The Glenlivet Cipher Single Malt Scotch Whisky - no box! A.B.V_52.5% The Botanist Islay Dry Gin

The Botanist Islay Dry Gin - 70cl 46%

though not overly complex

the whisky gets its blacker than black colour from the use of double-charred casks - whilst the name Loch Dhu translates to Black Lake from Gaelic

plums Finish: bitter

strong presence of malt and oak

The Glenlivet Cipher Single Malt Scotch Whisky - no box! A.B.V_52.5% The Botanist Islay Dry GinThe first distillery to take out a license after the Excise Act of 1823, the distillery was a favourite of King George the IV who demanded nothing but during a visit to Edinburgh in 1821 three years before it was legal! Glenlivet has given it's name to the 'longest valley in Scotland', so called after several distilleries laid claim to the Glenlivet suffix to cash in on the distillery's sterling reputation but only one can call itself The Glenlivet.