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The Tullibardine Distillery Tweet Tasting – Sampling Four Whiskies From Their Award-Winning Signature Range!

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The Tullibardine tasting set!

Tullibardine was the subject of a recent @TweetTastings, which was once again ably hosted by Steve from The Whisky Wire.

This sampling, gave us the opportunity to taste the following drams:-

  • Tullibardine Sovereign
  • Tullibardine 225 Sauternes Cask Finish
  • Tullibardine 228 Burgundy Cask Finish
  • Tullibardine 500 Sherry Cask Finish

The drams make up their Tullibardine tasting set which takes fans on a ‘stunning flavour journey’ and consists of four miniature 4 x 50ml bottles offering the perfect way for whisky lovers to discover Tullibardine’s award-winning signature range!

If you want to catch up on what all the tweet tasters had to say you can view their comments by searching for the hashtag #TullibardineWhisky on X (Twitter)

So, what did I think?

Here are my tasting notes … and my favourites on the night!

Tasting Notes – Tullibardine Sovereign (43%)


Nose: Lots of apple orchard on the nose with some cane sweetnesss and hints of pears. Additionally, there’s some vanilla pastry with promises of some sweet spiciness and later on light tropical fruits make their presence felt.

Palate: A light mouthfeel with creamy sweet apples and orchard fruits with hints of tropical flavours.

Finish: Some mild pepper which gets seriously punchier with time and all ending with an astringent, crisp finish.

Tasting Notes – Tullibardine 225 Sauternes Cask Finish (43%)


Nose: Slightly sherried creamy nose with syrupy stewed fruits and apple – delightful! Quite jammy (strawberry et al) with hints of tropical fruits. dusky books and crayons – where did that come from?!

Palate: Hearty mouthfeel and quite savoury with some sweet apples, plump raisins and dry wood.

Finish: Nice sweet fruit jams as per the palate with some additional pepper, ginger and sweet spices – a lovely finish!

Whiskies that are exceptionally flavoursome!

Tasting Notes – Tullibardine 228 Burgundy Cask Finish (43%)


Nose: WoW! Ribena for adults! YES! Very fruity and syrupy with blackcurrants, strawberries and creamy biscuit. One of the fruitiest noses I’ve ever …. nosed! Add in some creamy coffee and sweet chocolate and were being truly spoiled!

Palate: Lighter mouthfeel than I expected with sweet jammy overtones and creamy coffee chocolate undertones – cracking!

Finish: A powerful spicy finish with black pepper but tempered by vanilla pastry.

Tasting Notes – Tullibardine 500 Sherry Cask Finish (43%)


Nose: Quite earthy this one and it’s being a bit shy nose-wise! Wth time there’s lots of demerera sugar, rose and candied sweets …. which is a surprise! Some red wine in addition but, alas, the sherry is eluding me!

Palate: Ah! There’s the sherry, waiting for me! Some nice dried fruits, coffee, chocolate and creamy, buttery pastry.

Finish: The smoothest spice finish I ever did taste – wonderful!

My Favourites On The Night


1. 228 Burgundy Cask Finish
2. 500 Sherry Cask Finish

Both are real delights tbh and both are exceptionally flavoursome!
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Many thanks to Steve at The Whisky Wire (@TheWhiskyWire / @TweetTastings) for a great evening and Tullibardine (@Tullidistillery) for sending the samples and without whom!

Tullibardine is available to buy from these Merchants:-

The Speyside Distillery Tweet Tasting – Sampling Four Whiskies With Two At Cask Strength!

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The Four Speys!

Steve from The Whisky Wire recently held a Spey @TweetTastings which gave us lucky people the opportunity to sample the following drams:-

  • Spey Trutina Melody
  • Spey Beinn Dubh
  • Spey Tenne Cask Strength Batch 4
  • Spey Fumare Cask Strength Batch 4

Production at The Speyside Distillery started in 1990. The distillery took its name from the original distillery of the same name, located in Kingussie, which was operational from around 1895 – 1911.

The distillery is small in comparison with it’s closest neighbours (Dalwhinnie & Tomatin), with a 4.2 ton Semi-Lauter mash tun, 4 stainless steel washbacks and one pair of stills (11,000 wash & 8000 spirit).

Speyside Distillery uses a wide range of casks. The majority of these are American ex-bourbon barrels, but they also use casks sourced from Spain, Portugal and France.

If you want to catch up on what all the tweet tasters had to say you can view their comments by searching for the hashtag #SpeysideDistillery on X (Twitter)

So, what did I think?

Here are my tasting notes … and my favourites on the night!

Tasting Notes – Spey Trutina Melody (46%)

Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
ABV: 46%
Casks: Bourbon
Bottles: 1,500

SPEY Trutina, which takes its name from the latin for ‘honest & pure’, is said to signify the natural, simple characteristics of the Speyside Distillery.


Nose: Sherbet sweetness with green apples and some citrus. Some toffee notes and after a while the citrus increases with the addition of some herbs.

Palate: Strong lemon citrus balanced by sugary sweetness and chocolate.

Finish: Dry and powerful spicy pepper which is rather scrummy! The finish gets quite bitter at the end.

Tasting Notes – Beinn Dubh (43%)


Beinn Dubh
Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
ABV: 43%
AGE: NAS
Casks: Bourbon barrels before being finished in heavily toasted Ruby Port casks

Beinn Dubh, which means Black Mountain, has been produced using water from the Cairngorm Black Mountain, and finished in heavily toasted Ruby Port casks from The Douro Valley.

Nose: What an inviting looking dram this is! On the nose there’s rich dark fruits with red wine and vanilla. It gets more porty as time goes on with some added coffee.

Palate: Lashings of Port and dark chocolate! Then there’s Dark fruits including prunes, wood, creamy vanilla and a little liquorice.

Finish: The spiciness grows but there’s sweet coffee and chocolate aplenty to keep it in check!

Tasting Notes – Spey Tenne Cask Strength Batch 4 (57.5%)


Initially aged in bourbon casks, this bottling has been finished in the Tawny Port casks from the family run winery, Quinto de Filoco, for 6 months. A limited release of 1500 individually numbered bottles. Bottled at cask strength, non chill filtered and with no added colouring.

Nose: Rich and earthy with some port and red wine. There’s also hints of toffee and sugary plump fruits. Oh, not forgetting some waxiness …

Palate: Cracking port and red wine flavours with sugary plums and chocolate – Yummy!

Finish: Dark and spicy with dry wood, treacle and blackcurrant.

Tasting Notes – Spey Fumare Cask Strength Batch 4 (58%)

Casks: Bourbon
Bottles: 1,500

Fumare was the first ever peated distillery bottling from Speyside Distillers, produced from peated barley which the distillery only used for a small amount of time each year. 100% matured in bourbon barrels, non chill-filtered and with no added colouring.

Nose: Woop! Woop! Back to the smokehouse! Smokey peat with sweet treacle and a few hints of antiseptic plus some lemon zest.

Palate: Smokey with deep, sweet peat plus sweet, creamy chocolate, some herbal flavours and powerful peppery antiseptic plus a few shades of mint!

My Favourite On The Night


1. Fumare Cask Strength Batch 4
2. Tenne Cask Strength Batch 4

I Love these new cask strengths and the Fumare Cask at this ABV is off the scale – a great balance of flavours!

Many thanks to Steve at The Whisky Wire (@TheWhiskyWire / @TweetTastings) for a great evening and Spey (@SpeySingleMalt) for sending the samples and without whom!

Spey Whiskies are available to buy from these Merchants:-

Sampling The Borders Distillery “The Long & Short of It” – A Dram That Makes You Think Again!

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The Borders Distillery WS:02 “The Long & Short of It”

Wednesday nights @TweetTastings went all experimental this week with host Steve from The Whisky Wire guiding us through nosing and sampling a new dram from The Borders Distillery – namely WS:02 “The Long & Short of It”!

If you want to catch up on what all the tweet tasters had to say you can view their comments by searching for the hashtag #TheBordersDistillery on X (Twitter)

So, what did I think?

Here are my tasting notes …

Tasting Notes – The Borders Distillery WS:02 “The Long & Short of It” (40%)

The Borders Distillery – Workshop Series

WS:02 The Long & Short of It
Blended Scotch Whisky
ABV: 40%

A blended Scotch whisky, which has been produced using liquid fermented for 55 hours and 150 hours.

Each release in the Worksshop Series represents a particular facet in the whisky making process – this year it focuses on Fermentaion, with the WS:02 The Long & Short of It, being the result of two initially liquids being fermented for 55 and 150 hours.

The longer fermentation influencing richer dark notes and the shorter influencing lighter and fruiter notes.

Each separately fermented batch has been distilled twice and matured in first fill ex-Bourbon barrels, before being married with single grain whisky produced at the Hawick based distillery.

The Workshop Series, is an ongoing series of experimental releases that will be released over the coming years, ahead of the launch of the The Borders Distillery single malt project.

This latest release follows on from the WS:01 Borders Malt & Rye, which launched last year, and was the first Scotch whisky blend from The Borders Distillery to be entirely distilled at its Hawick based site.

RRP: £40.00 (available from The Borders Distillery online store)

Available now from The Borders Distillery online store! (£40.00)


Nose: Some toffee apple right off the bat followed by new-make spirit popcorn and there’s also some lemon and citrus bite with a light dusting of herbs and ginger.

Palate: A light, thin mouthfeel with some popcorn and tropical fruits. Additionally, there’s subtle syrupy sweetness and shy pepper at the back.

Finish: The pepper increases muchly with time – almost becoming a bit of a pepper monster! The lemon certainly increases with time in the glass as well.

Overall: An interesting dram that has a new-make feel to it – sadly, there’s maybe a bit too much lemon for me.

Many thanks to Steve at The Whisky Wire (@TheWhiskyWire / @TweetTastings) for a great opportunity and The Borders Distillery (@thebordersdistillery) for sending the sample and without whom!

Sampling Five Whiskies From The Glasgow Distillery – Which One Would You Choose? – “ALL Of Them” Is A Great Answer!

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The five drams!

Wednesday nights @TweetTastings, which was once again ably hosted by Steve from The Whisky Wire, gave us the opportunity to sample the drams from The Glasgow Distillery!

The Whiskies sampled were:-

  • Glasgow Distillery 1770 Cognac Cask Finish
  • Glasgow Distillery 1770 The Original Cask Strength
  • Glasgow Distillery 1770 Golden Beer Cask Finish
  • Glasgow Distillery 1770 Peated Cask Strength
  • Glasgow Distillery 1770 Tokaji Cask Finish

If you want to catch up on what all the tweet tasters had to say you can view their comments by searching for the hash tag #GlasgowDistillery on X (Twitter)

So, what did I think?

Here are my tasting notes … and my favourites on the night!

Tasting Notes – Glasgow Distillery 1770 Cognac Cask Finish (52%)

A Small Batch Series release of their Triple Distilled (unpeated) single malt.

This release has been finished in Cognac Casks for two years and six months and bottled at 52% ABV.


Nose: Very citrusy with some lovely orange going on! Then it morphs into toffee, apple and pears with a little vanilla and elderflower to top it all off.

Palate: Cane sweetness with citrus fruits, toffee and a tannin finish, growing in pepper and really quite a strong dryness at the end.

Tasting Notes – Glasgow Distillery 1770 The Original Cask Strength (61.3%)


A double distilled unpeated single malt.

The Original is presented at a natural cask strength of 61.3%.

This year they have taken three casks from their latest Signature Range bottling (46%) and married them together and have bottled the results without reducing the strength.

This is an unadulterated insight into their Original expression, their first distillery style and the whisky that started it all.

Three years in first fill ex-bourbon casks and ten months in virgin American white oak from Kelvin Cooperage in Kentucky.


Nose: A shy nose to this one …. slightly woody with some sugariness that mellows into fruity toffee, buttery with some orange – a fine nose but it makes you work for it!

Palate: Punchy, creamy, fruity palate with cane sugar, toffee apples and bags of spice with a little liquorice. Nothing shy about this palate – Everything seems to be turned up to 11!

Tasting Notes – Glasgow Distillery 1770 Golden Beer Cask Finish (58%)


An unpeated double distilled single malt (a limited edition ‘Small Batch Series’ version of The Original) that has been matured in an Innis & Gunn Golden Beer Cask.

This beer cask was actually a Pedro Ximénez sherry cask that held Innis and Gunn’s Golden Beer for 3 months before they bottled that beer (as a Innis & Gunn PX finish limited edition beer) and they then filled it with their whisky that had already been matured in a first fill ex-bourbon cask for a little over three years.


Nose: Creamy and nutty with mildly caramel aromas and some sweet apple pastry.

Palate: Creamy sweet coffee with apple pastries, spicy with sweetened fruits that’s very attractive indeed.

If you want to catch up on what all the tweet tasters had to say you can view their comments by searching for the hash tag #GlasgowDistillery on X (Twitter)!

Tasting Notes – Glasgow Distillery 1770 Peated Cask Strength (60.8%)

Their Glasgow 1770 Peated expression is bottled at cask strength 60.8% ABV.

Their first ever batch of Peated Cask Strength, this has been matured in virgin American white oak for three years and three months and then finished in PX sherry casks for eleven months.

Made with a 50ppm malt from the highlands, this is a big hitting smoky number that showcases the power and might of the peated whisky they make in the distillery.


Nose: This dram looks more like a sherried dram – certainly doesn’t nose like one though!
Pure smokehouse aromas with sweet peat and savoury snacks! Slightly coastal with some BBQ sauce, chocolate and light apple.

Palate: The nose promised and the palate delivered!
Basically smokey embers, sweet peat, liquorice, some chocolate, plums and antiseptic.

Tasting Notes – Glasgow Distillery 1770 Tokaji Cask Finish (53.4%)


A peated single malt finished in Tokaji casks. Their peated spirit initially matured in virgin American white oak for two years and eight months before finishing in these rich and funky Hungarian Tokaji wine casks for a further two years and eight months.

Presented at 53.4%, they have experimented with Tokaji in the past and have loved the influence on their whiskies, this is their first release of a peated whisky finished in Tokaji.


Nose: A sweeter nose than the previous dram with some added syrupy, stewed fruits for good measure. Light smoke and a little menthol with sweet, creamy orange – certainly not your classic peated nose!

Palate: There’s more smoke in the palate with burning embers and BBQ sauce but in addition it’s creamy, chocolatey and fruity with a back taste of Germolene.
Very much a different type of peated whisky – which is refreshing!

My Favourite On The Night


1. 1770 Peated Cask Strength
2. 1770 The Original Cask Strength
3. 1770 Tokaji Cask Finish

Not that I could fault any of them really!

Many thanks to Steve at The Whisky Wire (@TheWhiskyWire / @TweetTastings) for a great evening and Glasgow Distillery (@GlasgowDC) for sending the samples and without whom!

Glasgow Distillery Whiskies are available to buy from these Merchants:-

My fellow Tweet Tasters on the night were:-


@TheWhiskyWire @WhiskyWings @steveprentice @Sake_Baku @neatdrams @ForTheDram @1_womans_whisky @sprungatom @RealDramRob @JoeFHolmes @whiskyodyssey @WhiskyResource @Jotterface @whiskeychap @MaltMusings @TheWhiskyNovice @MashtunandMeow @LeaskPatrick @FiShoop @GascoyneNick @WhiskyWizard31 @WhiskyAlly @ManyMilesWhisky @BillyCowan

Sampling The Delights Of The Whisky Cellar: Four Whiskies, One Rum, Five Fruity Treats!

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Ready for some sippin’?

Last Wednesday nights @TweetTastings, which was once again ably hosted by Steve from The Whisky Wire, featured the fruity delights of The Whisky Cellar!

The goodies sampled were four whiskies and one rum:-

  • The Easy Sipper North British 11 Years Old
  • Brig O’ Perth Blair Athol 11 Years Old
  • Pintail Linkwood 14 Years Old
  • Pintail Mannochmore 14 Years Old
  • Pintail XO Panama Rum 14 Years Old

If you want to catch up on what all the tweet tasters had to say you can view their comments by searching for the hash tag #TheWhiskyCellar on Twitter.

The Whisky Cellar range is available to buy from: Master of Malt, Whisky Castle, Aberdeen Whisky Shop, Cork & Cask, Top Whiskies, Vino Fandango and House of Malt.

So, what did I think?

Here are my tasting notes … and the ones which were my favourite on the night!

Tasting Notes – The Easy Sipper – North British 11 Years Old Single Grain Scotch Whisky (46.4%)


The Easy Sipper — the brand was the 2020 ‘lockdown’ brainchild of our owner, Keith Bonnington, who imagined a sharing whisky that celebrated the reconnection of kindred souls after all social contact was temporarily put on hold nearly 3 years ago — this would be a sweet, easy-sipping dram for everyone to enjoy together. A love of late-1960s/early-70s psychedelia pop-culture led us to create a non-conventional whisky brand identity that wouldn’t look out of place on the front of a Grateful Dead or The Beatles album cover.

Matured in exclusively first-fill American Oak ex-bourbon barrels and produced in batches of around 500 bottles.

First-Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrels # 317443 & 317444 (11 years old)
1554 bottles
46.4% alc.
RRP £39.00

Nose: Lovely, sweet tropical fruits with blood oranges, lychees, pineapple and toffee – smashing! Afterwards there follows pears in custard with sugared almonds.

Palate: Basically the nose! Sweet tropical fruits with blood oranges, lychees, pineapple and toffee then pears in custard with sugared almonds – remarkable!

Finish: Dry, spicy, oaky finish with lots of pepper and some chilli – kinda moreish!

Tasting Notes – Brig 0′ Perth — Blair Athol 2011 11 Years Old ‘Vino de Color’ Sherry Cask Finish (54.7%)


Brig 0′ Perth — established in 1896 by Matthew Gloag & Son (months before their Famous Grouse brand) and bottled in the basement of the family grocery store at 20-24 Atholl Street, Perth (Scotland), The Whisky Cellar acquired the brand from its previous owner, Edrington, in 2019. Predominantly bottled as a Blended Scotch (our 125th Anniversary Blend was launched in December 2021), we will release occasional Single Malt (single cask) bottlings and this is our first foray.

Vino de Color, a mix of unfermented Pedro Ximinez grape juice and dark sherry is one of the oldest styles of Spanish Sherry wine, intensely sweet and syrupy. Casks of this type hardly ever come up for sale and, when this 150 years old cask did, we snapped it up. A mere 3-months in the cask has taken the weighty Blair Athol spirit into extreme ‘Sherry Bomb’ territory.

Vino de Color Finish # 3078 (11 years old)
467 bottles
54.7% alc.
RRP £75.00

Nose: Warning: Heavy black treacle ahead! Plus, add in some cherries in sugar, sherried fruit cake and a little mint. A surprising note was the powerful, rich, demerara sugar – thick and sweet!

Palate: Sweet and luscious with heavy demerara sugar and sherry.

Finish: Strong, dark coffee with cherries and spicy pepper.

Overall: Very much a ‘Sherry Bomb’ dram!

Tasting Notes – Pintail — Linkwood 2008 14 Years Old Manzanilla Sherry Finish (53.5%)


Pintail — the home of the ‘funky wine cask finish’, and another ‘heritage’ brand, Pintail was a Matthew Gloag & Son stable-mate of Brig 0′ Perth, launched some 35 years later (1931) initially as a Dry Sherry. Advertised in high society publications such as Tatler through the 1940s and 50s, the brand won international awards for its superior quality as the perfect “11 o’clock to serve to guests before lunch and during meals”.
We acquired the brand last year (retaining the original black bottle — white label look with the Pintail duck in flight refreshed on every label) for a variety of Scotch whiskies finished in interesting ex-wine casks (mainly sweet wines) and also any non-Scotch wines and spirits we select to bottle.

Ex-Manzanilla Sherry casks aren’t commonly used in the secondary maturation of Scotch (though increasingly so in recent years) but we just love how the full 12-month ‘finish’ in this cask has create not a `sherry bomb’ in style but rather a delicate, floral-sweet malt with a beautiful saline, almost sea-salty hint. Linkwood’s inherent fruit-forward style works perfectly in tandem here.

Manzanillo Finish # 9067 (14 years old)
309 bottles
53.5% alc.
RRP £75.00

Nose: Quite woody with forest fruits, oranges and lemons. It’s a succulent sweetness with hints of blackcurrant and toffee, musky and oaky accompanied by thick jaminess.

Palate: Very “Tooty Fruity” fruity with creamy chocolate and some licorice.

Finish: Enjoyable pepperiness to complement the fruity sweetness and the kick of chilli at the end is also very attractive!

Tasting Notes – Pintail — Mannochmore 2008 14 Years Old Tokaji Aszu Finish (55.1%)


Tokaji Aszii, the famous highly prized Hungarian sweet wine is one of the oldest known European wines, going back to the Roman times of 300AD.

These wines are deliciously floral and fruity-sweet in style typically with apricots, nectarines and ripe peaches and a touch of honey, taking the deliciously fruity-floral Mannochmore character to new heights after a 6-month long ‘finishing’ period.

Tokaji Aszb Finish # 3075 (14 Years Old)
289 bottles
55.1%
RRP £80.00

Nose: Coffee and cherry syrup with peaches, hints of vanilla and shades of citrus plus some woodiness. I also got a strong burst of sweet stout with fantastic malt and cereal.

Palate: Ooh! That’s nice! Sweet and fruity with cereal, creamy malt and some citrus.

Finish: Spicy coffee with strong, dark chocolate – a wonderful palate!

Tasting Notes – Pintail — XO Single Origin Panama Rum 14 Years Old (54.0%)


Our first ever Rum bottling is this excellent two-barrel (American Oak ex-bourbon) vatting of a Single Origin 14 Years Old from Panama. We’ve gone with a higher strength at 54% (‘overproof in Rum terms) as it helps to carry the full flavour of this premium spirit.
A true sipping Rum.

Barrels # 51 & 79 (14 Years Old)
548 bottles
54.0%
RRP £85.00

Tropical notes of grilled pineapple and lime zest are balanced with gingery, biscuity spice tones and hints of soft vanilla and toasted
oak.

Nose: Pineapple, ripe bananas and sugared fruits.

Palate: Rich vanilla with cooked pineapple and bananas and dates.

Finish: Spicy and oaky.

My Favourites On The Night

REALLY hard to choose but …

1. Brig O’ Perth Blair Athol 11 Years Old

2. Pintail Mannochmore 14 Years Old

Such a collection of outstanding flavours!

Many thanks to Steve at The Whisky Wire (@TheWhiskyWire / @TweetTastings) for a great evening and The Whisky Cellar (@whisky_cellar) for sending the samples, the cracking T-shirt and without whom!

My fellow Tweet Tasters on the night were:-


@TheWhiskyWire @MaltMusings @whiskyodyssey @scotchjak @whiskygraeme @FiShoop @KiltedDrammer @Whisky_And1 @PadWhisky @ocdwhisky @StillSurreal @DavidBircham @PhilScott101 @awhiskybond @RealDramRob @LeaskPatrick @CEVokins @rodbodtoo @pswhisky @WhiskyWizard31 @whiskyRubhach @ingo74 @Jotterface @MrEdwardMilner

Sampling Brave New Spirits ‘Cask Noir’ Lineup – Four New Whiskies That Are Already “Classics”!

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The Brave New Spirits ‘Cask Noir’ Lineup!

Brave New Spirits who recently featured on a @TweetTastings have announced that they are releasing the four whiskies showcased in the sampling!

Their distributor is Milroy’s, so they should be on their website (and others) very soon!

On the night Steve from The Whisky Wire gave us the opportunity to sample:-

  • Dailuaine 11 Years Old: The Rise of The Badger Clan
  • Macduff 10 Years Old: Thane of Fife
  • Port Dundas 16 Years Old: Ghost of the Canal
  • Old Rhosdhu (Loch Lomond) 28 Years Old: Bonnie Banks and the Call of the Past

Each release in the NEW Cask Noir Editions series takes its inspiration from classic movies and novels from a bygone era, along with giving a nod to the distillery in question.

From thrilling and adventurous, to dark, romantic and mysterious, these whiskies are said to embark on a journey of discovery, into an exceptional world of exotic flavours and interesting & unusual casks.

Cask Noir Editions range is comprised for the most part of single cask bottlings – mainly single malt whisky, with occasional single grain releases. All bottled a cask strength, with no added colour and no chill-filtration.

So, if you want to catch up on what all the tweet tasters had to say on the night you can view their comments by searching for the hash tag #CaskNoir on Twitter.

So, what did I think?

Here are my tasting notes … and the one which was my favourite on the night!

Tasting Notes – Brave New Spirits Dailuaine 11 Years Old: The Rise of The Badger Clan (50.9%)


Cask Noir Editions
Dailuaine 11 Year Old
‘The Rise of The Badger Clan’
Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
ABV: 50.9%
Casks: First-fill Bourbon hogshead
RRP: £62.95

The Cask Noir Dailuaine 11 Year Old, has been named ‘The Rise of The Badger Clan’ The collective term for a group of badgers, of which feature on distillery bottles of Dailuaine.

Nose: Very creamy banana! Butterscotch, vanilla, apples – quite a combo! Later I got a huge hit of cider as well as beer that’s lost it’s fizz!

Palate: Quite oily and dry with some vanilla ice cream and serious black pepper!

Finish: Creamy fudge but that spiciness is quite breathtaking!

Tasting Notes – Brave New Spirits Macduff 10 Years Old: Thane of Fife (56.2%)


Brave New Spirits
Cask Noir Editions
Macduff 10 Year Old
‘Thane of Fife’
Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
ABV: 56.2%
Casks: First-fill PX Sherry hogshead
RRP: £83.85

The Cask Noir Macduff 10 Year Old, has been named ‘Thane of Fife’ which was the title held by Lord Macduff in Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

Nose: It’s Christmas! Plump fruits and Christmas cake spice with sweet sherry, oranges and apples with creamy toffee.

Palate: Very sweet with christmas cake flavours, sherry, dry wood and a hot spice.

Finish: A delightful dram!

Tasting Notes – Brave New Spirits Port Dundas 16 Years Old: Ghost of the Canal (58%)


Brave New Spirits
Cask Noir Editions
Port Dundas 16 Year Old
‘Ghost of the Canal’
Single Grain Scotch Whisky
ABV: 58%
Casks: First-fill Lafite Wine barrique
RRP: £85.95

The Cask Noir Port Dundas 16 Year Old, has been named ‘Ghost of the Canal’ referring to a lost / dead distillery, which used to sit on the canal bank in Glasgow.

Nose: A quieter nose on this one …. solvent and earthy but it’s really holding it’s cards to it’s chest! After a while there’s fruity red wine and some orange with subtle toffee.

Palate: Sweet sulphur with strong liquorice and heady spice – what an interesting dram!

Finish: Rich, dark chocolate, coffee and creamy biscuit wrapped up in a spiciness that is strong but never overpowering. Who would have thought from such a shy nose?!

Tasting Notes – Brave New Spirits Old Rhosdhu (Loch Lomond) 28 Years Old: Bonnie Banks and the Call of the Past (48.6%)


Brave New Spirits
Cask Noir Editions
Old Rhosdhu (Loch Lomond) 28 Year Old
‘Bonnie Banks and the Call of the Past’
Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
ABV: 48.6%
Casks: Bourbon hogshead
RRP: £215.95

The Cask Noir Old Rhosdhu 28 Year Old, has been named ‘Bonnie Banks and the Call of the Past’. Referencing the age and old brand produced at Loch Lomond (1960s to 2000) and Bonnie Banks, a heroine / character, that you might see on future releases.

Nose: Lemon citrus, orange, earthy, dusky old library and salty – and all in a glass! Lots of apple and vanilla come through at a later moment.

Palate: Light and crisp with vanilla fudge, apple and woody spice.

Finish: A fruity pleasure to gladden the taste buds!

My Favourite On The Night


1. Port Dundas 16 Years Old: ‘Ghost of the Canal’
2. Macduff 10 Years Old: ”Thane of Fife

The Port Dundas 16 Years Old is so out-there for me, no real nose but a fantastic palate – I just had to choose it!

Many thanks to Steve at The Whisky Wire (@TheWhiskyWire / @TweetTastings) for a great evening and Brave New Spirits (@BNS_Whisky) for sending the samples and without whom!

My fellow Tweet Tasters on the night were:-


@WhiskyAlly @FreshPrinceRob @ocdwhisky @MrEdwardMilner @drinkersite @whiskyodyssey @FiShoop @Bearded_Whisky @RealDramRob @LeedsWine @jwbassman_ @B_R_Drams @TomsDram @Nescaphe @WhiskyLee232 @KiltedDrammer @sprungatom @rodbodtoo @DramofWar @Jotterface @WhiskyManc @TheWhiskyWire @AndyatDram @MaltMusings @SpiritAndWood @StillSurreal @TheWhiskyNovice @ingo74 @Sake_Baku

Sampling Offerings From Limestone Branch Distillery On Twitter … And Why I Changed My Mind On Which I Like The Best!

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The Limestone Branch Distillery Lineup!

Last Wednesday nights @TweetTastings, which was once again ably hosted by Steve from The Whisky Wire, gave us the opportunity to sample three offerings from Limestone Branch Distillery.

The distillery was first opened in 2011 and was founded by seventh-generation distillers and brothers Stephen and Paul Beam.

The drinks sampled were:-

  • Bowling & Burch Gin
  • Minor Case Straight Rye Whiskey
  • Yellowstone Family Recipe Bourbon

If you want to catch up on what all the tweet tasters had to say you can view their comments by searching for the hash tag #LimestoneBranchDistillery on Twitter.

So, what did I think?

Here are my tasting notes … and the one which was my favourite on the night!

Tasting Notes – Bowling & Burch Gin (48%)


Bowling & Burch Gin
48% ABV
A small batch gin crafted using 19 botanicals
Currently only available in the US
RRP $39.99

Bowling & Burch Gin which takes its name and inspiration from the Beam brothers ancestors, was created by Stephen Beam, and is the result of his green fingers and passion for experimentation.

8 of the 19 botanicals used to produce Bowling & Burch Gin were grown at the distillery; bitter orange, black cherry, honeysuckle, rosemary, lemon grass, lemon verbena, blackberry and coriander.


Nose: Pungent juniper, strong lemon with hints of orange and thyme. In addition, fresh cut cucumber with additional grapefruit gives way to slight waxiness and there’s also some pepper.

Palate: Sweet and very herbal with tasty lemon and orange. Growing pepper and chocolate.

Finish: The juniper and grapefruit storm through later. With tonic it becomes more savoury.

Overall: This is a gin that’s quite something in its neat state!

Tasting Notes – Minor Case Straight Rye Whiskey (45%)


Minor Case Straight Rye Whiskey
2 Years Old
45% ABV
Finished in Sherry casks
Available from houseofmalt.co.uk for £44.95

Minor Case Straight Rye, was created by Stephen and Paul Beam, whose grandfather (Minor Case) was making whiskey long before prohibition started 100 years ago, and the brothers still use the same recipes and distilling notes today.


Nose: Deep citrus, lovely toffee, spiced fruit cake and mint! Creamy chocolate with some sweet wood.

Palate: Thinnish, fruity mouthfeel with bubble gum, sweet toffee, spicy cake, cinnamon, chocolate and raspberry.

Finish: There’s just enough peppery spice to offset the sweetness and it all goes down rather glowingly!

Overall: Quite a dram for only two years old – seriously fruity!

Tasting Notes – Yellowstone Family Recipe Bourbon (50%)


Yellowstone Family Recipe
Kentucky Straight Bourbon
6 Years Old
50% ABV
Currently only available in the US
RRP $69.99

Yellowstone Family Recipe Kentucky Straight Bourbon, is truly a family heirloom, passed down for generations. Stephen Beam, Master Distiller at Limestone Branch Distillery, unearthed the original Yellowstone recipe scribed in a notebook from his grandfather, Guy Beam.

That very same recipe, coupled with the original yeast cloned from Minor Case’s jug, was used to distil Yellowstone Family Recipe Kentucky Straight Bourbon


Nose: Toasted peanuts, nut brittle, fresh wet wood and apple.

Palate: Ooh! Sweet nuts! Dusky nuts, all things nuts! Plus some caramel, citrus and pineapple to even the score.

Finish: There’s some fiery spice to finish this – watch out!

Overall: Gotta’ love them nuts!

My Favourite On The Night

I originally voted for Yellowstone Family Recipe Bourbon on the night whereas most tasters chose the Minor Case Straight Rye Whiskey. On a subsequent tasting I had to change my mind and agree with them – Minor Case Straight Rye Whiskey is quite exceptional considering it’s young age – full of fruit and class!

Many thanks to Steve at The Whisky Wire (@TheWhiskyWire / @TweetTastings) for a great evening and Limestone Branch Distillery (@ChapmanPoolePR) for sending the samples and without whom!

My fellow Tweet Tasters on the night were:-


@TheWhiskyWire @SpiritAndWood @whiskyrover @ForTheDram @whiskyodyssey @sprungatom @WhiskyWings @FiShoop @WhiskyAlly @MaltMusings @ocdwhisky @jwbassman_ @Wadz73 @AndyatDram @TheWhiskyphiles @whiskygraeme @WhiskyWithMolly @Jotterface @rodbodtoo @WhiskyLee232 @TallmanFM @CEVokins @LeedsWine @TipsySassenach

Sampling The Wares Of The Glasgow Distillery: Three Whiskies, Two Rums & A Whole Lot Of Flavour!

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Three whiskies and two rums!

Three whiskies and two rums were the treats we could look forward to with last Wednesday nights @TweetTastings, which was once again ably hosted by Steve from The Whisky Wire!

They all hailed from the Glasgow Distillery who also produce blended Whisky, Gin and Vodka!

On the night we sampled:-

  • 1770 Original
  • 1770 Tokaji Cask Finish
  • 1770 Golden Beer Cask Finish
  • Banditti Glasgow Spiced Rum
  • Banditti Smoky Rogues Rum

If you want to catch up on what all the tweet tasters had to say you can view their comments by searching for the hash tag #GlasgowDistillery on Twitter.

So, what did I think?

Here are my tasting notes … and the one which was my favourite on the night!

Tasting Notes – 1770 Original (46%)


Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Casks: Initially matured in first fill-ex Bourbon barrels, before being finished in Virgin oak casks
ABV: 46%
£49.00

Glasgow 1770 The Original is their Flagship unpeated bottling. ItÕs a true representation of the whisky they produce and showcases their production philosophy and dedication to quality.

Nose: Creamy toffee with some apple and pineapple in there for good measure. Spicy wood with hints of chocolate and the spice gets fruitier with the passing of time.

Palate: Fruity cane sweetness with powerful orange, pineapple and toffee.

Finish: A warming spice that grows in pepperiness with grapefruit and some salt coming along at the end.

Overall: A great go-to dram.

Tasting Notes – 1770 Tokaji Cask Finish (58%)


Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Casks: Initially matured in first-fill Bourbon barrels, before being finished in Hungarian Tokaji wine casks
ABV: 58%
£59.00 (Coming Soon)


Nose: Thick caramel and peanut butter with apple, pineapple and shades of clove and jasmine tea. (Thanks to @fishoop for that one!) Creamy strawberries damp wood add up to a very inviting nose!

Palate: Sherbet fruity sweetness with pineapple and creamy strawberries – Yum! Tingling, fizzy spice on the tongue couples with chocolate. The spice is pretty powerfull – I think my mouth is a little numb!

Finish: Woody with again a salty end.

Overall: A really lovely dram with bags of flavour and profile!

Tasting Notes – 1770 Golden Beer Cask Finish (56.2%)


Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Casks: First-fill Bourbon, then finished in a PX Sherry cask that held Innis & Gunn Golden Beer for 3 months.
ABV: 56.2%
£59.00 (Coming Soon)


Nose: A bit quieter this one … woody with cream but a very shy dram overall! More beery notes come through later with toffee and some woody overtones.

Palate: A subtle initial palate. Woody with sweet chocolate and there’s some lovely fruit there as well with creamy malt.

Finish: Nutty and very spicy. It’s also a pretty dry finish.

Tasting Notes – Banditti Glasgow Spiced Rum (44%)


Casks: Matured for up to 12 months in oak barrels
ABV: 44% ABV
£25.00

Banditti Club Rum Ð Glasgow Spiced is matured and spiced in Glasgow, made using rum distilled from freshly pressed sugar cane juice on the Island of Madeira.

Banditti Club takes its name from a company of bold rogues who would meet in GlasgowÕs local public houses; singing, eating and playing music late into the night.

Nose: Ah! Delightful – liquid Christmas cake in a glass! Cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger and orange! Sweet and minty, herbal menthol (which is a surprise) arrives after a while sat sitting in a glass.

Palate: Not at all rum like: minty, herbal, menthol with lemon!

Finish: Sweet orange and ginger with some peppery spice.

Tasting Notes – Banditti Smoky Rogues Rum (52.2%)


Casks: Initially matured in oak casks, before being finished for 18 months in Glasgow 1770 Peated whisky casks
ABV: 52.2% ABV
£28.00

Launched earlier this month, Banditti Club Rum Ð Smoky Rogues, is a limited-edition, single cask incarnation of their Glasgow Spiced rum, which has been finished in peated whisky casks.

Nose: Musky rooms, cloves and mince pies. Cinnamon, nutmeg follows, similar to the Banditti Glasgow Spiced Rum.

Palate: Quite medicinal with sweet herbs, cloves and menthol.

Finish: The medicinal flavours continue and it’s all wrapped up in a slightly smokey coat!

My Favourites On The Night

1. 1770 Tokaji Cask Finish
2. Banditti Smoky Rogues Rum

A lovely dram with all it’s fruity and spicy goodness and that rum is REALLY different!

Catch up on what all the tweet tasters had to say with #GlasgowDistillery on Twitter

Many thanks to Steve at The Whisky Wire (@TheWhiskyWire / @TweetTastings) for a great evening and Glasgow Distillery (@GlasgowDC) for sending the samples and without whom!

Whiskies and Rums are available to buy from The Glasgow Distillery

Glasgow Distillery wares are also available to buy from these Merchants:-

Sampling Four Speyside Distillery Whiskies – But Which One Is My ‘Desert Island Dram’?!

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The Four Speyside Distillery Whiskies Sampled!

Wednesday nights @TweetTastings, which was once again ably hosted by Steve from The Whisky Wire, gave us the opportunity to sample the wares of The Speyside Distillery; a mid-week savouring of four great drams!

The whiskies sampled were:-

  • Spey Trutina
  • Spey Chairman’s Choice
  • Beinn Dubh
  • Spey Fumare

Production at The Speyside Distillery started in 1990. The distillery took its name from the original distillery of the same name, located in Kingussie, which was operational from around 1895 – 1911.

The distillery is small in comparison with it’s closest neighbours (Dalwhinnie & Tomatin), with a 4.2 ton Semi-Lauter mash tun, 4 stainless steel washbacks and one pair of stills (11,000 wash & 8000 spirit).

Speyside Distillery uses a wide range of casks. The majority of these are American ex-bourbon barrels, but they also use casks sourced from Spain, Portugal and France.

If you want to catch up on what all the tweet tasters had to say you can view their comments by searching for the hash tag #SpeysideDistillery on Twitter.

So, what did I think?

Here are my tasting notes … and the one which was my favourite on the night!

Tasting Notes – Spey Trutina (46%)

Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
ABV: 46%
AGE: NAS
Casks: Bourbon

SPEY Trutina, which takes its name from the latin for ‘honest & pure’, is said to signify the natural, simple characteristics of the Speyside Distillery. This release is limited to 18,000 individually numbered bottles.


Nose: Sherbet sweetness with green apples and some citrus. Some toffee notes and after a while the citrus increases with the addition of some herbs. In fact the nose started to remind me of a gin!

Palate: Strong lemon citrus balanced by sugary sweetness and chocolate.

Finish: Dry and powerful spicy pepper which is rather Yummy! The palate gets quite bitter at the end.

Tasting Notes – Spey Chairman’s Choice (40%)


Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
ABV: 40%
AGE: NAS
Casks: Bourbon and Sherry

On Christmas Day in 1787, John Harvey (acting in his capacity as Chairman of the company) personally selected the whisky to be used only by family. John Harvey called this exclusive and secret family whisky, SPEY “Chairman’s Choice”.


Nose: Creamy caramel with sherry – tremendous! I also picked up some wood with dark vanilla fruits.

Palate: Thin mouthfeel with juicy sweet fruits and a little coffee and chocolate.

Finish: There’s some nice spice to this one and the chocolate gets creamier and creamier but I’m wondering (with the light mouthfeel) what the cask strength would be like? I reckon gorgeous!

Tasting Notes – Beinn Dubh (43%)


Beinn Dubh
Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
ABV: 43%
AGE: NAS
Casks: Bourbon barrels before being finished in heavily toasted Ruby Port casks

Beinn Dubh, which means Black Mountain, has been produced using water from the Cairngorm Black Mountain, and finished in heavily toasted Ruby Port casks from The Douro Valley.

Nose: What an inviting looking dram this is! On the nose there’s rich dark fruits with red wine and vanilla. It gets more porty as time goes on with some added coffee.

Palate: Port and dark chocolate in abundance! Dark fruits including prunes, wood, creamy vanilla and a little licorice.

Finish: The spiciness grows but there’s sweet coffee and chocolate aplenty to keep it in check!

Tasting Notes – Spey Fumare (46%)


SPEY Fumare
Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
ABV: 46%
AGE: NAS
Casks: Bourbon

SPEY Fumare, was the first ever peated distillery bottling and is produced using peated barley, which the distillery only uses for a small part of the year (December). A limited release of 18,000 individually numbered bottles.

Nose: Ooh! smokehouse peat is back! Savoury liquid BBQ smoke with some sweet fruitiness and snack inducing peat aromas!

Palate: Rich fruity smoke and peat with antiseptic overtones but a pleasant sweetness levels things up nicely.

Finish: Punchy pepper at the end!

Overall: This could easily be one of my ‘Desert Island Drams’ – staring into my homemade fire on the beach!

My Favourite On The Night

1. Beinn Dubh
2. Fumare

I do love a peat dram but maybe it’s the time of year because the Christmas dram ‘Beinn Dubh’ really wins it for me! Christmas dram contender anyone?

Speyside Distillery Whiskies can be bought directly from thesnugspeysidedistillery

Speyside Distillery Whiskies are also available to buy from these Merchants:-

Many thanks to Steve at The Whisky Wire (@TheWhiskyWire / @TweetTastings) for a great evening and Speyside Distillery (@SpeySingleMalt) for sending the samples and without whom!

My fellow Tweet Tasters on the night were:-


@TheWhiskyWire @WhiskyWings @TallmanFM @whiskygraeme @RealDramRob @PadWhisky @sprungatom @PhilScott101 @whiskyodyssey @BillyCowan @FiShoop @StillSurreal @rodbodtoo @pswhisky @CEVokins @DramofWar @WhiskyWithMolly @jwbassman_ @KiltedDrammer @ExeterWhisky @WhiskyUnplugged @moonbites @TwoWhiskyBros @TheWhiskyphiles

Sampling The Luxco Xmas Whiskey Tweet Tasting – Designed To Get Chrimbo Off To A Tasty Start!

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Sampling The Luxco Xmas Whiskey Tweet Tasting

I was Ho! Ho! Honoured to be invited to a #LuxcoXmasWhiskey TweetTastings earlier this week which was hosted by Steve from The Whisky Wire – all designed to get Chrimbo off to a tasty start!

The samples came from the Lux Row Distillers stable of drinks whose drive to innovate has quickly allowed them to become one of the top USA-based independent producers of alcohol beverage products across all categories.

The three whiskies sampled were:-

  • Yellowstone Select Kentucky Straight Bourbon
  • Ezra Brooks Kentucky Straight Bourbon
  • Ezra Brooks Straight Rye Whiskey

If you want to catch up on what all the tweet tasters had to say you can view their comments by searching for the hash tag #LuxcoXmasWhiskey on Twitter.

So, what did I think?

Here are my tasting notes … and the one which was my favourite on the night!

Tasting Notes – Yellowstone Select Kentucky Straight Bourbon (46.5%)


Yellowstone Kentucky Straight Bourbon is a delicate fusion of flavours from seventh-generation distillers, this straight bourbon features a handpicked blend of 4- and 7-year-old bourbons, for an exclusive small-batch whiskey that honours its deep family origins.

Yellowstone Bourbon is crafted at Limestone Branch distillery, Kentucky which has been around since the start of the Kentucky bourbon business.

Nose: Gorgeous, sweet, stewed fruits with toffee. Then a real blast of tropical fruitiness shows itself plus a little chocolate.

Palate: Lovely sweetness and satisfying mouthfeel. Superb tropical fruits with mango coming out on top!

Finish: Some orange and chocolate, warming and spicy and slightly medicinal with a dry tannin finish. Interestingly, adding some water adds some Ginger flavours …

Overall: A great Bourbon with a little bit of everything. Fruity, sweet and with a powerful spice and dry finish!

Yellowstone Select:

Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Distillery: Limestone Branch
ABV: 46.5%
Available from Ocado for £45 – Save £7, was £52.00

Tasting Notes – Ezra Brooks Kentucky Straight Bourbon (40%)


Ezra Brooks is distilled using only the finest ingredients (corn, rye, barley) and charcoal filtered for an unmistakable, mellow flavor.

Aged in charred white oak barrels it delivers a beautifully smooth flavor and finish and is bottled at 80 proof (40% ABV)

Nose: Citrusy with lemons ‘afore! Reminds me of boiled sweets (spangles) plus some healthy apples thrown in. After a while I’m getting some sweet tropicalness and creamy vanilla.

Palate: Cane sweetness, buttery, with lots of juicy tropical fruits – Very Yummy!

Finish: A thinner mouthfeel, but very light with sweet vanilla and fruity flavours dancing on the tongue! Oaky and light honeyed at the end with a mild spiciness.

Overall: A cracking Bourbon and at a very tasty price!

Ezra Brooks Bourbon 80 Proof:

Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Distillery: Lux Row Distillers
ABV: 40%
Available from Ocado for £26 – Save £3, was £29.00

Tasting Notes – Ezra Brooks Straight Rye Whiskey (45%)


A genuine straight rye whiskey made from the finest ingredients available and bottled at an honest 90 proof.

INGREDIENTS
Rye and barley

AWARDS
Gold Medal – 2017 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Gold Medal – 2017 Global Masters Spirits Competition

Nose: Slow burner this one – maybe hiding it’s light under a Kentucky bushel! Eventually there is mint, treacle and licorice – who would have thought?! A little toffee, a little oak, a little spice …

Palate: Some creamy chocolate and licorice, treacle and shades of mint!

Finish: Toffee on rye coupled with some great spice that’s not too heavy.

Overall: Some interesting flavours here for sure – but all in a good way!
Ezra Brooks Rye 90 Proof:

Kentucky Straight Rye
Distillery: Lux Row Distillers
ABV: 45%

Available from MasterOfMalt for £30.70

My Favourite On The Night

Out of the 3, I think it’s got to be the Ezra Brooks Bourbon with Yellowstone Select & Ezra Brooks Rye tying for second as I can’t decide between them! I chose ‘Ezra Brooks Bourbon’ as it’s seriously good for the price – buy two …….. and keep them both for yourself!

Many thanks to Steve at The Whisky Wire (@TheWhiskyWire / @TweetTastings) for a great evening and (@ChapmanPoolePR) for sending the samples.

And, of course, many thanks to luxrowdistillers.com, without whom!

My fellow Tweet Tasters on the night were:-


@TheWhiskyWire @Jotterface @WhiskyWithMolly @ManyMilesWhisky @AWhetForWhisky @ocdwhisky @WhiskyWings @ChapmanPoolePR @sprungatom @speakofwhisky @SpiritAndWood @PhilScott101 @MrEdwardMilner @ingo74 @WhiskyGeekPete @GaryMills01 @CEVokins @drinkersite @iheartwhisky @FreshPrinceRob @DramofWar @FiShoop @WhiskyManc @Whiskyviewer

ABOUT LUX ROW DISTILLERS

Real roots, real family, real products: Lux Row Distillers – a bourbon distillery experience on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail –brings the Lux family history and spirits tradition to the bourbon industry.

Lux Row Distillers is the home of bourbon brands including Rebel, Blood Oath, David Nicholson, Daviess County and Ezra Brooks.

Located in the heart of Bardstown, Kentucky, the 18,000-square foot Lux Row Distillers site includes a visitor centre, barrel warehouses, a tasting room, and event space, making for an all-encompassing bourbon experience. The 90-acre property is home to an 18th century stone house, registered as a National Historic Place, and a long, tree-lined driveway providing a scenic entrance to the distillery.

About Luxco

Founded in St. Louis in 1958 by the Lux Family, Luxco is a leading producer, supplier, importer and bottler of beverage alcohol products.

Our mission is to meet the needs and exceed the expectations of consumers, associates and business partners. Merged with MGP Ingredients, Inc. in 2021 (Nasdaq: MGPI), Luxco operates as MGP’s Brands Division and manages all MGP/Luxco brands.

This extensive and award-winning spirits portfolio includes well-known brands from five distilleries:
– Bardstown, Kentucky-based Lux Row Distillers, home of Ezra Brooks, Rebel, Blood Oath, David Nicholson and Daviess County;
– Lebanon, Kentucky-based Limestone Branch Distillery, maker of Yellowstone Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Minor Case Straight Rye Whiskey and Bowling & Burch Gin;
– Jalisco, Mexico-based Destiladora González Lux, producer of 100% agave tequilas, El Mayor, Exotico and Dos Primos;
– MGP’s historic distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, where the George Remus Straight Bourbon Whiskey and Rossville Union Straight Rye Whiskey are produced;
– and the Washington, D.C.-based Green Hat Distillery, producer of the Green Hat family of gins.

The innovative and high-quality brand portfolio also includes Everclear Grain Alcohol, Pearl Vodka, Saint Brendan’s Irish Cream, The Quiet Man Irish Whiskey and other well-recognized brands. For more information about the company and its brands, visit luxco.com.

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