Tamdhu Cigar Malt Batch III 0,70 ltr 53,8%

There was a time when the world looked to Scotland for the next innovation. From the steam engine, which started the industrial revolution, to the invention of penicillin, it all happened in Scotland.

Driven by the optimism that prevailed at the end of the 19th century, five Scottish whisky merchants embarked on an ambitious plan: to produce the world's finest Single Malt Whisky.

After acquiring a unique site on the banks of the Spey, Charles C. Doig Esq, a distinguished distillery architect and engineer, becomes involved. Doig insists on using only the most advanced whisky production techniques, to deliver unparalleled consistency in quality.

In 1897, the year Queen Victoria celebrated her Diamond Jubilee, construction began on the most advanced distillery of its time. For example, a water wheel was placed under the floor for optimum performance, the kilns were designed to reduce heat loss, and the residual waste from the Archimedes' Screw was transported directly to the distillery's own station on the (then) Strathspey Railway, where the railway line ensured a rapid supply of ingredients and a rapid removal of the whisky.

Tamdhu is also called the "Can-Dhu-Spirit" of the great Industrial Revolution. The distillery then survives the ups and downs of the 20th century, is closed and reopened several times, only to be closed again in 2010. But not for long, because in 2011 Ian Macloud, family business and independent bottler takes over the distillery. From 2012 production is resumed, entirely in the spirit of the "founding fathers" of the distillery.

The raw materials, such as barley and peat, come from the immediate vicinity of the distillery and Tamdhu's whiskies are characterised by their maturation in ex-sherry casks, so in fact the traditional Speyside whiskies, which are rarely found today.