Arran Sherry Cask 'The Bodega' 55.8% - Whisky Wednesday 

Always great to see people enjoying our whisky! I work at Arran Lagg Distillery

Just opened a bottle and watching along.

Enjoy your relaxed demeanor, thoughtful appraisals and comparisons to other products. I always learn to appreciate and look for the nuances. Thank you.

Love the 10 yr old and the quarter cask are Arran building a little empire, if so I wish them well.

One of our favourite Arrans 👍🏻

It is without doubt an amazing whisky. So special. Arran does it again. One of their best.

Another Arran fan here! I only discovered them a few years ago, and have enjoyed every single thing I've gotten from that distillery. The Quarter Cask is an absolute stunner to my mind, though weirdly I seem to get a lot of pine resin flavours and smells from the bottle I picked up. Surprised me at first but I don't care, it's delicious! Takes water well too. The Port, Sauternes, and Amarone finishes work wonderfully with Arran's base spirit. I was lucky to get my hands on the last vestiges of those older bottlings here in Ontario. Hope to see The Bodega some time in the near future when it finally makes it this far, definitely on the wish list! Another excellent review, thanks Phil 🥃🥃! Marian 🇨🇦

Had this sitting on my desk for a bunch of months now. Likely going to review it soon. Great review Phil. Cheers.

Great job Phil I loved them both my preference was just for the bodega... No surprise there fella... Nice one...

Great review again, Phil. I'll pour myself a glass of this one tonight as well. Cheers

Gifted one and I have one. This review (and Whisky Friend) convinced me to buy a back up bottle. Cheers!

Great review, really solid pour!

This is an excellent review and I completely agree, an excellent 9 year old whisky 🥃 properly presented. Love the tobacco, as a pipe smoker it is a dream. Cheers thank you. SF

Picked up a bottle over Xmas and found this very enjoyable. Love what Arran are producing atm. Great review 🥃

Another great review 😁👍👍

I have only had a sample, but loved every minute of it. The palate was what one me over. Dark, dry, I got a little more rich fruit than I heard here. Great review and thanks for sharing your experience with us. Cheers!

Nice to see you have both these bottles on the bar. For me they are a perfect pair to have on hand together. Still haven't had the Arran 10 yet because I keep buying these instead. Cheers.

Hi Phil I’m really enjoying the bodega as you say it’s got more going on than the usual Sherry cask flavours, I get a lovely apple juice taste in the mix. Great review as usual, all the best.

Again an excellent whisky review including even references to similar whiskies in the market . I had the Arran 10 which has a good price and excellent quality. I am really curious now about the Bodega. I need to try it one day. I am also looking forward to the whisky coming from Lagg in the future. Cheers mate and greetings from Germany

"That blew my mind and I really need to buy another one, because that's just not enough to live on,....anymore" -- LOL! Whisky/Whiskey = Life. I will have to make a trip over the state line to try to source one of these bottles,..or both if possible.

I got the Sherry cask, Quarter cask & Port cask at the moment. The sherry is my favorite so far.

Loved this one (and Arran in general). Definitely found that it got better as I went through the bottle. Under 50 quid for a cask strength sherry bomb... I'll take that any day!

Hello,,they are eagles,,why the distillery was being built they decided to nest holting the works,,the day the distillery opened,believe it or not,the eagles actually flew over and that's why they are a symbol on the bottle,,great review of a great whisky,,love Arran,,cheers,,

Great review:) tried Arran years ago and did not like it so much but then I got a sample of the 25y 2020 and was blown away, so no i will have to retry the Arran corerange

This sounds amazing! I want to try it...

I LOVED both. I also do think that the Bodega opened up quite nicely as I got it past the neck. I devoured one bottle. There's only 4 left in the bunker...

Thanks Phil, inspired review. The 1/4 cask won our whiskey club blind tasting last month ... so I got one of those, very nice, it has a similar restrained nose, way bigger on the taste (House character?).... will get this to follow the journey. Arran are making great progress ...I wonder what else they will come up with next.

I haven't tried this expression, but the Amarone cask finish edition in the older bottle is wonderful...

Tried the QC and others in the range, I must say they seem to do things right. And for once a re-branding that isn't too ugly like some. Nice review Phil.

Minor point: on the Arran website, under their news section, they state that their Sherry Cask The Bodega, 55.8 is 7yo, not 9yo. Their Quarter Cask The Bothy is the 9yo one: 7 years in bourbon casks, 2 years finishing in quarter casks. I can't link direct here as yt don't seem to allow external links. I recently got a Sherry Cask to try and really enjoyed the first couple of drams. I've been reluctant to get the QC as some reviewers (e.g. whiskybase) find the wood excessive, but that may be a batch thing?

I still haven't seen any new bottles in New York.....the 18 is on the radar. But we'll see what pops up first. I thought I was a bit off kilter exploring young high proof bottles. It seems like the market for NAS and 8-12 year old CS bottles is a huge thing.

It would be good to hear if the bottle changes much as the level drops. Got a Douglas Laing Scallywag 12 Cask Strength on the go that at first was a bit challenging, but absolutely transformed over a few months and is now drinking beautifully.

If you have to guess on sherry, will it be Oloroso or Pedro Ximinez on the nose alone ? - - - btw, great vid !

Please make a review about Arran remnant renegade 🙏

E a g l e s !

I've always had a great time with the Arran core line-up. However one time I bought a NAS Sherry Cask Finish bottling they did for Marks & Spencer and it was one of the worst, overly sweet whiskies I've ever had. I've been treading carefully with them since. Would love to try this bottling at some point though.

Thanks for the review. I've just bought one...have you tried it with water?

Which wild turkey??