Glen Aëring
From the distiller's almanac

Eighteen winters,
one glen.

Filled into oak, October 2007. Drawn at its peak, February 2026.

Scroll — one year per turn of the glen ↓

Two miles from
spring to still

The burn that fills the mash tun rises a two-mile walk above the still room, through peat the distillery has cut from the same moor since 1843. The stills themselves were last replaced in 1962 — copied rivet for rivet from the pair before them.

The cask breathes out
two per cent a year

In an earth-floored dunnage warehouse the seasons pass straight through the staves. What evaporates is the angels' share; what remains darkens, softens and takes the sherry from the oak.

CaskFirst-fill oloroso butts
WarehouseDunnage № 3, earth floor
Angels' share2 % each year

What eighteen years
taste like

Nose

Heather honey and dried fig, a breath of coastal mist, toasted almond.

Palate

Dark orchard fruit and clove; the oloroso sweetness folds into soft peat smoke.

Finish

Long and warming. Bitter chocolate, sea salt, a last ember of oak.

Cask record № 217
Filled14 October 2007
Drawn3 February 2026
Strength46 % ABV, cask-led
TreatmentNone — natural colour

One run of casks, one bottling. Nothing added, nothing taken away.

One outturn · 1,800 bottles

Glen Aëring 18

The glen you just watched turn eighteen times — decanted at 46 per cent.

£120 700 ml Cask record № 217
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