Monkey Shoulder Triple Malt Whisky Cage EditionBlended Triple Malt Whisky 70cl 40% Monkey Shoulder is a marraige of three Single Malts from Speyside's finest distilleries Glenfiddich, Balvenie and Kininvie. What is'monkey shoulder' back to when whisky making a reference to a condition that maltmen sometimes picked up while turning the barley by hand. It had a tendency to cause their arm to hang down a bit like a monkeys, so they nicknamed it 'monkey shoulder'.

berry notes with hints of wine gums

starting with cask number 1020

A 1950 Macallan bottled as a 58-year-old from a pair of sherry casks by Gordon & MacPhail under their Speymalt label

1970 and 1972 vintages

A rather tantalising 1982 Old Pulteney bottled under license by Gordon & MacPhail in 2014

herb liqueurs and peat oils

polished and full of some very wonderful notes of fruits and menthol

This one is fulsome

A fantastic single cask 1982 Caperdonich bottled as a 36-year-old without colouring or chill filtration in 2019 by Gordon & MacPhail for their Private Collection Series

A 2003 single cask of single malt whisky made in a Coffey still from Nikka

This is from a landmark year for Glen Grant and should be utterly fantastic

These old Glendronach 12-year-olds were always very good whiskies