Cast your mind back to 1494. Might be tough, but do your best. So, it’s over 500 years ago, and you’d like some whisky. What do you do? If you’re King James IV, what you do is commission Brother John Cor of Lindores Abbey in Fife to make you some aqua vitae with eight bolls of malt. That is in fact what happened, and it is now officially recognized as the first recorded distillation of Scotch whisky.

The modern Lindores ‘MCDXCIV’ features a complex array of red berry aromas such as strawberries and redcurrants combined with pear drops, apple pie, strawberry cheesecake and banana. There is a creamy mouthfeel and a comforting malty biscuit taste on the pallet.