FIVE REGAL MALTS

THE LEADS

The Leads Series are five Regal Single Malts, each limited to 100 bottles worldwide. Casting the good King Duncan required a whisky of marked nobility and grace. “It was imperative that King Duncan held the requisite status and gentle character. Over the many years we’ve been searching for casks, we have, on occasion, been fortunate to find those truly rare occurrences of whiskies of great age that retain great elegance. This Glen Grant, distilled on Speyside in 1965, fits the bill perfectly: the beautiful light fruit of the spirit, the suggestion of forest floor, dusty books… an abundance of sophisticated flavours that are created only after decades in the finest wood.” Oliver Chilton

TEN CHARACTERFUL WHISKIES

THE HOUSEHOLD

The Household Series are a set of ten characterful Scotch whiskies. "The Household — a porter, doctors, messengers — are ideal for characterful whiskies; The Bloody Sergeant appears very early on, bleeding heavily from the battle… We found a fantastic Blair Athol, matured in wine casks, that tastes like blood; rich, earthy and slightly metallic. For Seyton, Macbeth’s Armourbearer, there is a deliciously conflicted Ardmore, full of smoke and wild honey, as you never really know what side he’s on." Alexis Burgess

FOUR SMOKY WHISKIES

THE WITCHES

The Witches Series is a set of four smoky Malts and Blends. The weird sisters who prophesy Macbeth’s rise, and fall, called for devastating malts shrouded in mystery. ‘The speeches and potions of the witches, the most famous blenders, were almost written in language we would use for whisky already,’ explains Dave Broom. ‘In her first speech, the First Witch speaks of her cursing a sailor, a clue to the style of whisky being Maritime.’ While the identity of this sherried malt whisky have not been revealed, it's origins lie on Islay’s Kildalton coast.

FOUR ISLAND MALTS

THE MURDERERS

The Murderers Series is a set of four Island Malts that, alongside the Witches, shall remain unnamed. "Nobody really knows who the murderers are; they are hitmen, hired in from the outside. It made me think of all those island malts, brought in to give an underbelly of smoke to blended whiskies, without ever being identified." Alexis Burgess For the First Murderer, we have chosen a whisky distilled on the Isle of Mull and aged for 18 years. This is a powerful Island malt filled with maritime notes of iodine and rockpools.

SIX GHOST DISTILLERIES

THE GHOSTS

The Ghosts Series is a set of six Single Malt or Single Grain whiskies from ghost distilleries. Vanishingly rare, ghost whiskies are those from distilleries that have since disappeared. When casting the First Ghost to torment Macbeth, there was no doubt that a lost distillery would play the part. ‘The selection of grain whisky offers a delicacy that reinforces the ethereal qualities of these apparitions,’ head blender Oliver Chilton explains. ‘This is shown in the First Ghost to be revealed, Single Grain Scotch Whisky aged 31 years, distilled at Cambus Distillery.’

TWELVE NOBLE MALTS

THE THANES

The Thanes Series are 12 Noble Single Malts from the length and breadth of Scotland. The first of the thanes are Angus and Menteith, who march to confront Macbeth in the play’s final act: portrayed respectively by a rich, complex Glen Garioch and a superbly fruity Benriach. Then we have the tragically fated Lady Macduff, who necessitated a particularly special whisky. ‘Linkwood is an all-time favourite distillery and it was a thrill to find a 31-year-old expression[…] distilled in 1991 that worked so perfectly — although I would probably have had to rewrite Macbeth if there wasn’t a place for this amazing whisky.’ Oliver Chilton