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Balvenie Stories 26 Year Old A Day of Dark Barley
HED54034
70 cl
47.8%
£600.00
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An experimental release from The Balvenie produced using dark roasted barley - more commonly used in the production of Stout or Porter beer. After 26 years of oak ageing, the result is a striking blend of honeyed sweetness alongside a smokiness and roasted oak character one rarely finds in single malt Scotch. This is a big, malty dram with notes of burnt orange and toffee across the nose and palate while the finish is soft and pleasing.
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One of Speyside's most famous single malts, located in Dufftown and owned by William Grant and Sons. The distillery was founded in the late 1800s by William Grant, who worked at the Mortlach distillery nearby. Master Distiller David Stewart is credited with making Balvenie the powerhouse we know today.
David worked at Balvenie for many decades and introduced many innovations that are now widespread across the industry including 'cask finishes' where whiskies are aged for a period in ex-Bourbon wood before being finished for a relative short period in a more active barrel.
Read our interview with Balvenie Malt Master Kelsey McKechnie here.