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Key Facts About This Single Malt Scotch

Bottlers: Better Than Reality x Firkin Whisky Co collaboration

Range: Cloak & Dagger

Distillery: Benrinnes

Age: 2008 Vintage 

Region: Speyside, Scotland

Spirit: Single cask, single malt scotch 

Cask Type: Double wood, ex-madeira

Alcohol by Volume: 48.9%

Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration

Bottle Size: 700ml

Benrinnes 2008 Tasting Notes

Colour: Natural colour. Light amber, coating my glass.

Nose: Part caramelised red orchard apples. Vanilla custard pastries, served with a latte. Cinnamon and nutmeg. An underlying cereal note.

Palate: Medium mouthfeel. More of those orchard apples, together with peaches. Pain au raisin next to thick-cut lemon and orange marmalade on the breakfast table. Creamy milk chocolate. Plenty of spice, but in a bright, warming manner - rather than hot.

Finish: Medium to long finish. Spiced orange marmalade leaves you ready for another sip.

About This Collaboration Whisky

Better Than Reality and Firkin Whisky Company want to take you on a journey with this collaboration release. They’ve married whisky from the Benrinnes distillery in Aberlour, Speyside with the tangy and spicy richness of Portuguese Madeira wine. Sounds crazy, but in their double wood hand-built casks; it’s just crazy enough to work.

Firkin's custom single cask use a combination of American first-fill Bourbon staves and new French Limousin oak staves with a custom char. This Double Oak cask, in combination with the spicy richness of Madeira, creates a unique flavour profile. What emerges is rich, lively and a tad spicy.

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