In this 2023 edition, they have used 100% ex-Bourbon 1st fill casks, stored at the top of their warehouses. The heat, faster maturation and older distillate combine to give a result and a nice improvement on last year's edition.

Lochlea Distillery is an independent single malt distillery based at Lochlea Farm in the heart of Ayrshire. Run by renowned and former Laphroaig distillery manager John Campbell, the family farm grows and harvests its own barley, ensuring complete traceability from field to bottle - the only stage of production not currently carried out on the farm is malting, although this will probably soon be the case.

Historically, Lochlea is the only distillery where Robert Burns actually lived and worked on the farm from 1777 to 1784.