Once in a while, Mason gets genuinely excited about a new whisky release. This is one of those moments - and it’s a blend. Although one with a young and very different take on things; Turntable’s Born to be Wild.

Finally getting back into his whisky as Dougie unpacks his new life on Skye, he rolls out Raasay’s R-01.2, tries it against his current favourites, inside and out, and decides it’s already consistently good. Of course, there’s a ‘but’…

Isle of Raasay reached out to share a bottle of their Manzanilla-matured Distillery Exclusive, we arranged that it went to the Doog for analysis and (a particularly pleasing) photographic study. This is how we manage donated bottles.

Brash. Robust. Unapologetic.

A very interesting, competent, enjoyably youthful whisky