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RELEASE NO. 28: DREW MAYVILLE’S SIGNATURE BLEND OF KENTUCKY STRAIGHT WHISKEYS
This unparalleled innovation displays a lifetime of mastery from Sazerac’s Grasp Blender
LOUISVILLE, KY (September 22, 2022): The Final Drop Distillers of London continues its quest for curating and creating the world’s rarest and most exceptional spirits with the discharge of its second Signature Mix: Launch No 28: The Final Drop Signature Mix of Kentucky Straight Whiskeys. Created by Sazerac Grasp Blender Drew Mayville, a founding member of The Final Drop Meeting’s panel of spirits business consultants, this bespoke spirit includes a mix of classic straight bourbon and rye whiskeys. Unimaginable to copy, 1,458 bottles can be launched worldwide and obtainable within the U.S. as of October 2022 at a advised retail value of $3,999 (750ml/121.4 proof).
Since changing into Sazerac’s Grasp Blender in 2004, Drew has cultivated a dream of making an ultra-rare whiskey for essentially the most discerning of connoisseurs. To attain this, he started preserving extraordinarily small portions of his favourite whiskeys at Buffalo Hint Distillery to fulfil this imaginative and prescient. He was assured that utilizing his lifetime of experience, data and his masterful palate, mixed with the unimaginable liquids obtainable to him, he might make a novel and unparalleled mix.
To carry his imaginative and prescient for The Final Drop to life Drew blended classic whiskeys that he had been saving since he joined the Buffalo Hint Distillery group. He tasted greater than 40 completely different classic bourbon and rye whiskeys, creating a number of mixtures of those spirits earlier than arriving on the ultimate masterpiece that bears his signature. Bottled at 121.4 proof, Drew left this high-proof mix uncut and unfiltered to maximise its taste and complexity. The ensuing liquid is a celebration of the artwork of mixing, permitting the person elements to shine whereas creating an imposing complete that’s really exceptional and unimaginable to copy. Drew makes use of the analogy of an orchestra to elucidate his intention:
“As a grasp blender, I wholeheartedly consider that one can take particular person elements which are already distinctive to create an extraordinarily-beautiful finish product,” says Drew. “As with music, a clarinet could be stunning in its personal proper. Nevertheless, if you mix it with different devices in an orchestra you create a symphony – a masterpiece. This mix absolutely epitomizes this notion, and it’s been a dream come true to create this really one-of-a-kind spirit for my buddies at The Final Drop.”
Drew’s Mix follows The Final Drop Distillers first Signature Mix: a 50 12 months Outdated Blended Scotch Whisky created by Grasp Blender Colin J.P. Scott. Launched in July 2021, this was the model’s first foray into the creation, in addition to curation, of extraordinary spirits by the proficient members of The Final Drop Meeting.
“It has been a splendidly thrilling expertise to work with my pal, colleague and inspiration, Drew Mayville, to create this phenomenal mix,” says Rebecca Jago, managing director, The Final Drop Distillers. “The creation of The Meeting in 2020 was considered one of The Final Drop’s proudest achievements: to see the visions of such stellar icons of the business come to life in a Final Drop bottle is, for me, a dream come true.”
DREW MAYVILLE’S TASTING NOTES:
COLOR: A wealthy, golden amber hue speaks of the wooden, the age and the maturation these whiskeys have been by. The excessive proof could be seen within the lengthy legs which linger on the glass.
NOSE: This jogs my memory of strolling into considered one of Buffalo Hint’s most well-known warehouses, constructed all these years in the past: the ambiance, the historical past and the provenance – it packs an evocative punch. Deep, darkish fruit, figs, and dates on the nostril, some raisins, and an fragrant spiciness, with citrus zest. There’s some spiciness from the straight rye, and a creamy, vanilla from the bourbons, yielding a posh and layered taste.
PALATE: To start with, there are darkish fruits, sweet and orange peel upfront. From there, we start a journey by a veritable spice service provider’s storeroom, and right into a saddle room stuffed with worn leather-based and wax. The ages of the whiskeys on this mix, and the magnificent influence of the American oak are right here in good stability with the person components of the mix. A crescendo of wealthy and uncooked spiciness transitions throughout your palate: that stability is pure magic.
CONCLUSIONS: The spiciness is difficult the darkish fruit, the chocolate notes, and the candy vanilla. That is the stability and class that arises solely hardly ever when the tangy spice of the rye and the creamy chocolate of the bourbon whiskeys – mixed with the elegant affect of the oak – all collide in good concord.
Every bottle of The Final Drop Signature Mix of Kentucky Straight Whiskeys is individually numbered and bears Drew’s bodily signature. As with all current Final Drop bottlings, it’s artfully-contained in a bespoke bottle that suspends mid-air in an oak body, held inside in a signature inexperienced leather-based case alongside a 50ml miniature for personal enjoyment, certificates of bottling and pocket-sized tasting guide.
About Drew Mayville, Sazerac Grasp Blender
Drew Mayville has extra 40 years of expertise with among the largest firms within the beverage alcohol business. Drew joined Sazerac (at its Buffalo Hint Distillery location) in 2004 because the Grasp Blender and Director of High quality. The huge breadth of his expertise comes from nearly 23 years of expertise with Seagram’s, the place Drew was the final Grasp Blender to serve underneath the Seagram dynasty.
At Sazerac, Drew has labored fingers on with all of the award-winning merchandise produced at Buffalo Hint along with the opposite extremely acclaimed spirit classes of the corporate. Drew is lively in overseeing a lot of award-winning merchandise produced at varied places for Sazerac, and selling and educating the general public on among the world’s best spirits. His ardour just isn’t solely to make the best high quality merchandise but in addition to thrill and excite the buyer together with his work.
About The Final Drop Meeting
Drew Mayville is likely one of the six founding members of The Meeting, shaped by The Final Drop in 2020. The Meeting is a rigorously chosen panel of consultants drawn from throughout the spirits business, every a famend world-leader in their very own class. The inspiration for The Meeting arose from The Final Drop’s ardour for sharing: not simply the delights of outstanding spirits, but in addition the data, concepts, experience and creativity that sit on the coronary heart of the business. This cross-category discussion board, distinctive on the planet of spirits, encourages the alternate of information and expertise from completely different business fields, bringing contemporary concepts and new pondering to assist encourage and drive The Final Drop’s pursuit of the extraordinary.
The Meeting members additionally embody: Colin Scott, Grasp Blender for The Final Drop, Richard Seale, Grasp Distiller & Blender, Foursquare Rum, Louise McGuane, Proprietor & Bonder, JJ Corry Irish Whiskey, Michael D’Souza, Grasp Distiller & Blender, Paul John Whisky and Denis Lahouratate, Cellar Grasp, Domaine de Sazerac, Cognac.
About The Final Drop Distillers
The Final Drop Distillers was based in 2008 by two icons of the spirits business, Tom Jago and James Espey with over 80 years of expertise between them. Their goal was to curate the world’s most exceptional spirits by discovering treasures throughout aged spirit classes and sharing them with those that search the genuinely extraordinary. In 2016, The Final Drop was acquired by the Sazerac Firm, considered one of America’s oldest non-public, family-owned, distillers. Rebecca continues to steer The Final Drop as Managing Director. So far, The Final Drop Distillers has launched simply 28 restricted bottlings throughout Scotch Whisky, Cognac, Bourbon and Rum and Japanese Whisky, comprising fewer than 12,000 bottles. Searching for nothing lower than distinctive within the spirits they curate, the corporate’s unwavering dedication is to the standard of the liquid and the pleasure of sharing the treasures they uncover. For extra details about The Final Drop go to https://www.lastdropdistillers.com and @lastdropdistillers. For extra details about Sazerac go to https://www.sazerac.com.
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