Single Malt Refill Bourbon 'Full Cask' No 90003557
⏳ Drikkevindue
As a robust single malt Scotch whisky, this bottle is stable indefinitely when stored properly and can be enjoyed over several decades.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Smoked blue cheese, slow-roasted pork belly, dark chocolate with sea salt
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Craigellachie is famously known as the 'Bad Boy of Speyside' due to its stubborn adherence to traditional, old-school whisky-making methods. At the heart of its distinctive character is the continued use of copper worm tubs—cold water tanks containing coiled copper pipes used to condense the spirit. This process limits copper contact, leaving a heavy, sulfurous, and meaty distillate. When matured in a refill bourbon cask, such as this 'Full Cask' single cask selection, the wood plays a supporting role. Rather than dominating with heavy oak and vanilla, the refill cask allows Craigellachie's muscular, pineapple-tinged, and savory spirit character to take center stage, creating a dram of remarkable complexity, texture, and historical resonance.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Craigellachie Distillery blev grundlagt i 1891 af Alexander Edward og den legendariske whiskypioner Peter Mackie. Destilleriet troner stolt i hjertet af skotske Speyside, hvor floderne Spey og Fiddich mødes. Ud over sin markante historiske arkitektur, tegnet af Charles Doig, er destilleriet berømt for sin kompromisløse fastholdelse af klassiske produktionsmetoder – ikke mindst den fortsatte brug af traditionelle 'worm tubs' i kobber til kondensering. Denne særlige destillationsteknik giver råspritten en robust, muskuløs og let svovlet karakter, som harmonerer smukt med livlige tropiske frugtnoter og en rig maltet dybde. I dag ejes Craigellachie af John Dewar & Sons under Bacardi og leverer anmelderroste, karakterfulde single malt whiskies, der skiller sig markant ud som både modige og nonkonformistiske i Speyside-regionen.
🍇 Base Ingredient
Malted Barley