Tri Carragh – Glenlossie – 10 Year Old – 1st Fill Bourbon – 52.4% ABV
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TRI CARRAGH – GLENLOSSIE 10 YEAR – 1ST FILL BOURBON
Distilled February 2015 · Reracked November 2023 · 225 Bottles
Region
Speyside
Distillery
Glenlossie
Age
10 years
ABV
52.4%
Cask
1st Fill Bourbon Barrel
Outturn
225 bottles
Distill Date
28/02/2015
A Speyside single malt that lands the bourbon barrel profile cleanly: green apple, vanilla, and orchard sweetness with a warming spice underneath. Distilled in February 2015, matured in refill bourbon, then reracked into a 1st fill bourbon barrel in November 2023 for the final stretch. The first fill cask did its job, lifting the spirit’s natural fruit character without overpowering it.
Glenlossie is one of the great unsung Speyside distilleries. Independent bottlings at this age, this strength, and this cask combination are why people seek out Tri Carragh.
About Tri Carragh
Tri Carragh is Gaelic for “three pillars,” a nod to the three core ingredients that make whisky: water, barley, and yeast. The independent bottler selects single casks one at a time, choosing each one for the conversation it will start. Every release is small. Every release is final. When the bottles are gone, that cask is gone.
This release is part of Tri Carragh’s quarterly outturn and was selected by The Whiskey Lab for import to the United States.
Distillery profile
Glenlossie sits in Elgin, Speyside, founded in 1876. Owned by Diageo and primarily used as a backbone malt for blends, including Haig’s Gold Label.
Known for a clean, grassy, fruit-forward spirit driven by tall, slow stills and a long fermentation. The light spirit takes well to bourbon casks, picking up vanilla and orchard fruit cleanly.
Rarely seen as an official single malt, Glenlossie’s reputation lives almost entirely through independent bottlings like this one.
This particular cask was reracked into a 1st fill bourbon barrel in November 2023, an active wood that brings the bourbon profile forward in the final two years.
Cask profile
Originally matured in refill ex-bourbon, the spirit was reracked into a 1st fill bourbon barrel in November 2023 for its final stretch before bottling. First fill bourbon is the most active fresh-from-Kentucky wood available, still alive with vanillin, coconut, and charred sugar from the original bourbon.
The reracking is what makes this release distinct. A Glenlossie matured entirely in refill would be lighter and more cereal-forward. This one carries the depth of a full primary maturation with the brightness of a fresh first fill on top. The fruit gets bigger, the vanilla rounds out, the finish gains a warming spice.
Bottled at 52.4% cask strength, non-chill filtered, natural colour. 225 bottles total.
Tasting notes
Nose
A fresh sweet nose of green apples, icing sugar, Victoria sponge cake, and a hint of caramel and marzipan. With water, aromas of orchard fruits continue and become more prominent, with some berries coming through as well.
Palate
First sips continue with apples, pears, and a cinnamon spice. A nice tingling on the tongue with a medium finish. Water adds nutmeg spice on top of the fruit, sweet and rounded.
Finish
Medium, sweet, fruity, with a nice warming spice. Clean.
Specification Details
Brand Tri Carragh
Whisky style Single malt Scotch whisky
Region Speyside
Distillery Glenlossie
Age 10 years
ABV 52.4%
Volume 700 ml
Cask type 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel
Cask size Barrel
Distillation date 28 February 2015
Reracking date November 2023 (into 1st fill bourbon)
Outturn 225 bottles
Release Tri Carragh Release 09
Cask strength Yes
Non-chill filtered Yes
Natural colour Yes
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