Member Exclusive Bottles
A core benefit of membership to the Cambridge Whisky Club is access to some specially selected bottles on the bar at Thirsty. Those bottles are chosen to give members the opportunity to try something that they wouldn’t normally be able to try a dram of, without buying the whole bottle. Often, that means the bottles will be higher in value or limited in release. Importantly though, measures from these bottles will be priced to make it feel more like a bottle share, with Thirsty agreeing to be at their break-even point. Hopefully, as many members as possible get a chance to try these delicious whiskies!
Current Bottles
Glen Scotia – Campbeltown Malts Festival 2025 Limited Edition
Single malt Scotch whisky
Heavily peated
9 years old – 54.3% ABV
1st-fill bourbon barrel matured with 5-month red wine finish
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Why?
I received an email from Glen Scotia announcing the pre-sale of their 2025 Campbeltown festival bottling around the same time I was founding the club. I’m a fan of Glen Scotia, but felt like I hadn’t seen a really smokey release from them for a while. And I’m always a sucker a fruity finishing cask. So, the whisky itself, plus the early access to it, convinced me it would be a great start to this member’s tradition.
Notes
Nose: Chocolate, strawberry liqueur/cream. Potato peel, jam tart.
Mouth: Lemsip, smokey jam, pate, bready baking spice. Leather, charcoal, chalk.
Finish: Dusty caramel. Fragrant, weird wood.