Single Cask: Cognac

CASK SERIES | SUMMER 2024 | SINGLE MALT WHISKY

 

RELEASE NOTE

Welcome to the Cask Series of whiskies; a collection of unique expressions, each celebrating the marriage of our distinctive spirit with specially selected, individual casks.

For this expression, we selected a small, first-fill Cognac cask in which to age our spirit for full-term maturation. The entire cask has been disgorged and bottled at cask strength, without chill-filtration or colouring. Each of the 143 bottles has been hand-filled and individually numbered.

This is the first publicly available, single cask whisky to be launched from the distillery.

Positive Impact. £5 from every bottle is donated to our charity partner, Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, to fund life-changing apprenticeships for young people in rural areas, to help protect vital UK habitats (YDMT Registered Charity No. 1061687).

DISTILLER’S COMMENTS

“Allowed a few minutes in the glass to open up, this dram rewards you with its floral bouquet, alongside hints of wood polish and candied orange. Oak spice follows on the palate, softening to toasted nuts and rich, lingering malt. A splash of water reveals buttery lemon shortbread, fudgy vanilla and with a little patience, those delicate floral aromas of chamomile and fresh linen appear, which are so characteristic of Cooper King’s spirit.” - Abbie Jaume, Head Distiller

TASTING NOTES

  • Nose: candied orange, lemon shortbread, fresh linen and chamomile.

  • Taste: toasted almonds, malt, vanilla and sponge cake.

  • Finish: medium-long, with chamomile and toasted oak.

SUGGESTED SERVE

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

RELEASE DETAILS

  • 53.2% ABV (cask strength)

  • 700ml

  • 143 bottles

  • Natural colour

  • Non-chill filtered

 

SPIRIT SPECIFICS

  • Cask profile: 100% first-fill ex-Cognac cask

  • Wood profile: 100% French oak

  • Cask size: 110 litres

  • Cask filled: December 2020

  • Maturation time: 3 years, 5 months

  • Maturation location: Cooper King Distillery

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

  • Yeast: distiller’s yeast

  • Fermentation time: 6 to 7 days

  • Distillation: double distilled on a 900 litre copper pot (‘Neilson’)

  • Batch number: BG02A

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