Daftmill - Summer Batch 2009 Release Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Daftmill Lowland Single Malt was recently put on my radar and I was completely blown away. They are the only operational farm distillery committed to using exclusively their own grown malt for their own whisky.

They began production in 2005 but didn't get cranking until 2006. During the farm's quiet periods in the mid-summer and the winter they fire up the stills and make whisky from their own harvest. The purity and intensity of these whiskies is unmatched. The care and attention to detail is extraordinary. Often, they produce only about 100 casks/year. That's less than a single shift's production at many large distilleries. This batch was produced by marrying four casks, all filled in June and July 2009. While previous batches in the US have been exclusively bourbon cask matured, this is the first vatting to bring sherry into the mix. It is a first fill oloroso butt and three first fill bourbon casks yielding 1680 bottles at 46% ABV. Rare, complex and layered. Highest Recommendation

Single Farm Estate. A Family owned and operated seasonal distillery, located in the heart of the Kingdom of Fife. Summer Batch 2009 Release. Distilled in 2009, bottled in 2020. Matured for 11 years in oak barrels. Limited Edition of 1680 bottles.

Daftmill is a farm distillery. Owned and operated by the Cuthbert family, it only runs in the farm's quiet periods;mid-summer and winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. When not distilling, Francis Cuthbert looks after the estate, growing the malting barley used to make this Lowland whisky. 

The barley variety Optic was grown in our South fields and harvested in the last week of August 2006. It was then stored on the farm to be malted in Alloa during the summer of 2007. The five sherry and bourbon casks that make up this bottling were distilled and filled in June and July 2009. 46% abv