When some of the Dramface reviews are for limited outturns, mostly from indies, Earie wonders; What’s the point? Then he finds something like this. That’s the point.

A sudden gust of luck brings a random Instagram win for Earie. In enjoying a Christmas selection set of Douglas Laing’s Rock Island malts, he finds a way to share his splash of good fortune with us all.

Like so many, Drummond is a Lockdown whisky geek. To catch up he ventures into Highland Park’s official 10yo to find some of that famous “all-rounder” character, only to discover something of a bargain no-brainer.

An Orkney that needs a dose of water to put out the fire

A springtime dram if ever there was one.

Potent. Dense. Clinging.

Very good whisky, and a huge Tyree deep-dive into cask influence

If these distilleries presented their own core range like this, we’d all be ranting and raving.

Five new whiskies from this impressive independent bottler