage you to try this with ice, ginger ale, or in cocktails.