Tri Carragh Craigellachie 16 Year Old

Name: Tri Carragh Craigellachie 16 Year Old
Brand: Tri Carragh
SKU: TRI-CGL-16-544
Price: 104.95 GBP
Availability: InStock

£104.95

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Key Facts About This Single Malt Scotch

Bottler: Tri Carragh

Distillery: Craigellachie

Age: 16 years old

Distilled: 2009

Bottled: 2025

Region: Speyside, Scotland

Spirit: Single malt scotch

Cask Type: Bourbon barrel

Alcohol by Volume: Cask strength, 54.4%

Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration

Outturn: 125 bottles

Bottle Size: 700ml

Craigellachie 16 Year Old Tasting Notes

Nose: Orchard fruits such as apples, pears along with a more concentrated sweetness like syrup from tinned fruit.

Palate: The taste neat continues the sweet theme with baked apple turnover that’s been coated with slightly burnt crystalised sugar on the crust, the syrup sweetness continues to prevail. With water more cereal notes develop, like walking through a barley and fruit farm. Images of Icing covered Victoria sponge come to mind as well. On the reduced palate it simply bursts with juicy fruits and sweetness with peaches joining in the array of flavours.

About this Tri Carragh whisky

Tri Carragh presents this beautifully expressive Craigellachie 16 Year Old, distilled in 2009 and bottled in 2025 from a single bourbon barrel, yielding just 125 bottles. Known for its muscular Speyside spirit, Craigellachie stands apart from its neighbours thanks to its traditional use of worm tub condensers, which add weight, waxiness, and a distinctive meaty texture to the whisky.

This single cask captures that trademark depth while letting the bourbon cask’s natural sweetness and fruit character shine through. Bottled at cask strength (54.4%), with natural colour and no chill filtration, it’s a pure expression of Craigellachie’s bold and complex house style.

The nose offers orchard fruits (crisp apples, ripe pears) wrapped in syrupy sweetness reminiscent of tinned fruit. The palate continues that theme, with flavours of baked apple turnover glazed with caramelised sugar and a silky sweetness running throughout. Adding a little water opens up cereal notes, conjuring the image of walking through a barley field at harvest. On the reduced palate, icing-covered Victoria sponge and juicy peaches join the mix, creating a wonderfully indulgent and fruit-forward dram.

This release is Craigellachie in full bloom; robust yet elegant, richly textured yet bursting with bright fruit and vanilla sweetness.

Shipping and taxes

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Tri Carragh Craigellachie 16 Year Old

£104.95

The Three Pillars

Tri Carragh

Tri Carragh is Gaelic for ‘three pillars’. It’s a nod and celebration to the three fundamental core ingredients which are used in the creation of whisky. Water, barley and yeast have been used for centuries to produce Scotland’s finest spirit. When put through their paces, left to rest for years in an oak cask, they create a unique liquid, every single time. Independent bottler Tri Carragh select their single cask whiskies in a thoughtful manner, choosing the distillery and spirit which will encourage the most conversation.

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