THE OXFORD ARTISAN DISTILLERY CELEBRATES SUMMER WITH EASY RYDER
The Oxford Artisan Distillery declares its seventh batch of rye whisky.
Straightforward Ryder is a wedding of 9 specifically chosen casks chosen by Grasp Distiller, Francisco Rosa, to attain a clean but intricate experience by The Oxford Artisan Distillery’s distinct heritage grains and distilling practices.
As with all the Oxford’s Rye releases, the distillery produced this whisky utilizing heritage grains grown by the distillery’s regenerative and natural farming companions. These grains require no pesticides, fungicides or herbicides, supporting sustainability and biodiversity of their fields. Straightforward Ryder is a celebration of farmers letting nature work its magic in a wholesome discipline, restoring the land and supporting biodiversity with each harvest.
Every cask chosen for this expression has been by a unique journey, from the start line on the cooperage, to its dimension, the filling power, its age and the warehouse wherein it rested. After three to 4 years of maturation the brand new make flavours have diverged in to 9 completely different spirits all with one thing in frequent. This mix of ryes showcases all these harmonies coming collectively, elevating the complexity and nuances of every cask.
From the American oak of various toasts, chars and origins, to the Moscatel Roxo cask, along with the grain and distillery character because the spine, the oak complexity merges with the candy and recent flavours from the Portuguese Moscatel fortified wine cask from Setúbal. (N.B Full listing of cask data is given beneath.) The result’s a whisky which is creamy with notes of pastry, chocolate, refreshing spice and a pronounced savoury character.
Francisco Rosa feedback: “Our flavour retains evolving and slowly exhibiting heritage grains’ true character as we proceed our journey by time and flavour, rooted in our Oxfordshire environment.”
“When our grains evolve underneath fermentation with our in-house cultures, a beautiful butter dimension involves life which is then influenced by distillation and maturation, it deviates from custard or pastry to white chocolate, or lavatory butter as an earthy (field-like) expression of the grain. On this launch, there’s a pronounced savoury character because of the sandy soils from Oxford mixed with the sandy soils by the ocean in Setúbal.”
Bottled at 50% ABV, Straightforward Ryder is priced at £55 for 70cl and is the distillery’s largest run thus far, with 2,782 bottles now obtainable by the distillery’s web site and specialist whisky retailers.
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The Oxford Artisan Distillery:
The distillery opened for enterprise at its purpose-built website in Oxford on twenty seventh July 2017.
It’s Oxford’s first ever distillery and produces a spread of spirits, together with gin, absinthe, vodka and whisky, all with whole provenance from grain to glass. The Oxford Artisan Distillery is uncommon amongst UK distilleries in producing its personal spirit, fairly than buying Grain Impartial Spirit (GNS) from different sources.
The distillery has a licence to supply spirits for the College of Oxford and has a notable partnership with the College of Oxford’s Botanic Backyard.
About Heritage Grain:
The Oxford Artisan Distillery is the one distillery to make use of genetically numerous populations of heritage grains – revived from historic sources by a number one archaeo-botanist and grown sustainably on over 350 acres, referred to as land races, each near Oxford and on prestigious estates comparable to Highgrove and Sandringham. The distillery’s grain contributes to biodiversity and soil well being within the English countryside. The grains are the results of John Lett’s lifelong analysis on heritage grains: John has spent a big a part of his life sourcing and rising heritage grains collectively, as polycultures. John takes 30-100 forms of grain, mixes them up, and grows them collectively in the identical discipline, on the identical time. These sustainable fields are much like what you’ll have seen in medieval instances – the grains are grown particularly for the distillery, making The Oxford Artisan Distillery the one distillery on this planet with a license to make use of John’s grains, grown solely for flavour and never yield.
Straightforward Ryder Cask Info:
American Oak (AO)
Grade 1 Char (G1C)
| Cask #23 AO Heavy Char3 years, 10 months 130L @ 59.0% crammed 119L @ 59.5% harvested |
Cask #39 AO G1C3 years, 7 months 225L @ 57.3% crammed 203L @ 57.1% harvested |
Cask # 55 AO G1C3 years, 4 months 228L @ 59.0% crammed 212L @ 58.2% harvested |
| Cask #24 AO Heavy Char3 years, 10 months 130L @ 59.0% crammed 119L @ 57.5% harvested |
Cask #40 AO G1C3 years, 5 months 230L @ 60.0% crammed 212L @ 57.5% harvested |
Cask #59 AO Heavy Char3 years, 4 months 226L @ 59.0% crammed 210L @ 58.6% harvested |
| Cask #37 AO G1C3 years, 10 months 225L @ 59.0% crammed 187L @ 60.7% harvested |
Cask #41 AO G1C3 years, 5 months 231L @ 60.0% crammed 213L @ 57.9% harvested |
Cask # 295 Moscatel Roxo de Setúbal3 years, 1 month (whole) 210L @ 58.2% crammed 208L @ 56.5% harvested Beforehand in AO Heavy Char for two years 225L @ 59.0% crammed 210L @ 58.2% racked |
