Our Cotswolds Bourbon Cask Single Malt Whisky is created from select first-fill ex-Bourbon casks in which our rich and fruity single malt spirit has been patiently matured. These premium American oak barrels are ideal for ageing whisky and impart delicious notes of vanilla and honey. This sweet and malty cask strength expression is a whisky for purists and a wonderful expression of our distillery character.

~ Non-chill filtered

~ Natural colouring

~ 700ml

~ 59.1% ABV

~ £64.95

~ Malt: 100% locally grown, traditionally floor malted barley from the Cotswolds.

~ Yeast: Two complementary varieties - Anchor and Fermentis - to ensure good yields and excellent fruity flavours.

~ Water: Village water supply - filtered, softened and demineralised before use.

~ Wood: Premium first-fill ex-Bourbon casks from Kentucky, made from American white oak (Quercus alba).

Our Bourbon Cask expression begins with our new make spirit which is already incredibly smooth, rich and fruity thanks to the pair of yeasts we use, the long 90-hour fermentation and the tight heart cut on the spirit still. We dilute it to 63.5% ABV before filling premium American oak ex-Bourbon casks from Kentucky for full term maturation, allowing the key maturation processes of flavour extraction, oxidation and evaporation to work their magic on our already smooth spirit. These barrels haven't been steamed, so they come to us still moist, their staves soaked with wonderful Bourbon whisky.

Over the years, we've been combining these barrels with STR ex-red wine casks to produce our Cotswolds Signature Single Malt Whisky; yet this is our first whisky bottling to be exclusively Bourbon-matured. This whisky expression is truly a whisky lover's malt and delivers the typical sweet flavours you would expect from Bourbon casks, most notably vanilla, honey, malt sugars, caramel and even the occasional hint of coconut.

Bottled non-chill filtered with only minimal proofing down for maximum flavour, without added colouring.

Best enjoyed on its own, but we don’t believe in rules when it comes to drinking whisky – sip this neat, over ice, in a cocktail – however you like!

Nose

Decadent vanilla custard with a hint of malt.

Taste

Raisins and caramelised figs, delicate vanilla.

Finish

Subtly earthy with a hint of honey.

大麦を発芽させて、糖化酵素をはたらかせる作業の精麦は、多くの蒸留所が精麦工場に外注している。

コッツウォルズでは、伝統的な床上自家精麦法(floor malting)を蒸留所内で人力で行っている。

フォーサイス(スコットランド)製

バーボン樽、フランスワイン樽、ポルトガルワイン樽、スペインシェリー樽をはじめ優れた樽を世界中から調達。

このボトルはケンタッキーのバーボン樽を使用。

麦汁の絞り滓(draff)に、初留廃液(pot ale)をまぜた「ダークグレーン(スペントグレーン)dark grain(spent grain)」を家畜の餌にしている。

再留廃液(spent lees, stillage)をガスに転換し、蒸留所の発電に使っている。