The distillery edition series allows our dedicated whisky-making team, led by our Master Blender Michael Henry, to experiment with processes and ingredients in order to unlock new and captivating flavours. Just like our previous four sold-out editions, our fifth release showcases our distillery's innovation and whisky making ability.
Distillery Edition 5 has been distilled using 100% unpeated barley in our unique Straight Neck stills with a narrow spirit cut of 90-80% giving a new make spirit strength of 85% abv. Michael has opted for a combination of Chardonnay wine yeast and distillers yeast during fermentation, amplifying the sweet fruit notes created during distillation.
The whisky has then been matured for 8 years in first fill American Oak. The finished result is a fruit-forward single malt with honey sweetness, green apple and kiwi, grapefruit and gentle cinnamon spice.
Bottled at cask strength of 59.1%, non-chill filtered with natural colour, to keep things as nature intended.