Henstone Whisky – Ex-Peated

Here it is, Henstone Whisky – Ex-Peated (handwritten label is batch 19)! For full details see our RELEASE PAGE. We’ve been asked many times for a peated whisky and as a result have created this expression. The spirit spent more than three years in ex-Jim Beam (bourbon) casks and was then transferred to a 125 litre ex-peated quarter cask for finishing – on this occasion the finishing took 20 months! The result is a very pleasant, peated single malt whisky. Bottled at 46%, there are only 107 x 70cl bottles in this batch!

The reason we finish in peated casks, is because we have been lucky enough to acquire some ex Islay peated casks. Using these to finish our whisky has produced our own unique peated taste and our customers have been very complimentary about the finished product so we are sure we're onto a winner. Interestingly, Scottish Whisky Association rules mean that we cannot know which Scottish distillery they came from, and the butts (ends of casks) are painted grey to remove the chance of identification

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