It wasn’t washed ashore from a shipwreck, but it may have gone down the drain. The heavy snows last winter caused some of the Glenfiddich warehouse roofs to collapse, exposing the oak maturing casks. Imagine the horror, the sheer panic! It sounds a bit like “Whisky Galore” revisited. With temperatures at minus 19C, the workers at Glenfiddich had to leap into action and work round the clock to save the precious brew. Exposed casks were rescued, and the whiskey was moved to new casks (some made of American Oak). This rescue operation has resulted in a new single malt called “Snow Phoenix”, which is dedicated to Scotland’s Mountain Rescue – and available to the public at £49.99 a bottle.