Allan previously won cooper of the year for Scotland in the Icons of Whisky regional awards, before progressing to take the ...

Allan Bartlett, cooper at Highland distiller Tomatin, has been named ‘Cooper of the Year’ at the 2025 Icons of Whisky Awards.

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Nose: classic South shore Islay, with hints of bandages, seaweed and iodine, leafy notes and hints of wormwood. A few herbal elements but also a nice sweet fruitiness underneath (peach?). Then a ...

Nose: rich and fairly exotic. Plenty of juicy apricots, tangerines and tinned pineapples. A lot of pastry notes, vanilla custard and honey. There’s also a musty note in the background, holding the ...