Woodrow's Croftengea 9 Year Old

Name: Woodrow's Croftengea 9 Year Old
Brand: Woodrow's of Edinburgh
SKU: WDW-CFG-09-580
Price: 76.95 GBP
Availability: InStock

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Key Facts About This Single Malt Scotch

Bottler: Woodrow's of Edinburgh

Founder: Woody Tan

Range: Warehouse Reserve

Distillery: Loch Lomond: Croftengea

Age: 9 years old

Distilled: 17/03/2016

Bottled: 12/05/2025

Region: Highlands, Scotland

Spirit: Single malt scotch

Cask Type: Finished in various American and European Oak oloroso and PX bloodtubs

Cask Ref: 229CC, G, H

Alcohol by Volume: Cask strength, 58.0%

Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration

Outturn: 222 bottles

Bottle Size: 700ml

Croftengea 9 Year Old Tasting Notes

Nose: Leather and pine, balanced with blackberries and bonfire smoke

Palate: Mouth coating in texture. Earthy notes of charcoal, coffee, and peat, contrasting with raisins, black cherries and redcurrant jam.

Finish: Lingering smoke, toasted almonds and allspice.

About this Woodrow's whisky

This bold and characterful release from Woodrow's of Edinburgh puts the spotlight firmly on Croftengea (the heavily peated style produced at Loch Lomond) and shows just how well it can carry rich, wine-led cask influence without losing its smoky identity.

Distilled in March 2016 and bottled in May 2025 at 9 years old, this single malt forms part of the Warehouse Reserve range, where inventive cask work and textural depth are very much the point. After its initial maturation, the whisky was transferred into a combination of American and European oak bloodtubs seasoned with Oloroso and PX sherry, before being vatted back together. Bloodtubs, with their high surface-area-to-liquid ratio, intensify wood interaction quickly, amplifying richness, spice, and sweetness while allowing Croftengea’s earthy peat to remain front and centre.

On the nose, the peat announces itself in a more rugged register: leather, pine resin, and bonfire smoke are balanced by dark berries, blackberries in particular, adding a brooding fruitiness beneath the smoke. The palate is dense and mouth-coating, with earthy charcoal, coffee grounds, and peat smoke set against sweeter notes of raisins, black cherries, and redcurrant jam. The sherry influence is deep and savoury rather than overtly sweet, complementing the distillery character rather than masking it.

The finish is long and resonant, with lingering smoke softened by toasted almonds and warming allspice, leaving a dry, spiced smokiness that invites another sip.

Bottled at natural cask strength (58.0% ABV), with natural colour and without chill filtration, this is a confident, unapologetic Croftengea: smoky, earthy, and richly fruited in equal measure. Limited to just 222 bottles, it will particularly appeal to fans of peated whisky who enjoy complexity, texture, and thoughtful sherry influence rather than sweetness alone.

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Woodrow's Croftengea 9 Year Old

£76.95

Meet The Founder

Woody Tan

Originally from Hong Kong, Woody Tan has lived in Scotland since 2011. He studied an MSc in Brewing and Distilling at Heriot-Watt University, and then went into the cask trade and warehouse keeping. While looking after casks, he started to discover gems that he felt had to be shared with fellow whisky lovers. He bottles these special casks under his Woodrow’s of Edinburgh label.

Woody has an excellent palate, and a knack for uncovering really flavoursome casks. He’s also a wizard when it comes to cask experiments, and has released some interesting cask-finished whiskies.

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