The Blueprint series
ELIXIR DISTILLERS TEASES TORMORE RELEASE WITH ‘BLUEPRINT’ SERIES
Tormore unveils its first official release under the ownership of family-run Elixir Distillers, with three limited release bottlings of ‘Blueprint’ available globally from June onwards.
The series includes three Tormore 10-year-old single malt whiskies, each matured in different cask types: Bourbon Barrel, Toasted Barrel and Cream Sherry casks. The initial release is limited to 1,500 bottles of each expression.
Founded in 1959, Tormore was designed to produce an elegant, fruit-forward spirit. Ownership evolved over time, with alternating periods of community focus and industrial efficiency. Recent changes under new ownership have restored traditional methods, enhancing its famed fruit character and spirit quality.
The Blueprint series is about laying the foundation for Tormore’s future; it stands as a conversation starter around the highly anticipated launch of the whisky brand in 2026.
Blueprint is more than just a product line; it’s a platform to explore and explain the brand’s story and an insight into some of the building blocks that will form the Tormore single malts of the future.
Polly Logan, Tormore Distillery Manager, comments: ‘We are incredibly excited to offer our Tormore Blueprint to market. This is a first step in showcasing our wonderful spirit and giving a sneak preview of our future Tormore bottlings — and we are so proud of the whisky’.
The Blueprint Series:
Tormore Blueprint: 10-Year-Old Bourbon Barrels
A marriage of first fill bourbon barrels, these casks bring light caramel and coconut notes which complement the distinctive character of our new make spirit: pear, nectarine and walnuts. Think custard, biscuits, peach tart.
This is the core of our future Tormore and embodies all the elegance of the building and the spirit.
Tormore Blueprint: 10-Year-Old Cream Sherry Cask
Cream Sherry was historically the largest selling style of sherry in the world. Traditionally, cream sherries are produced by blending a dryer wine such as Oloroso with a sweeter wine like Pedro Ximenez.
The use of cream sherry leaves residual sugars from the Pedro Ximenez while also delivering signature flavours of dried fruit and orange peel. All of this builds a warmth of character into our balanced, fruit-forward Tormore spirit.
Tormore Blueprint: 10-Year-Old Toasted Barrel
Virgin American oak barrels have been crafted, toasted and charred specifically to our specifications, giving the spirit better access to the wood sugars. This builds up soft, rye spice and caramel.
For these barrels we do a long, slow toast and medium charring to allow for filtration of heavier compounds – encouraging better extraction of water-soluble compounds, such as vanillin, from the wood.
Elixir Distillers, owned by brothers Sukhinder and Rajbir Singh, acquired the Tormore Distillery from Pernod Ricard in 2022.
The Tormore Blueprint bottlings (48% ABV, – RRP £59.95) will be available globally in specialist retailers and selected on-trade from this month onwards.
