Chivas Regal 12 years (4.5 L)

When Charles Stewart Howard launched Chivas Regal in 1909 as a 25-year-old blend, no competitor carried an age statement at all — the category of luxury blended Scotch was, in effect, invented at that moment. The heart malt of every expression remains Strathisla, distilled at Keith, Speyside, in continuous operation since 1786, drawing process water exclusively from the Broomhill Spring, naturally filtered through granite one mile from the stillhouse. Strathisla's short-necked pot stills deliberately allow heavier vapours to ascend, producing a full-bodied, glyceric new make that anchors the blend's characteristic density. Fermentation runs in traditional wooden washbacks — not stainless steel — providing thermal insulation for a steady, approximately two-day fermentation before double distillation with the heart cut collected at 65–70% ABV. Component whiskies are matured in a combination of ex-bourbon American oak and ex-Oloroso sherry European oak casks, with the 12-year statement marking the youngest whisky present — older components from Longmorn, The Glenlivet, Miltonduff, Braeval, and Allt-a-Bhainne are blended in without declaration. The 4.5 L format delivers the same 40% ABV blend as the standard bottle, making it the rare large-format entry point into a lineage that reaches to a 25-year-old. Drink now through indefinite shelf life sealed.