The Ultimate Single Malt Scotch Whisky

"HOW IT ALL STARTED"

“The Ultimate Whisky Company” was founded in 1994 when Han and Maurice van Wees started selecting their finest casks of Single Malt for bottling.

Only the best casks were good enough for “The Ultimate” and in the beginning even miniature bottles were made.
Because the whisky is bottled without chill filtration, all the original flavours remain inside.
Also, no caramel is added so the colour always corresponds with the originating cask.
An “honest Single Malt” according to Van Wees standards.

The Ultimate range consists of about 25 different bottlings, from all regions of Scotland and on a rare occacion even from outside of Scotland.
Each bottle is numbered and all cask details are mentioned on the label.
In addition to the 46% non-chill-filtered and cask strength versions there are also some "Rare Reserve" bottlings which feature only the most special malt whiskies.

Since 1994 over 850 Malts have been released under The Ultimate label and there are many more to come.

Area /Name	Dist year	Age	%	Cask type	Cask no.

From the Highlands :

Ballechin	2005	11	46.0	bourbon barrel	223
Glen Ord	2011	6	46.0	bourbon barrel	800301
Glenburgie	1995	21	57.8	hogshead	6519
Glencadam	2011	7	46.0	bourbon barrel	800106
Glenlivet	2007	10	66.4	sherry hogshead	900148
Glenrothes	1997	19	46.0	refill sherry butt	15973
Inchgower	2007	10	46.0	hogshead	801156
Longmorn	2002	15	57.4	bourbon barrel	800636
Linkwood	2008	10	46.0	bourbon barrel	800065
Mortlach	2008	9	46.0	bourbon barrel	800097
Pulteney	2008	9	46.0	bourbon barrel	800013
Strathisla	2007	10	46.0	hogshead	800026
Tormore	1988	26	46.0	refill sherry butt	15331

From Islay :

Bunnahabhain Staoisha	2013	4	64.7	hogshead	900032
Caol Ila	2009	8	59.1	refill sherry butt	317893
Caol Ila	2007	8	46.0	bourbon barrel	315312

Single Grain :

North British	2007	9	46.0	bourbon barrel	321020

Rare Reserve :

Mosstowie	1979	34	51.5	bourbon barrel	1355
Mystery Speyside	1966	46	43.3	hogshead	3337

Every Ultimate bottling starts with tasting cask samples in the warehouse as well as in our own office to make sure the quality is up to Ultimate standards.

And then it all comes down to years of experience and recognizing a good malt with the potential of becoming a good bottling.
“The Ultimate” whiskies are bottled without chill filtration, with the intention to keep all the original flavours inside.
True to our philosophy, we want to offer the Ultimate whisky with the best quality possible for an affordable and honest price.

All bottles are numbered and on every label you can immediately see the distillation- and bottling date,
the actual age, the cask type and the cask number.

“An honest and old fashioned quality single cask, single malt” according to the Van Wees standards, as they have been set by Han and Maurice van Wees so many years ago.