Whiskey for Pi Day

Founded in 1794 by brothers Hugh and John Stevenson, Oban Distillery sits on the shores of the Firth of Lorn in the coastal town that was subsequently built around it. One of the smallest distilleries in Scotland at just over an acre in size, it uses some of the smallest pot stills in the country alongside traditional worm tub condensers, which cool the vapor outside among the rooftops in the sea air. The 14 Year is lightly peated with a notably coastal character, bottled at 86 proof.

Tullamore D.E.W. 14 Year Single Malt is a triple-distilled Irish single malt made from 100% malted barley. Originally introduced in 2016, the whiskey is matured for 14 years before being finished in four different types of casks: bourbon, oloroso sherry, port, and Madeira. It is bottled at 41.3% ABV.

This distillery on the Isle of Arran, the only one on the isle, opened in 1995. Arran actually has a warm micro-climate for Scotland which speeds the maturation. This 14 year old bottling is aged in ex-bourbon for the first 12 years and then the final two years in fresh bourbon casks and fresh sherry casks. This sees no peated malt.

Knappogue Castle 14 Year Single Malt is a triple-distilled Irish single malt matured for a minimum of 14 years in a combination of ex-bourbon barrels and Oloroso sherry casks. Bottled non-chill filtered with no coloring added, the whiskey is released in limited quantities at 92 proof. The brand takes its name from Knappogue Castle (pronounced Nah-Pogue), a restored 15th-century castle in County Clare, with the name derived from the Irish Cnoc a’ Póca, meaning “hill of the kiss.”

Produced at Balvenie Distillery in Dufftown, Speyside, Caribbean Cask is aged 14 years in traditional American oak before finishing in rum casks seasoned by the distillery itself. To create these casks, Former Malt Master David C. Stewart MBE selected a blend of West Indian rums to season new American oak barrels, into which the matured whisky was then transferred for its finishing period. Part of Balvenie's core Cask Finishes Range, it is bottled at 86 proof.

An oft overlooked gem in the Diageo "Classic Malt Whiskies" collection, this Highland malt is produced on the northeast coast of Scotland in the town of Brora. Brora is also the name of a now closed distillery, which, incidentally, was formally the location of the original Clynelish Distillery. This is a peated whisky, but far less so than the Brora bottlings.

This flagship expression from Glenfiddich is aged for a full 14 years in typical ex-bourbon American oak casks. t's then transferred to new heavily-charred American oak barrels from Louisville's prominent Kelvin Cooperage with the intention of imparting more of those deep bourbon qualities into a single malt. Note: Glenfiddich updated the packaging and name of this product in 2019 to Glenfiddich Our Bourbon Barrel Reserve Fourteen, but the product remains the same.

In 2002, The Balvenie began to set aside one week each year to distill heavily-peated whisky. This peated single malt release is a limited, vintage bottling, but it is expected to become an annual release. Matured entirely in American oak. Expected September 2017 release date.

Aged entirely in ex-bourbon casks, this Campbeltown single malt release hit shelves beginning September 2017. It is bottled at 55.8% ABV and 9,000 are available worldwide.