No other distillery is permitted to use the water from Lochan Na Doire-Uaine (Loch of the Green Thicket) – a gathering of pure snowmelt and rainwater high in the Drumochter Hills. Scotland’s highest distillery, Dalwhinnie, uses this clear water – and abundant peat from the surrounding bogs – to produce a Highland whisky that is clean and accessible, with a malty sweet taste and a smooth and smoky warmth. Dalwhinnie uses long ferments to create a background character of light waxiness. The spirit is then condensed rapidly in round wooden worm tubs that run naturally cold due to the low ambient temperature, and impart a distinct richness and complexity to the spirit.

ABV: 43%