Cask Collection
Single cask whisky is at the heart of A. D. Rattray. We go to great lengths to source interesting and unusual casks from the six traditional whisky regions of Scotland. Each distillery represented is different and every cask is unique.
We curate 4 releases of our Cask Collection per year, choosing between 6 and 8 casks for each collection. Our cask are evaluated over time and are selected for inclusion only when we judge they have reached the peak of perfection.
Once a cask is selected, the spirit is rough filtered, removing any fragments of charred wood left behind by the cask, and then bottled at natural colour and cask strength, with no chill-filtration. There are therefore a limited number of bottles from each cask.
This process retains the true essence of the distillery character and cask maturation for your enjoyment.
Latest Release
Our 80th Cask Collection release for Summer 2026 brings together five individual casks drawn from distilleries with firmly established identities and reputations.
In whisky, certain expectations naturally follow particular names. Ardmore is associated with moderate peat smoke, Bunnahabhain with soft coastal character, and Pedro Ximénez maturation with dense sweetness and richness. Official bottlings typically reinforce these identities, creating recognisable and consistent styles over time.
Independent bottling offers a little more freedom.
Across five single casks, this release explores distillery character beyond those familiar expectations: unusual spirit styles, distinctive maturations, and whiskies that either challenge expectation or quietly exceed it.
As with all our Cask Collection releases, each cask in Cask Collection 80 is presented at natural strength, undiluted and unfiltered. With these selections we seek not to redefine these distilleries, but to show that whisky character is rarely as fixed as reputation suggests.
Ardlair 2010
Cask No. 800423
Craigellachie 2010
Cask No. 20
Glenglassaugh 2017
Cask No. 173
Pulteney 2007
Cask No. 700751
Staoisha 2013
Cask No. 10503