Glengoyne White Oak

Sherry casks play some role in every other dram in this set, and Glengoyne is another distillery known for using a significant amount of sherry casks as well as bottling at natural colour. Here comes the curve ball, though. Released this year, here’s a Glengoyne that uses no sherry casks whatsoever. White Oak is matured in first-fill bourbon and fresh oak casks with a low level of char. The idea is that the character of their slowly distilled spirit is allowed to shine through, and it’s already won gold medals at the International Spirits Challenge and the San Francisco Spirits Awards.

Founded in 1833, the distillery was purchased by Ian MacLeod in 2003, and famously lies on the Highland line. In fact, while the stills and most of the distillery buildings are in the Highlands (making it a Highland whisky), the maturing casks just over the road are actually sat in the Lowlands!