Single Malt 12 Year Whiskey

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Single malt 12 year whiskey. Bushmills 12 year old distillery reserve is matured mainly in former spanish oloroso sherry casks which lend a deep amber colour and wonderful dried fruit aromas to this whiskey. Marrying single malt whisky is a tradition we have passed down through generations. Non chill filtered and bottled at 46 for a rich flavour. In the world of irish whiskey the single malt is a prestigious title with whiskies here tending to be minimum 10 years of aging in the barrel.

Yoichi single malt shows the characteristics of nikka s first distillery built in 1934. All have their own unique distillation process but all follow the same blueprint to garner the title single malt. Single malt means that the whisky comes from one distillery and is made from 100 percent malted barley. The founder masataka taketsuru chose yoichi in hokkaido because of the similar environmental conditions to scotland where he learned whisky making.

A quick primer on single malt scotch. Blacks also wanted to get hold of some fresh irish whiskey casks to mature their irish rum in to add another level of complexity and uniqueness to it. This 12 year old first came onto the market in 1984 and was the first seriously marketed japanese single malt whisky. So glenfiddich 12 for example may be a blend of a.

Unlike some of the larger houses this. Bushmills tends to be the benchmark given they have been making whiskey for 400 years. Our whisky is matured for 12 years in olorosso european oak sherry and american oak casks before being married by our malt master brian kinsman in specially designed uniquely sized oak marrying tuns for 9 months. Yamazaki is suntory s flagship single malt whisky from japan s first and oldest malt distillery.

This is a 12 year old single malt personally sourced by sam and maudleine black. Kurpinsky is a particular fan of their 12 year old single malt.