Balblair 2014 – Calvados Cask Finish

Description

Balblair 2014
Calvados Cask Finish
The first of our Calvados cask finishes, although technically it’s an ex white port then calvados cask finish.
Sometimes disasters happen in whisky. The two 250l casks of Balblair that fitted into a small calvados cask are an example of one of these disasters. They should not have fitted, but they did, with room to spare. The angels share was savage. Luckily this is a tasty disaster, even if it’s a little more expensive than we would have hoped for as a result. You know we are always very honest with you guys, so you’re getting the full story/list of excuses here. But the liquid, well we’re really happy with that. A little over 18 months in the calvados cask has wonderfully elevated
the spirit. It’s got that extra hit of bright green apples and a champagne like finish.
We decided to use the calvados cask for a finish as we thought it would pair well with the fruity clear wart, long fermented Balblair distillate.
Many of you have enjoyed pairing some of our previous whiskies with the spirits we bottled from the finishing cask so you’re looking for the old calvados with the typhoon label to pair with this one.
Uncommon distillery, with an uncommon cask finish, from a cask that means a lot to us that we brought back from Normandy ourselves, there’s a lot of LBD heart in this one.
Speaking of labels, we put Alex to work to design a Bayeux Tapestry themed label to provide the Normandy/calvados link. We think it’s rather charming in a 1066 kind of vibe.

Colour – Daffodil
Nose – Fresh lemon, ice cream wafer, green apple
Palate – Gooseberry, apple butter, plum crumble
Finish – Apple skins, dry champagne, green chilli

Filled – 05/04/2014
Bottled – 06/05/2026
Only 290 bottles worldwide