Thanks for reviewing these, Shane. I've been curious about these for a while, but as you mentioned there's a shortage of reviews out there, and the price does deter. Still, I'm now quite intrigued! Cheers. 🥃

I’m a real fan of Annandale. I find both man o words and swords absolutely cracking. Very complex even tho it’s young, not too over the top with smoke, rich, oily, and long after taste. Man o words, is really special. Sweetness , no saccharine aftertaste, very robust and delicious. Very rustic feel. I love their whisky. Great video. Slainte mhath 🥃👍

Just got the swords sherry butt for $90 USD all in with shipping. For cask strength and shipping, I think it’s decent value for what you get and it’s definitely a good bottle. I’m impressed so far and will keep them in mind in the going forward

Thank you for your thorough review! I’m on the watch for this to be available in Boston USA for a friend named Annand.

Super thorough as always👍 And thank you for the shout out 😊

Distilled cinnamon jelly beans! I will look for that note :) Thanks for the review Shane I'm curious about Anandale and I did buy the sample pack with the new make but somehow managed to lose it and I have no idea where it is 😅 but yeah sample packs are awesome I wish all the new releases come out with a 5cl sample as well. Cheers my friend🥃

Thanks for reviewing another distillery under my radar, which I'm now not in a hurry to check out myself 😅, this is really such useful knowledge distribution for the overextended whisky nerd! I'd love to hear a lecture someday by a sharp professor of marketing picking apart the various marketing strategies of Scottish distillery start-ups. I feel it is at least as important, if not more so, than the actual product in today's complex global-digital retail environment.

Brilliant review Shane. I remember you mentioned this sample pack a while ago and i kept it in mind. Funny thing is: exactly same sample pack is in my shopping bag at MoM. I found couple of bargains and decided to left it for later. But i definitely go back to buy them. Full bottle as you said is far more too expensive. Cheers and slàinte 🤠🥂🙋🏻‍♂️

Hi Shane, Thanks for this great review, this was not a distillery that was on my radar.

I think there is much to be learned from this model of single cask & cask strength bottlings, but sadly it is uneconomical. One can also bottle single casks at 46% like the IB Hepburn’s Choice which has lots of different options all NCF and NC and at a fair price. But I learned a lot thanks for sharing this Shane. Cheers, S.

Thanks for the review - I love tasting these new distilleries and really enjoyed your series last year. I've not tasted these and now I'm curious. As old as Ardnamurchan, but so little is drunk - I wonder if they are mainly just putting down stock, selling a bit to enthusiasts just to test the market, and we'll soon see vatted 10 year olds. I'm sold on the sample pack to taste it before that happens! Another whisky I'm really curious to try, but haven't seen many reviews of, is the Wolfburn 10. Might try to find a sample of that too!

I fully share your strategy for trying a new distillery for the exact same reasons.

Price wise, no different in Australia Double it for currency conversion & add some extra for taxes. I accept these new distilleries need cashflow, but Gin & gimmicky new-make usually ticks that box, & I'm happy for them to do that, coz it doesnt appeal to me haha. The samples are indeed a smart idea.

Thanks for this review Shane. I tried a similar mini of the Annandale Sherry Cask Man O Swords while visiting Scotland this year. I think you're right that the sherry cask hides its youth well. I didn't find, for the price, anything compelling enough to purchase a full bottle. Keenly watching for what the future has in store though. Thanks again man. Probably the most comprehensive take on Anandale on KZfaq. Cheers 🥃

I picked up a tasting pack a few years ago whilst stopping off the M6 southbound. Im not a sherry guy at all but i agree that the best expression of the 3 peated and 3 unpeated are the sherry butt. The best out the 2, being a peathead? The unpeated 🤯 i forget what cask no it was but was listed online to purchase. I forget the absolute price but it was over £200, i had to make a hard pass.

Great review of a distillery that's so far gone totally under the radar. The Whisky Barrel have a cask strength 6 year old peated Annandale that you can pick up for £42 which I was very impressed by. As you identified on the sherry cask Man O Swords, it possesses the same meaty sherry quality which borders on umami for me, alongside plenty of warm spice and coffee notes, all very well integrated as you say.

Thanks for that i fancy a bottle of the sherried peat cask

I think Billy Walker understands youthful spirit the best in releasing his 5 year range of peated Meikle Tòir. Too many/most new distilleries are forced due to financial pressure to release way too young spirit… to their potential detriment. Cheers 🥃

Good review as always Lock but back to you is it worth 2 x Ardbeg 10's ;-). near as dam it. As a few of the early posters have stated you can have 2 good 12,or 10yr stuff for the same money that you know is a no risk purchase for you're hard earned. I wish then all the luck in the world.

I found one retailer selling Annandale in NZ, the fresh ex bourbon cask and the double oak. Price is mid $160s NZD for 70cl bottle. I won't be buying it at that price and the miniatures don't seem to be available here. For comparison Ardnamurchan Cask Str. I can get for approx. $110 NZD. Cheers!

Interesting. Have to try it

I bought the sample with the new make spirit included about a year ago. I really like their peated and unpeated whiskies both, once you proof them down to a lower ABV. There’s an Annandale signature there, though I can’t describe what it is. I mixed both peated and unpeated new make spirits together and dropped a couple of oak chips in the blend. We’ll see what comes out of that experiment.

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If this is released in the US, you would be paying twice what you pay for even the sample pack.

What happened to my two comments from the 15th February? I see them in my Comments history but they don't appear below your video. Have they been shadow banned or put in a SPAM folder somehow?

I had a sample of the Man of Words - expensive, spirit forward (putting it politely) and poor cask integration, neither water nor time made the situation better - I won't be going back for more in a hurry.

Single cask is not necessary for a new whisky.

Have you seen the news about Bimber?

Good to hear your take on these. They're just too expensive for me. By the way Chris Goodrum reviewed the lot about a year ago. I left a comment about the suitability of the sample pack. I'll leave the links. Cheers. WT kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7J7qNKctr20loU.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qcuFrJWj26yliYE.html

£85 sorry not for me.