Let’s rejoice our shared love of whisky with this new assortment of casks!
WORM SILK
CASK TYPE: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
AGE: 9 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Spicy & candy
BOTTLE NOTE: “Usually stuffed with character and textural richness. This one can also be splendidly expressive with delicate fruits, natural notes and heady flowers.”
MEXICAN MIXED PEBBLES
CASK TYPE: 2nd fill ex-bourbon hogshead
AGE: 12 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Oily & coastal
BOTTLE NOTE: “Morning espresso listening to the waves on the pebble seashore earlier than we had granola with smoked oats, chocolate and Mexican fashion melon balls.”
THE SWEET KISS OF LEATHER SPLINTERS
INITIAL CASK: Ex-bourbon hogshead
FINAL CASK: 2nd fill heavy toast, medium char hogshead
AGE: 8 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Juicy, oak & vanilla
BOTTLE NOTE: “A way of caramelized barley, wealthy pure sweetness, breads, beers and lots of tertiary complexities abound on this massively satisfying dram.”
AN ITALIAN GRAPE CAKE
INITIAL CASK: Ex-bourbon hogshead
FINAL CASK: 1st fill Sauternes barrique
AGE: 18 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Candy, fruity & mellow
BOTTLE NOTE: “We baked Torta Bertolina with a really small, very candy and really fragrant grape selection from the Lombardy and we drank a Mirabelle plum brandy.”
DOURO CRUISE
CASK TYPES: 1st fill ex-port pipes and 2nd fill ex-bourbon barrels
AGE: 10 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Deep, wealthy & dried fruits
BOTTLE NOTE: “This splendidly ruby crimson small batch is a celebration of candy complexity.”
THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM
INITAL CASK: Ex-bourbon hogshead
FINAL CASK: 2nd fill Oloroso hogshead
AGE: 14 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Deep, wealthy & dried fruits
BOTTLE NOTE: “A superbly balanced interaction of leathery, classical oloroso sherry character with daring, assertive, waxy, fantastically oily worm tub distillate.”
COASTAL CONVOLUTIONS
CASK TYPE: Refill ex-bourbon hogshead
AGE: 14 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Peated
BOTTLE NOTE: “A strong and hearty run across the shoreline and the farmyard. Many shock facets resembling sweetness and fruit the place they shouldn’t be.”
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