Balvenie 40 Year Old Single Malt Scotch WhiskyBalvenie is the only distillery in Scotland that still grows its own barley, uses traditional floor maltings, and keeps a coppersmith and a cooperage on site. Their commitment to quality has been consistent since 1892, when William Grant built the distillery. The current Malt Master, David C. Stewart, began working at the distillery in 1962 at the age of 17. The casks for this bottling were put down under his supervision, and bottled under his

Riesling and Gewurztraminer

with smooth flavors of vanilla and caramel

herbal roots

spicy food

pure cane sugar

distilled from Caribbean sugar cane

especially dark plum

the rum is a genuine thing of beauty

a mixture of pasture and rolling hills

No corn is used in the production of the rye

” made with deep grooves carved into the staves to increase the surface area and expose the whiskey to more toasted oak

creating a great coherence of flavor batch to batch