American Rye Single Cask Bottling

These American Rye casks are from Woodford Reserve Distillery, Kentucky, where they use 53% rye in their mash bill.

The flavours emulate history’s original rye whiskeys, with strong peppery, spicy flavours in a sea of fruit and butterscotch.

These casks develop interesting pepper, spice and butter flavours in our single malt scotch whisky.

Released every 2 years as peated and unpeated spirit.

American Rye Cask Bottling Releases

The most common types of casks used to mature Scotch Whisky are ex-Bourbon barrels made from the most prevalent species of North American white oak, Quercus alba.

As well as the classic vanilla flavour that you get from this type of oak, we are looking for a spicier black pepper note and more of a butterscotch flavour in our ex-rye cask matured spirit. The barrels come from Woodford Reserve distillery in this instance.

Capacity: 190 Litres
Oak Variety: Quercus Alba, American Oak

American Rye Cask Information

Five Years Young: The Facts

Look out for the cask number on the label. Why? Because every cask is different! The single malt casks are all hand bottled at natural cask strength.

Click a cask number to download the cask’s data sheet.

UK - Peated

UK - Unpeated

Market / Cask Type	Bordeaux Red Wine	Virgin Chinkapin Oak	American Rye
Slàinte Club	18/727 Release Date: June 2024 ABV: 60.5% Number of Bottles: 303	19/75 Release Date: August 2024 ABV: 61.6% Number of Bottles:272	18/869 Release Date: August 2024 ABV: 61.4% Number of Bottles: 246
Distillery Shop
UK Trade	18/726 Release Date: August 2024 ABV: 60.2% Number of Bottles: 303	19/74 Release Date: August 2024 ABV: 61.9% Number of Bottles: 275	18/870 Release Date: August 2024 ABV: 61.2% Number of Bottles: 257

Market / Cask Type	Bordeaux Red Wine	Virgin Chinkapin Oak	American Rye
Slàinte Club	19/434 Release Date: June 2024 ABV: 60.4% Number of Bottles: 295	19/544 Release Date: June 2024 ABV: 61.6% Number of Bottles: 251	19/308 Release Date: June 2024 ABV: 61.3% Number of Bottles: 247
Distillery Shop	19/432 Release Date: June 2024 ABV: 60.6% Number of Bottles: 307	19/542 Release Date: June 2024 ABV: 61.6% Number of Bottles: 266	19/294 Release Date: June 2024 ABV: 61.4% Number of Bottles: 161
UK Trade	19/433 Release Date: June 2024 ABV: 60.5% Number of Bottles: 301	19/543 Release Date: June 2024 ABV: 61.4% Number of Bottles: 265	19/307 Release Date: June 2024 ABV: 61.2% Number of Bottles: 223

Seven Years Evolved: The Facts

More details coming in May 2026.

Stay tuned!

Na Sia – Our Six Cask Story

Na Sia, meaning ‘The Six’ in Gaelic, represents our unique six cask single malt recipe.

Two Isle of Raasay spirits – peated and unpeated – are matured separately in first fill Rye whiskey, fresh Chinkapin oak and first fill Bordeaux red wine casks. These six recipe casks marry together to create the perfect dram with real elegance, complexity and depth of character.

For each cask type we will release two single cask bottlings – one for the Sláinte Club and one for our Distillery Shop as part of our Na Sia Single Cask Series.

Na Sia Single Cask Bottlings