Isle of Raasay Single Cask Series Unpeated Ex-Rye Whiskey Cask Scotch Whisky

Isle of Raasay Single Cask Series Unpeated Ex-Rye Whiskey Cask Scotch Whisky is a single-cask spotlight on one of the six casks in Raasay's Na Sia recipe — unpeated single malt matured in a first-fill ex-Woodford Reserve rye whiskey cask — and it is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.

Each Na Sia single cask is a one-off of roughly 250 bottles, bottled at natural cask strength, non-chill filtered with natural colour. The ex-rye casks come from Kentucky's Woodford Reserve Distillery — where the 53% rye mash bill's barrels channel history's original rye whiskies — developing strong peppery, spicy flavours in a sea of fruit and butterscotch. This expression uses unpeated Raasay spirit (released in alternate years with the peated version), letting the cask's spice do the talking.

Tasting notes (distillery/retailer copy): pepper, cinnamon and orchard fruit on the nose; spicy rye warmth, sweet butterscotch, vanilla and ripe berries on the palate; a lingering finish of oak spice, cinnamon and a warming peppery tail.

Why buy this single cask? Because it is the only way to taste what one of Raasay's six signature casks does on its own — and when a ~250-bottle cask is gone, it is gone forever. Explore the scotch whisky collection, the Isle of Raasay brand collection, and all whisky.

Serving note: the rye-cask spice is intense at cask strength — neat first, then water to taste.

What is the ABV? Bottled at natural cask strength — typically 61.2–62.1% ABV for the unpeated ex-rye casks (confirm off the bottle), 700mL.

Where do the casks come from? First-fill rye whiskey casks from Woodford Reserve Distillery in Kentucky (53% rye mash bill).

How many bottles? Around 250 per single cask — strictly limited.

Is it peated? No — this expression uses unpeated spirit, released in alternate years with the peated version.