Pour & Sip May 2026 Box

New whiskies. Unreleased whiskies. Sought-after whiskies. Islay whiskies. A Norwegian whisky? Unpeated through to heavily peated. May is huge! Aberargie Inaugural: One of the most exciting releases of 2026 hit shelves in March, and widely sold out. Why? It’s the first ever Aberargie. Built by the Morrison family on their own farm, they grow all the barley they use. Yes, it’s another (of still only a tiny handful) exciting single estate farm distillery, and they’ve already been calmly distilling since 2017! Inaugural uses 52% Golden Promise (heritage) and 48% Laureate (modern higher yielding) barley, and a 50:50 split of first-fill bourbon and sherry casks. Bunnahabhain 15 Year Old An Cuan Garbh No. 1 - The Westering Home Collection 2026: This one couldn’t be hotter off the press! Unpeated and finished in White Port (made with white grapes – think citrus and toasted nut notes) casks. A match made in heaven for often nutty, subtly coastal Bunnahabhain – An Cuan Garbh being Gaelic for ‘the rough seas’. Part of the second series in the Westering Home collection, this is a release of 7,571 full-sized bottles worldwide. Big Peat Fèis Ìle 2026: Not officially released until 22 May 2026, this special Big Peat marks the 40th anniversary of the legendary Fèis Ìle (the annual Islay festival of music and malt, with a little more emphasis on the latter…). Big Peat is of course a legend in its own right, known to include Ardbeg, Caol Ila, Bowmore and more, and even a teeny smidge of Port Ellen (now we really are talking legendary!) Here it's also had a Pedro Ximénez sherry cask finish. Still smoky and unapologetic, but richer and more indulgent. Kilchoman Maury Cask Matured: This limited edition – only released in March 2026 – is full maturation in Maury wine casks. (Since 2021, for those wondering). Think kind of Port-style fortified wine from southern France, made with at least 75% Grenache Noir grapes. Strawberry jam and honeyed dates notes. Bold stuff from Kilchoman, a family-owned distillery we love, founded in 2004. All the malt they use is peated to a hearty 50 PPM (phenol parts per million), but distilled to preserve some lighter citrus character. Bivrost Yggdrasil 2025: From the northernmost distillery in the world, at 69.39°N. Arctic whisky. Bivrost literally means ‘shaking road’ in ancient Norse, and is the Viking term for the Northern Lights. Yggdrasil is their ‘core whisky’ but it’s released annually. Distilled between 2018 and 2021, this release used Pilsener Malt (Planet and Popino Nordic barley) as well as some heavily peated malt. Lager and Old English ale yeasts are used, as well as glacial meltwater. It was matured in oloroso sherry seasoned, in-house charred casks.