Single Cask: American Rye Cask

CASK SERIES | WINTER 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 rye whiskey 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 110 bottles has been hand-filled and individually numbered.

Positive Impact. 3% from every bottle sold 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

“This whisky owes its vibrant character to a small rye cask we brought back to England, after a cask-sourcing trip to Kentucky’s MB Roland Distillery. Explore layers of zesty mixed peel, chocolate mint and delicate icing sugar, followed by an inviting burst of peppery ginger cake and a whisper of cask char. It offers an oily mouthfeel and a richly textured palate, rounded off with floral chamomile and softer, grassy tones.” - Abbie Jaume, Head Distiller

TASTING NOTES

  • Nose: mixed peel, chocolate mint, green apple and icing sugar.

  • Taste: rye spice, toasted oak, chamomile and ginger cake.

  • Finish: medium-long with peppery spice and dried fruit.

SUGGESTED SERVE

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

RELEASE DETAILS

  • 57.3% ABV (cask strength)

  • 700ml

  • 110 bottles

  • Natural colour

  • Non-chill filtered

 

SPIRIT SPECIFICS

  • Cask profile: 100% first-fill ex-American rye whiskey cask

  • Wood profile: 100% American oak

  • Cask size: 90 litres

  • Cask filled: August 2020

  • Maturation time: 4 years, 2 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: TBC

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