

Chapter 7 Dalrymple 10 Year Old

Key Facts About This Tea-spooned Scotch
Bottler: Chapter 7
Founder: Selim Evin
Range: Monologue
Distillery: Dalrymple (tea-spooned Aisla Bay)
Region: Lowlands, Scotland
Age: 10 years
Distilled: August 2018
Bottled: October 2025
Cask Type: Bourbon hogsheaed
Alcohol by Volume: 50.4%
Outturn: 264 bottles
Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration
Bottle Size: 700ml
Dalrymple 10 Year Old Tasting Notes
Nose: Ripe pear, vanilla cream, and light floral notes, lifted by a gentle citrus zest.
Palate: Layers of toffee, malt sweetness, and orchard fruits are balanced by subtle spice.
Finish: Clean and elegant, with lingering honey and oak.
About this Chapter 7 whisky
This Dalrymple 10 Year Old from Chapter 7 is part of Selim Evin’s highly regarded Monologue range, a series that focuses on clear, character-driven whiskies where spirit and cask are allowed to speak without distraction. Distilled in August 2018 and bottled in October 2025, this Lowland single malt is tea-spooned Ailsa Bay spirit, matured in a bourbon hogshead and bottled at 50.4% ABV, with natural colour and no chill filtration. The outturn is a modest 264 bottles.
Dalrymple is less-often-seen, making releases like this especially interesting. As tea-spooned Ailsa Bay, it offers a lighter, more floral Lowland-leaning profile than the peated Ailsa Bay distillery style is often associated with. Bourbon hogshead maturation suits this spirit well, allowing its orchard fruit character and soft malt sweetness to develop naturally, while contributing gentle vanilla, honeyed oak and subtle spice rather than dominating the whisky.
On the nose, the whisky opens with ripe pear and vanilla cream, supported by light floral notes and a lift of fresh citrus zest. The palate is balanced and composed, revealing toffee and malt sweetness layered with orchard fruits, while a restrained spice note adds structure without heaviness. The finish is clean, elegant and softly persistent, leaving behind lingering honeyed sweetness and polished oak.
This is a quietly confident Lowland-style dram that rewards patience. For fans of subtle, well-matured bourbon cask whisky, and for those curious to explore Dalrymple / Ailsa Bay spirit outside its usual context, this Chapter 7 release offers clarity, balance and understated charm in equal measure.
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