Alexander Murray & Co Teaninich "OC Soccer Club Collaboration” 12 year 750ml

Alexander Murray & Co. Teaninich 12 Year, the "OC Soccer Club Collaboration" edition, is an independently bottled single cask Highland malt distilled in 2011 and finished in a PX (Pedro Ximénez) sherry cask for six months before bottling. Teaninich is a lesser-known Highland distillery whose output mostly goes into blends, so single-cask releases like this are a rare chance to taste it on its own. The PX finish adds concentrated dried-fruit sweetness over the distillery's typically lighter, grassy new-make character — a collaboration release tied to a soccer club rather than a standard retail single cask.

How to drink Alexander Murray Teaninich 12 Year

Neat, in a Glencairn glass — the six-month PX finish is short enough that the underlying Teaninich character still shows through the sherry sweetness, and that balance is worth tasting undiluted first.

Whisky104 proof · Finished 6 months in PX (Pedro Ximénez) sherry cask · Highland, Scotland