Whisky 1901 debuts first range from bottling arm
Independent bottler Whisky 1901 has revealed its inaugural whisky range, featuring liquid sourced from six Scottish distilleries.
Whisky 1901 was founded in 2019 as a cask investment business. It has now launched a dedicated bottling business with the investment side rebranded to ‘The 1901 Group’.
The bottler’s new range, called The Ledger Series, comes from a collection of casks that ‘celebrate the provenance, individuality and flavour of some of Scotland’s most acclaimed distilleries’.
Whisky 1901’s new range takes its name from the tradition of keeping written records, nodding to the importance of documenting a cask’s journey.
The six-strong line includes whiskies from Miltonduff, Dailuaine, Tamnavulin, Ardmore, Glen Garioch, and Invergordon. Each whisky carries an age statement, ranging from 11 to 21 years.
The first whisky in the range, a Miltonduff Aged 18 Years, was bottled at the end of 2025, with an additional five expressions bottled in April 2026.
Other whiskies in the collection are: Tamnavulin Aged 13 Years, Dailuane Aged 12 Years, Ardmore Aged 12 Years, Glen Garioch Aged 11 Years, and Invergordon Aged 21 Years.
The line-up has been created by Matt Chambers, the company’s master of whisky.
“The Ledger Series gives us the opportunity to focus entirely on the cask and the liquid’s personality,” Chambers explained.
“With the range, we’ve handpicked every whisky not just for its age, but for how it expresses its own distillery character. From the richness and depth of the Miltonduff Aged 18 Years to the vibrancy and structure found in the Ardmore Aged 12 Years, each cask tells its own story.
“Our aim has been to ensure that every bottling is balanced, distinctive and genuinely compelling in the glass. And because each cask bottling is different, once that cask has gone, it’s gone – offering a little piece of each distillery and cask history.”
Aaron Damiano Sparkes, CEO of Whisky 1901, said the new bottling arm was “founded to shine a light on exceptional casks, alongside the people and stories behind them”.
He continued: “As a niche independent bottler, we believe in giving whisky lovers a careful selection of drams to enjoy, alongside genuine transparency, letting each whisky speak for itself. Our new collection represents the beginning of that journey, and we’re proud to introduce whiskies that reflect the heritage and character of each distillery we’ve selected from.”
The expressions in The Ledger range from £125 (US$165) to £160 (US$212).
The Ledger Series follows the launch of The Collection in 2024, which includes Edition One: Glenburgie Aged 35 Years and Edition Two: Jura Aged 25 Years. The whiskies are available in ‘extremely’ limited quantities.
Whisky 1901 will continue to expand both lines with expressions from an array of distilleries, cask styles and flavour profiles.
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