Key Facts About This Whisky

Range: Mythical Beasts

Release: The Dryad

Distillery: Fettercairn

Age: 32 Years Old

Region: Highlands

Cask Type: Single cask bourbon hogshead

Alcohol by Volum: 48.6%

Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration

Limited Edition: 98 bottles

Bottle Size: 700ml

Tasting Notes

Nose: Rich, juicy apricots and raisins, followed by caramelised apples, garnished with creme brûlée and gingerbread, around a core of oak and English breakfast tea.

Palate: Elegant, generous mouthfeel, opens with juicy apricots, orange marmalade, lemon tart and hints of English breakfast tea, subtle sweetness and distinct dryness establish parameters and unite to create richness, with a finale of gingerbread, oak and maltyness.

Finish: Light dryness joined by maltyness, as dryness grows oak and orange marmalade join in.

Tasting notes by: Ian Wisniewski; Writer and Broadcaster, specialising in whisky.

About this single cask Fettercairn

Spiritfilled's second release in the series is an exciting one. We procured the cask from a private seller who has held the cask for over 30 years. With an outturn of 98 bottles, and at a cask strength of 48.6%, this whisky is an absolute winner. We didn't need to change anything about the profile of this single malt, it's been maturing in an ex-Bourbon hogshead since the filling in July 1989. You may also be interested in our third release, a 15 year old single cask Glenrothes.

About The Dryad

In the stillness of the Highland forests, where green glens shelter ancient groves, a mighty oak stands rooted in the earth. Within its aged trunk lies a hidden spirit, the Dryad, a woodland being bound to the tree that protects it. In Celtic folklore the Dryad is both graceful and powerful, shy in nature yet strong in ways unseen, carrying with it the quiet wisdom of the natural world and the feeling of something truly timeless.

Our whisky mirrors that same harmony between strength and elegance. Matured in oak and shaped by the slow passing of years, it develops a character that is smooth, layered, and full of depth. There is a sense of nature in every drop, the influence of wood, time, and spirit coming together to create a whisky with a subtle mystery and an enduring connection to Scotland’s ancient landscape.