FEBRUARY 2025: MACALONEY'S CATH-NAH-AVEN

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Location

Expression

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Macaloney's Island Distillery

Vancouver Island, Canade

Cath-Nah-Aven

46%

NAS

AMERICAN OAK, OLOROSO AND PEDRO XIMéNEZ

The Whisky:-

Cath-Nah-Aven is our salute to the great Sherried whiskies from the banks of the river Spey. This award-winning Vancouver Island distilled single malt spirit was matured in Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez casks from Andalucía in Spain, and carefully selected American (Quercus alba) oak casks.

 

These were married by our Whiskymaker to create a complex red-berry, plum, and oak nose that compliments and enhances the fruit and floral notes of our new-make spirit.

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The Distillery:- 

Guided by his love for Uisge Beatha, the water of life, Graeme Macaloney, our ex-pat Scot founder and whisky maker, set out to create the finest single malt whisky in North America and perhaps the world. Driven by quality he focused his efforts on bringing together the industry’s best Scottish distillers, ingredients (great Canadian barley, select American & European oak) and the best equipment. Our team is passionate about what we’ve created and we can’t wait to share it with you.

 

Thanks to our high-quality ingredients, world-class facilities and deep expert knowledge base, we’re able to produce exceptional single malt whiskies in just three short years using exclusively traditional techniques.

 

Our world-class distillery is built around our traditional Forsyth’s copper pot stills. These hand hammered behemoths produce extremely smooth and fruity spirits ideal for absorbing the unique flavours of our carefully selected oak casks which emanate from as far away as Kentucky, Portugal, Spain and Scotland.

 

Locally, our exceptional Canadian barley, with island water and air produces a complex but balanced spirit, while bringing a pristine quality to the final drink.

 

Traditionally made

Our third generation Master Distiller, Mike Nicolson, spent his career distilling single malt whiskies in 18 diverse Scottish distilleries from Lagavulin on Islay through Speyside to Glenkinchie in the lowlands. Whisky maturation expert, the late and great, Dr. Jim Swan, heralded in a new era of whisky making through cask finishing and has secured our access to the best oak available. Finally, our founder-whiskymaker, Dr. Graeme Macaloney, brings process manufacturing knowhow and a connoisseurship to the mix. This trio of Scotsmen have created a complex yet balanced Canadian spirit which is already surpassing some of our most beloved Scotches.

If you are a Whisky Pioneer subscriber, we hope you enjoyed this whisky as much as we did.  If you’re not yet a subscriber, and you’d like to explore exceptional whisk(e)y with us, join today to receive a 6cl bottle every month. 

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