Description

Henstone Whisky – Ex-Peated Release 2

Here it is, Henstone Whisky – Ex-Peated Release 2 (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, rather than use peated barley, is because of our association with Stonehouse Brewery. The brewery makes our (whisky) wash and if we were to use peated barley there is the potential that all the beers subsequently produced by the brewery would be tainted with peat. As a result, we acquired ex-Islay peated casks and finished the whisky in them. Interestingly, Scottish Whisky Association rules mean that we cannot know which Scottish distillery they came from, and the butts (ends of the casks) are painted grey to remove the chance of identification. 

Full details follow

Handwritten label batch number: 19
Date on label: 25/10/2023
Cask Number: HDC0014, HDC0015 & HDC0016 then finished in HDC0064
Wash made: Comprised washes made 20/09/2018, 17/10/2018, 14/11/2018, 06/12/2018, 10/01/2019
Distillations: 02/10/2018 (x 2), 26/10/2018 (x 2), 22/11/2018 (x 2), 13/12/2018 (x 2), 17/01/2019
ABV into cask: 65.4%
Wood type: ex-bourbon (Jim Beam), 200 litre American Standard and then finished in 125 litre ex-peated quarter cask
Into wood date (ex-bourbon casks) 29/11/2018, 5/12/18, 23/1/2019
Removed from wood: 03/02/2022
Into wood date (ex-peated cask): 03/02/2022
Removed from wood: 24/10/2023
Bottling ABV: 46%
Number of bottles from batch: 107 x 70cl & 72 x 5cl