Double Matured: Rye Whiskey into Port

CASK SERIES | SPRING 2025 | SINGLE MALT WHISKY

 

RELEASE NOTE

* Distillery Exclusive * This is our first Distillery Exclusive release, only available from the on-site distillery shop (with a small number allocated to our Founders’ Club members). Each bottle has been hand-filled, individually numbered and finished with a handwritten label.

For this expression we selected a small, first-fill rye whiskey cask for the first 3 years and 5 months of maturation, before transferring to a small, refill ruby port cask for the remainder of the maturation period. The entire cask has been disgorged and bottled at cask strength, without chill-filtration or colouring.

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 dram delivers a generous helping of rich, jammy fruit, with deeper notes of coffee and dark chocolate lending balance and complexity. The double maturation - first in a rye whiskey cask, then into a ruby port cask - has mellowed the spice while layering in vibrant notes of cherry and raspberry. A dash of water reveals a softer, sweeter side, coaxing out hints of butterscotch and praline that make each sip all the more moreish.” - Abbie Jaume, Head Distiller

TASTING NOTES

  • Nose: raspberry jam, peach cobbler, allspice and coffee.

  • Taste: dried cherries, cask char and praline.

  • Finish: medium-long, with rye spice, dark chocolate and raspberries.

SUGGESTED SERVE

  • Short: neat, or with a dash of water. Pairs well with dark chocolate, salty cheese or Stilton.

RELEASE DETAILS

  • 56.6% ABV (cask strength)

  • 700ml

  • 103 bottles

  • Natural colour

  • Non-chill filtered

 

SPIRIT SPECIFICS

  • Cask profile: matured for 3 years, 5 months in a first-fill ex-American rye whiskey cask, then transferred to a refill ruby port cask for a further 1 year and 9 months.

  • Wood profile: American and European oak

  • Cask size: 90 and 125 litres

  • Casks filled: October 2019 and March 2023

  • Maturation time: 5 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 (144-168 hrs)

  • Distillation: double distilled on a 900 litre copper pot (‘Neilson’)

  • Batch number: 2504

 

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