Delve into the rich stories of Scotland with Mossburn range
ISLE of Skye-based whisky distiller Mossburn has unveiled a 12-strong rare bottling range called The Ephemera Collection.
This limited edition, one-time release of the rare bottlings comes from the brand’s private cask reserves and aims to delve into Scotland’s rich and storied history to tell the stories of folklore tales and unexpected narratives across the bottles.
Each bottle is linked to a story where the lines between fact and fiction are blurred, from Wandering Willie to the Linton Wyrm, these legends have been passed down generations and now Mossburn is set to tell these tales once again in a truly unique way.
With fewer than 15,000 bottles in total across the full collection, each expression represents a distinctive parcel of spirit that includes Scotch whiskies and rums, held back over the years.
Neil Macleod Mathieson, whiskymaker, said: “We’ve been blending and bottling for over 30 years now, so this collection gave us the chance to share some of the more unusual casks in our archive.
“Each bottling has a point of difference – whether in the grain, malt or cask treatment – and we’ve paired them with stories that suit their style because it felt the perfect way to bring the character of these bottles to life.”
The Ephemera Collection includes:
• The Reliquary – A blended grain Scotch made from five different single grains, each from a separate decade starting in the 1970s.
No age statement | 1,350 bottles globally | £150 RRP
• The Bishop’s Curse – Single grain Scotch whisky from 2008, with components finished in Cognac, French red wine and Jamaican rum casks.
Aged 15 Years | 1,350 bottles globally | £95 RRP
• The Aether – A blended grain whisky made from spirits distilled over a 21-year period beginning in the early 1990s, matured in Oloroso sherry hogsheads.
No age statement | 1,350 bottles globally | £125 RRP
• The Quadrilogy – Blended grain whisky combining four different spirits from four different distilleries, four different decades, and four different cask types.
No age statement | 1,350 bottles globally | £75 RRP
• The Great Michael – Blended Scotch whisky combining 21-year-old grain and older malt whiskies, including spirit from Campbeltown, finished in second-fill bourbon barrels that had previously held peated whisky.
Aged 21 Years | 1,000 bottles globally | £150 RRP
• The Linton Wyrm –  A 12-year-old blended Scotch initially aged in sherry and rum casks, then re-aged in casks that had held peated single malt.
Aged 14 Years | 1,350 bottles globally | £75 RRP
• The Bold Buccleuch – A blend of Lowland grain and Highland and Speyside malts, matured in a combination of sherry, wine and Madeira casks.
Aged 13 Years | 1,350 bottles globally | £75 RRP
• Robin Redcap – A blend of four 15-year-old whiskies aged in Oloroso (first and refill), Madeira and bourbon casks.
Aged 15 Years | 1,350 bottles globally | £75 RRP
• Wandering Willie – Speyside and Highland malts from 2009, aged in refill hogsheads, finished in double-toasted virgin European oak.
Aged 15 Years | 1,350 bottles globally | £95 RRP
• The Unconformity – Blended malt Scotch from a single Speyside site with two distilleries, matured across recharred hogsheads, first-fill bourbon barrels and reused Oloroso sherry hogsheads.
Aged 14 Years | 1,350 bottles globally | £75 RRP
• The Darien Misadventure – A blend of 12-year-old Panamanian and 20-year-old Trinidadian rums, finished in Spanish Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez casks.
Aged 12 Years | 1,000 bottles globally | £65 RRP
• William Kidd – A blend of two Jamaican rums from 2000 and 2005, matured in bourbon barrels and finished in peated quarter casks before being married in refill butts.
Aged 19 Years | 600 bottles globally | £90 RRP
