Lochlea Our Barley, Lowland Single Malt Whiskey / 46% / 0.7l
- Lochlea Distillery was founded by Neil McGeoch in 2018. The distillery is located on the farm in Ayrshire, where Robert Burns lived and worked from 1777 to 1784.
Product description
Lochlea Distillery was established in 2018. It is based on a historic farm in Ayrshire, where William Burns lived and wrote from 1777-1784.
The distillery has a single pair of stills and can produce 200,000 litres of distillate per year using only the barley grown on the farm. Its first manager was Malcolm Rennie, whose CV includes the Ardbeg, Bruichladdich and Kilchoman distilleries, and since 2021 John Campbell, former manager of Laphroaig, has been the production director and blender. Lochlea Our Barley, debuted in the summer of 2022. It is a blend of first-fill bourbon casks, Oloroso sherry butts and STR barriques. The whisky is bottled at 46% abv, natural colour and unchill-filtered.
Aroma : barley malt, freshly cut grass, vanilla, pears in syrup, peaches, orange jam and a pinch of cinnamon.
Taste : fresh, breakfast cereals, golden syrup, vanilla, honey, pears, peaches, greengages, notes of licorice, hay and mint.
Finish: medium long, with notes of orchard fruit, vanilla, roasted nuts, marzipan, a pinch of pepper and ginger.