Pour & Sip September 2025 Box

Pour & Sip is 5 years old this month! Discover a couple of very different Highlanders, some Islay peat, pre-prohibition style rye, and a honeyed/zesty treat from the Compass Box aces. Plus we've chucked a smart Pour & Sip tumbler in too!

Ardnahoe Bholsa: Founded by top independent bottler Hunter Laing back in 2017, they worked with the legendary Jim McEwan (previously of Bowmore and Bruichladdich) to build the distillery and perfect their craft. Stewart Laing and his sons Andrew & Scott are producing classic peated (40PPM), fruity Islay spirit. This is the second core release. The sherry influence is dialed up, with this non-chill filtered, natural colour single malt matured predominantly in oloroso sherry casks.

Balblair 10 Year Old Single Malt - Living Souls: An independent bottling of Balblair, a ditillery we haven’t featured since 2021. Founded in 1790, long fermentations and small stumpy stills now produce a fruity, meaty spirit. The distillery also features in the Ken Loach movie ‘Angels’ Share’. This 10 year old is non-chill filtered, natural colour, and was finished in Limousin Oak XO octaves (i.e. small casks that previously held Cognac). Living Souls say that it’s “Ideal for enjoying a classic book while relaxing by a cozy open fire.”

Dad's Hat 6 Year Old (That Boutique-y Whisky Company): Founded in 2011, Dad’s Hat creates an ‘old-school’ pre-prohibition Pennsylvania style Rye - 80% grain, 20% malt (15% barley, 5% rye malt), no corn, and a sweet mash. They use local farms for their grains, temperature controlled fermenters, and perform five to seven day low-and-slow ferments to develop a complex flavour. This natural cask strength limited (289 bottles) indie release comes via That Boutique-y Whisky Company's baseball card themed USA Series.

Compass Box Nectarosity: Compass Box have been vital and inspirational blenders and whiskymakers for over twenty years, championing transparency in whiskymaking (and occasionally getting into trouble for it!). That’s why we can tell you Nectarosity is 34.4% Linkwood (22.6% first-fill Palo Cortado sherry cask + 11.8% refill sherry puncheon), 22.8% Clynelish (10.7% second-fill fresh oak + 12.1% first-fill bourbon), and 7.1% Balmenach (first-fill bourbon) malts, plus 15.9% Girvan, and 19.8% Cameronbridge grains.

The Glendronach - Ode to the Valley: Glendronach, founded in 1826, has become synonymous with rich, sherried goodness, now overseen by master blender Dr. Rachel Barrie. She tells us that “Ode to the Valley sings of an abundance of ripe fruit, it is the landscape of The Glendronach Distillery in full glory”. Here, their usual signature high quality Spanish sherry casks are joined by fruity Ruby Port casks from the Duoro Valley in Portugal. It’s part of The Master’s Anthology, a new trilogy of malts worth seeking out.