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letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: #9a5f28; }\n  .twl-tasting h4 { margin: 16px 0 6px 0; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 800; color: #1a1a18; }\n  .twl-tasting h4:first-of-type { margin-top: 0; }\n  .twl-tasting p { margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-size: 15px; color: #1a1a18; line-height: 1.6; }\n  .twl-tasting .twl-tasting-attr { margin: 14px 0 0 0; font-size: 13px; color: #6b6040; font-style: italic; }\n  @media (max-width: 749px) { .twl-desc h1 { font-size: 26px; } .twl-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-desc\"\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eWOLFBURN 12 YEAR OLD SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-subhead\"\u003eEx-Islay Quarter Cask · Distilled 2014 · Bottled 2026 · Cask Strength · Single Cask · 130 Bottles\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-pills\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion\u003c\/strong\u003e Highland\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDistillery\u003c\/strong\u003e Wolfburn\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 Years\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABV\u003c\/strong\u003e 53.9%\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCask\u003c\/strong\u003e Ex-Islay Quarter Cask\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfile\u003c\/strong\u003e Oak \u0026amp; Spice\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOutturn\u003c\/strong\u003e 130 Bottles\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-hero\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"twl-hero-label\"\u003eThe Whiskey Lab's First Distillery Collaboration\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVETERAN OWNED. BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Whiskey Lab has always championed independent bottlers. This release marks something entirely new: our first collaboration directly with a distillery. \u003cstrong\u003eWolfburn\u003c\/strong\u003e, Scotland's most northerly mainland distillery, sits in Thurso at the very tip of Caithness. It is a next-generation operation built on centuries-old tradition, and it is veteran owned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis cask was hand selected by the owner of Wolfburn and the founder of The Whiskey Lab. Two veterans. Two countries. One cask. This is believed to be \u003cstrong\u003ethe oldest Wolfburn single malt ever brought to America\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-lead\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWolfburn was originally founded in 1821 and was once the largest distillery in Caithness. It closed in the 1850s and sat silent for over 150 years before being revived in 2013 on the same site, using water from the same source: the Wolf Burn river. That makes it one of Scotland's genuine next-generation distilleries. Modern equipment, traditional approach, no shortcuts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 12-year-old single cask spent its entire life in a \u003cstrong\u003equarter cask\u003c\/strong\u003e that started as a bourbon barrel, did its first fill at a distillery on \u003cstrong\u003eIslay\u003c\/strong\u003e, then was filled with Wolfburn's Highland spirit. Twelve years in that small cask. The quarter cask format means roughly 30% more wood contact per litre than a standard barrel, so twelve years here delivers the oak depth you'd normally wait twenty for. The result is a Highland single malt that drinks like a far older bourbon-cask Scotch: oak-led, spiced, structured, and long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBottled at natural cask strength of 53.9%. No colouring. No chill filtration. Exactly as it came from the cask. 130 bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDistillery Profile: Wolfburn\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginally founded \u003cstrong\u003e1821\u003c\/strong\u003e in Thurso, Caithness. Revived in \u003cstrong\u003e2013\u003c\/strong\u003e on the same site.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScotland's \u003cstrong\u003emost northerly mainland distillery\u003c\/strong\u003e, operating at the very tip of the Scottish Highlands.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVeteran owned and operated.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWater source: the \u003cstrong\u003eWolf Burn\u003c\/strong\u003e river, the same water used over 200 years ago.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall-scale production with a focus on quality over volume. One of Scotland's true next-generation distillers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-card twl-card--dark\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCask Profile: Ex-Islay Quarter Cask\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a \u003cstrong\u003e2nd fill bourbon quarter cask\u003c\/strong\u003e whose first fill was at a distillery on \u003cstrong\u003eIslay\u003c\/strong\u003e. The Islay spirit took the first, most active years of the wood. What it left for Wolfburn was a cask with its sharpest edges already gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuarter casks hold roughly \u003cstrong\u003e125 litres\u003c\/strong\u003e compared to 200 for a standard barrel. The smaller format increases the surface-to-volume ratio, drawing more character from the wood over 12 years. The result: clean Highland spirit and concentrated oak, with a savoury depth underneath that the cask's first life left behind. Oak and spice, not smoke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-tasting\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eNose\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDignified candy. Pear drops, boiled sweets, that fresh sugary lift you get from good Highland spirit in 1st fill bourbon wood. It reads as sweet alcohol at first, then it's fruit. Clean and pleasant throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePalate\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClassic sweet single malt that bites with pleasure. A tingle across the tongue tells you it's cask strength and won't hold back. Water doesn't need to be added. Old oak, almost chocolatey, cocoa with the wood still in it. Vanilla underneath, but more spice than vanilla. Clove and cinnamon, not custard. Twelve years in a quarter cask is a lot of wood per litre, and it shows: dark, toasted, structured, never bitter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's a layer in the middle I can't name yet. Savoury. A bit dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eFinish\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong. Builds for the first forty seconds instead of fading. A minute in, still fully there. A minute twenty, it's the moment after a hard candy is gone and the taste is still in your mouth. Three minutes later the tingle is still on the tongue, slowly going. Sweet, but not young-bourbon-cask sweet. Older than that. Dignified, so much so that I'm expecting to hear \"Now you're a real man\" from my father after enjoying this dram.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"twl-tasting-attr\"\u003eTasting notes by Jay Roberts, founder of The Whiskey Lab, from the cask sample, September 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-verdict\"\u003e\nTwo veterans. One Atlantic. Scotland's \u003cstrong\u003emost northerly mainland distillery\u003c\/strong\u003e, 12 years in an \u003cstrong\u003eex-Islay quarter cask\u003c\/strong\u003e. The Whiskey Lab's first distillery collaboration, and likely \u003cstrong\u003ethe oldest Wolfburn ever brought to America\u003c\/strong\u003e. 130 bottles.\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSpecification\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDetails\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCollaboration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Whiskey Lab's first distillery collab bottling\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDistillery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWolfburn (Thurso, Caithness, Scotland)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSingle Malt Scotch Whisky\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHighland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 Years\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eABV\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e53.9% (Cask Strength)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVolume\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e700 ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaturation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Quarter Cask (1st Fill on Islay)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDistilled\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBottled\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOutturn\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e130 Bottles\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNon-Chill Filtered\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNatural Colour\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEstimated Arrival\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNovember 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-commitments\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Whiskey Lab's Quality Commitments\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSingle Cask:\u003c\/strong\u003e One cask, one bottling. Every bottle from this release comes from the same cask.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTrue Cask Strength:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bottled at 53.9%, exactly as it came from the wood.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNatural Colour \u0026amp; Non-Chill Filtered:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nothing added, nothing taken away.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Whiskey Lab","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54341914100030,"sku":"TWL-WB-WOLF12-100084","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/2221\/2926\/files\/Wolfburn12-TWL.png?v=1787847178","url":"https:\/\/www.thewhiskeylab.com\/products\/wolfburn-12-year-ex-laphroaig-quarter-cask","provider":"The Whiskey Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}