Glengoyne Teapot Dram No.008

Glengoyne Teapot Dram No.008 – One of only 3000 bottles!

In December last year, Glengoyne unveiled it’s latest Batch of the highly collectible and most popular limited-edition range from the distillery, the Teapot Dram Batch No.008. I tried to pick one up in December but alas, they sold out within a couple of hours and I couldn’t get my hands on one. Sitting at L&R’s desk the other morning, an email pinged through to my inbox. Glengoyne had held back a certain amount of the new Teapot Dram, and it was available to purchase through their online shop!

A bottle with an interesting story behind it.

The Teapot Dram tells the story of an old distillery tradition where workers would be given three fingers of whisky, three times a day. Most distilleries would give workers a tumbler of new-make spirit, hot off the stills. But Glengoyne would always ensure the team were given tumblers filled with a young, first fill sherry cask whisky.

The less seasoned members of the distillery team would, to save face, discreetly pour some of their untouched drams into a copper teapot which sat on the canteen windowsill, ready for their older colleagues to enjoy later.

Honouring this tradition, the Teapot Dram has remained a deliberately bold, sherry matured limited release. Batch No. 008 is matured exclusively in first fill European and American oak sherry casks and bottled at 59% ABV.

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