A stunning dram full of charm with a fantastic story - well worth adding to your whisky shelf. Arran Smugglers 3rd Release 'The Exciseman' Island single malt Scotch whisky. Matured in bourbon quarter casks and Madeira casks. 2017 limited releases. 

A very cool nod to the shady history of Arran's distilling. Back during the 18th and 19th century the island was a producer of illicit whisky. Presented in a book style package to hide the goods. This is the 2017 third release in the highly acclaimed Arran Smugglers' Series, following on from the Illicit Stills and High Seas. Matured in Madeira and smaller bourbon quarter casks.

Although the Isle of Arran was once a hot-bed of distilling activity, there were no distilleries on the island for the majority of the 19th and 20th centuries. Isle of Arran Distillers opened their first distillery in 1995, and it quickly became a firm favourite. They bottled its first single malt in 1998, a limited edition 3 year old in a glass decanter. The distillery also produced a peated single malt called Machrie Moor, however an experimental second distillery on the other side of the island, called Lagg, is now the site of all the company’s peated production. As of 2019, the distillery was renamed Lochranza, however its single malt brand is still known by the old name, Arran.