Black Bull 12 Year Old

Black Bull 12 Year OldOur 12 year old, charges at you and shakes you up a bit, but then leaves you with a realisation that this is what blended Scotch whisky should actually be like, a bit of rough and tumble with a silky smooth ending. We take robust and rich highland and speyside malt whiskies, matured in refill ex sherry European Oak butts and refill ex bourbon American Oak hogsheads, and blend them together with lowland grain, matured in refill ex bourbon American Oak

is the driest and palest of all varieties of traditional sherry wine

smooth and warming to the palate with a clean finish

Nose: Cooked fruit

and over the generations has lived in anonymity due to its role with Scotland’s blenders

The “Shiny Barrel Batch” is something to marvel at

A little tricky

a pot still has the first say

and pleasant smokiness

depending on taste

This technique is at the heart of The Balvenie DoubleWood – it sees the whisky matured first in American oak barrels

but balance is still the most important skill and the MAXIMUS IPA is exactly that

to succumb to flooding just three years into its life