Cragganmore 20Y Special release is a dark, sweet and lightly smoky, released as part of the Diageo Special Releases 2020. . There’s no actual smoke used during the making of this whisky, but there’s a definitely a charred note running through it, thanks to the use of freshly charred hogsheads in its maturation. However, it’s appeared in the whisky, the char compliments the classic Cragganmore character.