Impartial bottler Cask 88 is about to launch a collector’s version set of 19-year-old, single-malt, Ben Nevis whisky. The commemorative bottling celebrates the 250th anniversary of Sir Walter Scott and goals to look at Go to Scotland‘s “Yr of Tales” through which Scottish impressed, created or written tales are being celebrated and showcased.
The 4 bottle set is accessible now and features a bespoke whisky board which seems as a leatherbound e-book.
Every of the whiskies have been completed in several casks and are adorned with well-known phrases which Scott popularized by way of his writing, comparable to “Savoir Faire,” “Apple of my Eye,” “Lock, Inventory and Barrel” and “Tongue in Cheek.”
Cask 88 Sir Walter Scott Assortment (picture through Cask 88)
Cask 88’s Whisky Supervisor, James Zorab, chosen an ex-bourbon hogshead of Ben Nevis distilled in December of 2001 and break up the contents into 4 smaller casks; Oloroso Octave (Lock, Inventory and Barrel 51.6% ABV), Crimson Wine Firkin (Savoir Faire 55% ABV), Pedro Ximénez Octave (Tongue in Cheek 52.7% ABV), and Virgin Oak Firkin (The Apple of my Eye 53.6% ABV).
The gathering of whisky and bespoke whisky board retails for 995GBP. The bottles are bought collectively as a set, with 50 units created.
In an announcement from the bottler, Cask 88 Managing Director Martin Daraz stated, “With this distinctive assortment, our Head of Whisky James Zorab has outdone himself. The 4 bottles supply a uncommon alternative to actually savor the impact completely different cask finishes have on the flavour and texture of 1 single malt. It’s a true honor for our firm to have fun the legacy of Sir Walter Scott and I can consider no extra becoming tribute than releasing not one however 4 glorious whiskies that he would little doubt have loved himself.”
As companions of Sir Walter Scott 250 and within the spirit of the 12 months of tales, Cask 88 seems to honor the author by highlighting his love for whisky and the impression he had on its trade. In 1822, Scott introduced King George IV with a dram of Scotch whisky, which by all accounts, the monarch fairly loved.
The next 12 months, an act of parliament overturned the repressive taxes which had pushed Highland whisky distilling underground.
“Sir Walter wrote so convincingly in regards to the joys of the Highlands as a result of he genuinely felt that himself,” stated Sam Laing, Cask 88 head of content material. “When he entertained at his residence, his events included pipers, Scottish meals and quaichs brimming with malt whisky. Even in non-public seclusion, he’d take a whisky toddy earlier than mattress. Right here was a person who cherished whisky and all the pieces it represented.”
Cask 88 included a variety of Scottish craftspeople for the equipment which praise the liquid of this bottling.
The bespoke oak stand was handcrafted and engraved by Freddie Major of the Pencaitland enterprise Oak and Black.
To deliver to life the imaginative and prescient of the stand showing as a leather-based certain e-book, Cask 88 labored with artisan Edinburgh bookbinder, The Gently Mad. The household enterprise is led by Rab Mullins who created the 50 leather-based spines on the stand by hand.
The calligraphy was penned by Edinburgh-based artist Martin Hensey and incorporates the flowery writing fashion of the nineteenth century.
The Sir Walter Scott Assortment is accessible to buy by way of Cask 88’s web site for worldwide delivery through a web based ready listing.
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