Macbeth Act 2 – Second Murderer The Murderers Series – Jura 17 Years 70 cl. 48,5%

The Second Murderer is one of four island whiskies in The Murderers series, with this 17 year old single malt from Jura distillery chosen as the latest ‘murderous whisky’. Matured in Oloroso sherry hogsheads this special release was bottled at 48.5% vol.

Character Notes by Dave Broom

A thin flame rises from damp wood. The smell of wet wool and a sodden autumn’s bracken. Seed cake crumbs fleck the thin rags. A sharp profile in cold moonlight, the smoke clings to the sallow flesh. There can be no mercy.

Released as part of the Macbeth series from Livingstone, that feature illustrations by Sir Quentin Blake and character descriptions for the whiskies by Dave Broom.

The Macbeth Collection is an exclusive whisky series created by Livingstone and whisky specialist Elixir Distillers, inspired by William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth. The collection consists of 42 unique whiskies from various Scottish distilleries, each representing a character from the play.

Collection Breakdown
The collection is divided into six series, each with its own style and character:

The Leads
The Thanes
The Ghosts
The Witches
The Murderers
The Household
Each series contains different types of malt whisky, including:

Regal Malts – five exclusive releases
Noble Malts – twelve distinguished whiskies
Ghost Distillery Whiskies – six whiskies from closed distilleries
Smoky Whiskies – four peated expressions
Island Malts – four whiskies from island distilleries
Characterful Whiskies – ten uniquely expressive whiskies
Unique Features
Illustrations by Sir Quentin Blake, renowned for his work with Roald Dahl.
Character descriptions by whisky expert Dave Broom.
Expertly selected whiskies by Oliver Chilton (Master Blender at Elixir Distillers).
This is a highly collectible series where each bottle tells part of Macbeth through whisky.