Thanks to /u/whisky_lads for this sample.

A few years ago, I asked whisky_lads for a swap. I was looking for a specific GlenDronach single cask.

Jumping ahead, one of whisky_lads last posts before he gave up whisky/was kidnapped by Iran/stopped going on reddit/lit a poison candle/became a super secret scientist, he posted this dram and an apology, as he was finishing his PhD and had forgotten about our trade.

Then the whisky went out, he promptly disappeared to what I can only assume is whatever is better than whisky (piles of genitalia of his choice) and I eventually received the package.

I didn’t really know what Bruichladdich Laddie Crew Valinch 04 – Grant MacLellan was until I took a moment to look it up.

Turns out that if you go to Bruichladdich, they have distillery exclusives. Hopefully this catches on to others (end sarcasm).

The Valinch series are hand filled…