Spirits 101
An ode to the smallest yet most essential of Mortlach’s six copper stills–"The Wee Witchie"– Mortlach 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky has been distilled 0.81 times more than Scotch tradition, graced with a touch of magic from "The Wee Witchie". First forged over 120 years ago, Mortlach has ensured every dent and detail of their smallest remains unchanged, because it is within this copper chamber that the specific richness of taste has earned Mortlach the reputation as "The Beast of Dufftown".
Sweet and spicy with notes of dark chocolate, cherry jam and light tobacco, this award-winning Scotch Whisky has been double cask matured in both European and American oak to enhance the distinctively rich and robust character that makes Mortlach whiskies legendary.
• One 750 mL bottle of Mortlach 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
• Sweet and spicy with notes of dark chocolate, cherry jam and light tobacco
• 2021 San Francisco World Spirits Competition Gold Medal Winner
• Please enjoy responsibly
Tasting notes
Sweet and spicy with notes of dark chocolate, cherry jam and light tobacco.
Serving suggestion
Serve neat or on the rocks with a few drops of water to release the rich complexity.
Country of origin
Great Britain
More about Mortlach
Alongside other legal distilleries founded in the wake of the Excise Act, Mortlach is officially founded on the site of an older illicit distillery – becoming the first legal distillery in Dufftown, now one of the epicentres of Speyside whisky distilling.
The art of building
Working alongside the famous distillery engineer Charles Doig - inventor of the Doig Ventilator (aka the Pagoda Rooftop) - the distillery was doubled in size and a railway siding - known as the "Strathspey Line" was added.
Calling on scientific education and analytical minds and inspired by the great achievements of the Golden Age of Victorian Engineering, Mortlach experts created the very unique, very intricate 2.81 distillation process that is still in place at the distillery today. Solely used at Mortlach distillery, this process - combined with traditional Worm Tub condensers - creates the thick, rich, bold spirit character that Mortlach is famed for.
Three wash stills and three spirit stills,
all gleaming copper, but each completely unique in size and shape.
The 2.81 distillation process created by Alexander Cowie nearly 200 years ago remains unchanged to this day.
Known by all as “The Way,” only he knew why each of the six stills has a different shape, and why the copper pipes are tangled in such a fashion for cutting and re-cutting the spirit.
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