Arran Quarter Cask (The Bothy) Single Malt Whisky Review

We are tasting one of Jen's old favourites today! The Quarter Cask or Bothy from Arran's Lochranza Distillery.
The quarter cask is a smaller cask which gives a more intense flavour to the whisky more quickly and results in a really full flavoured and intense dram!
What you you think of the Arran Quarter Cask whisky.....and what's the biggest bothy you've ever seen?! Let us know in the comments!
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[@murduk88]

If you two could bottle your chemistry on camera, you'd be able to retire before your next birthdays. Thank you for joining the Whisk(e)yTube world and bringing us these brilliant reviews. 👏👏👏 Cheers!

[@TheGrailTastings]

Thank you Robert! Glad you are enjoying!

[@sgillespieuk]

I was told on a tour that during the building of the distillery, a pair of golden eagles built their nest near the distillery site, delaying construction for a short time.

[@TheGrailTastings]

Yeah that's right!

[@javieracosta3439]

Good vid ladies. No gimmicks with truthful conversation about the dram. Looked like a wonderful afternoon in the wee bothy!

[@TheGrailTastings]

Thanks! Glad you liked it! We do have a great time tasting whiskies in oor wee bothy!

[@DonnerPassWhisky]

Peanut is a common tasting note in Bourbon. Maybe it is carrying over from the 7 years in 1st fill bourbon casks before the quarter cask finish ? Really enjoy this one. Cheers you two

[@mrmurphy895]

"whats the biggest bothy you've seen?" *CHUCKLE* 'I don't know...' great vid lassies! Good energy, subscribed!

[@TheGrailTastings]

Thanks for the subscribe! We have great fun doing these reviews, we're glad it comes across!

[@WhiskyTopia]

I love the rebranding - Uber cool

[@drambler4756]

I am a big Arran fan also. Love the 10 and 18yr. Single cask offerings are also yummy.

[@DJMJRyder]

Now I'm on the lookout for Fingal's Cut, thanks for the peaty heads up

[@TheGrailTastings]

You'll love it!

[@Allouran]

Arran is on a bit of a roll. To not say you looovvveee the 10yo is a bit like heresy at the moment. My favourite was the 14yo - I’m sure it or a 15yo will come back into the core range (which is pretty large!). Cheers ladies

[@vilasanthwal5606]

Yeah hats off for the honest opinion on the 10. I'm kind of with you. For me it's interesting and characterful but not something I'd rave about. Did a tour there this year and there isn't going to be a 14/15 for good while as they've trying to hold stock for older age statements.

[@TheGrailTastings]

Haha it does seem to be! But we can't all have the same taste can we!? The 14 was a good one! Hopefully something similar will be back in the future!

[@TheGrailTastings]

They did release a 15 year old a couple of weeks ago but alas, limited edition, not core range yet!

[@WhiskyTopia]

Hello Rachel & Jen! It’s been a while! And your reviewing one of my favourite Whiskies !! I have some Arran and Lagg !!! Very distinct whiskies

[@WhiskyNeighbour]

Good to hear your thoughts on this. I really enjoy this, but I also enjoy the 10yr from Arran. Enjoy the week, cheers!

[@TheGrailTastings]

Its definitely a good classic for a lot of whisky lovers!

[@romajelle]

Love the video's. Keep it up. 😁

[@TheGrailTastings]

Thanks Jelle! Glad you like them!

[@Brad-ic4bp]

it sounds like a Bothy is what Americans would call a Cabin. I'm mainly a bourbon drinker, but there are a few favorite Scotch brands/bottles I keep on my shelf - Arran being one of them (Glenfarclas & Glendronach being the other two). Unfortunately, I've never seen the Quarter Cask Arran offering on the shelf of my local liquor stores of the Denver, Colorado suburbs. I love their 18 year, 10 year, and the Barrel Reserve, so I'm sure I'd like the Quarter-Cask too.

[@TheGrailTastings]

I'm sure you'd love it! Hopefully you get to try it sometime!

[@pablov9212]

Thanks for the review, my wife and I were wondering if it's worth the trouble trying to get a bottle over to the states. As far as I can tell, they rebranded in or around 2019. We had no idea we were drinking extinct sauternes finish, lochranza, and 18 until we saw the 10 on the shelf a few months ago. Hopefully they keep up the quality. Cheers!

[@TheGrailTastings]

In our opinion the quality has kept up so far anyway, and their new distillery, Lagg, from the first release anyway, seems promising! We'd say if you were going to try and get an Arran over, the Quarter Cask is probably the one we'd go for!

[@pablov9212]

We are working on peat slowly. We found springbank 10 CS interesting but Balvenie peat week was too deep of a dive. I did enjoy Benromach 10 and could push through Torabhaig. Sorry for writing a book, hopefully you find it interesting - mostly the south of the US can happily spend 13 to 20 hours cooking slabs of meat with just hot smoke. One of the hallmarks of good barbecue is avoiding any of the bitter phenolic flavors. We like Arran enough that we will keep an eye out for Lagg in the coming years, but it will probably take a lot more work on our end until then

[@TheGrailTastings]

@@pablov9212 Don't be sorry we love reading anything whisky related!! That's more than fair, we had a wee taste of Lagg and it might be a bit too peaty for you. We love Benromach! Have you tried any of Ardnamurchans stuff yet? The newer peaty Glenturret is delicious too and Tomatin's peaty whisky Cu Bocan could all be good to try if you can get your hands on them :)

[@pablov9212]

I've had my eye on an Ardnamurchan 03.21/02 (however they write it) and Ballechin that sits on a shelf here, but haven't tried Edradour base yet to know if the new make is even up my alley. I think the 3.21 is a mix of peated and unpeated, but should probably read up on it.

[@pablov9212]

Also, if Lagg is that peated, would Machrie Moor possibly be appropriate? Would be more eager to support Arran if I'm going to chance a bottle at all.

[@davietobin]

Just had ma first nip o this ,got a feeling it’ll no be ma last😊

[@oldfarmshow]

👍

[@inajiffy5435]

The size of bothies range from a small shed to a large farmhouse. BTW your mic setup needs work as there's quite a bit of noise.

[@TheGrailTastings]

Thanks, as we have said in our blurb under the video we are still working out our settings. Any advice on what to actually do to improve our sound quality would be gratefully recieved!

[@inajiffy5435]

@@TheGrailTastings I'd guess your mic is way too far away from you. It's turning the gain up very high to get a reasonable sound level from your voices and thus raising the noise floor. Pick up a cheap mic boom arm and get it just between and in front of you.

[@TheGrailTastings]

Right, we'll get on that for next time we film! Thanks! Really appreciate it!

[@graemebeveridge8592]

Check out Craig Bothy. It's massive!

[@TheGrailTastings]

Oh just had a look! So it is! Looks like a good walk too!

[@Soulvinum]

Im curious about tasmanian and Australian whiskey. I definitely need ro try a couple of them

[@TheGrailTastings]

Oh same! There are not many about here!

[@josephappleton1061]

Cute ladies Review