Cask No. 1: Inaugural Release

FOUNDERS’ SERIES | AUTUMN 2023 | SINGLE MALT WHISKY

 
bottle of Cask No.1 single malt whisky. Dark in colour and black label with gold foiling

RELEASE NOTE

This limited-edition whisky was bottled exclusively for the founding members of Cooper King Distillery*, who helped turn a daring dream into reality. It was the first whisky to be bottled at the distillery, from the first-filled cask. A ballot was held for the lucky recipient of bottle #1. Distilled in 2019, the whisky was matured in a Tasmanian Apera cask (Cask No. 1) and finished in a Pedro Ximénez sherry cask. It was bottled at 3 years and 8 months old at 46.5% abv.

*Available to ‘Copper’ membership holders only.

DISTILLER’S COMMENTS

“The Apera cask brings spiced vanilla and poached pears to our fruity spirit, with the PX cask offering notes of coffee and chocolate, layered with rich, sweet dates.” – Abbie Jaume, Head Distiller

TASTING NOTES

  • Nose: black tea, poached pear and strawberry bonbon.

  • Taste: chocolate-coated coffee beans, ginger, treacle and cream soda.

  • Finish: long and lingering with warming spice, sweet sticky dates and tobacco.

SUGGESTED SERVE

  • Short: neat, or with a dash of water.

RELEASE DETAILS

  • 46.5% ABV

  • 500ml

  • 173 bottles

  • Natural colour

  • Non-chill filtered

 

SPIRIT SPECIFICS

  • Cask profile: matured in a first-fill Tasmanian Apera cask (Cask No. 1) and finished in a first-fill Pedro Ximénez sherry cask

  • Wood profile: European Oak

  • Cask size: 90 litres

  • Casks filled: August 2019 and March 2023

  • Maturation time: 3 years, 8 months

  • Maturation location: Cooper King Distillery

  • Grain: 100% floor-malted English Maris Otter barley

  • Yeast: distiller’s yeast

  • Fermentation time: 6-7 days

  • Distillation: Double distilled on a 900L copper pot (‘Neilson’)

  • Batch number: AI18

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