Single Malt Small Batch 33YO (((Bottled 2017)))
⏳ Drinking Window
Ready to enjoy now; as a distilled spirit, it will remain stable and can be savored over many years if stored upright and away from direct sunlight.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Dark chocolate, roasted game meats, mature blue cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Craigellachie is famous for its stubborn adherence to old-school whisky-making, particularly its use of traditional copper worm tubs that condense the spirit slowly, retaining a heavy, sulfurous, and meaty character. This 33-year-old expression, bottled in 2017, represents a rare, ultra-aged window into this distinctive Speyside style. Distilled in 1983 and matured for over three decades, it balances the distillery's signature muscular, savory, and waxy character with deep, elegant notes of tropical fruit, toasted almond, and gentle oak spice. It is a testament to the 'Bad Boy of Speyside' ethos, proving that heavy, old-fashioned spirits can age into magnificent complexity.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1891 by whisky pioneers Peter Mackie and Alexander Edward, Craigellachie Distillery commands a prominent position on a rocky outcrop overlooking the confluence of the Rivers Spey and Fiddich. Designed by renowned Victorian architect Charles Doig, the distillery purposely eschews contemporary distillation trends, championing an archaic, full-bodied spirit style. Drawing soft processing water from the nearby Blue Hill, the distillery employs oil-fired maltings, traditional wooden washbacks, and distinctive exterior copper worm tub condensers. By restricting copper-to-vapor contact during condensation, Craigellachie captures robust, heavy, and sulphurous aromatic compounds that evolve into a uniquely muscular single malt marked by savoury, meaty notes accented by luscious tropical pineapple. Under parent owner Bacardi (John Dewar & Sons) and multi-award-winning Malt Master Stephanie Macleod, the distillery balances its legacy role in premium blends with benchmark age-stated single malts—notably its core 13-Year-Old, 17-Year-Old, and rare vintage cask bottlings—all presented non-chill-filtered at natural strength.
🍇 Base Material
Malted Barley
🍷 ABV
46%