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APRIL's MALT OF THE MONTH - The Balvenie 12 The Sweet Toast of American Oak and Free Glass

The Balvenie

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Maltofthemonth.co.uk is thrilled to present The Balvenie 12, The Sweet Toast of American Oak and Free Balvenie Glass.

Bottled at 43%abv, this whisky is the creation of Malt Master Kelsey McKechnie crafted to create a sweeter, fruiter Balvenie. 

Enjoy The Balvenie this April, a cracking dram for Spring!

Included in purchase:

  • The Balvenie 12 American Oak 70cl
  • The Balvenie Free Glass 
  • Tasting Notes & Cocktail Card
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The Balvenie

The Sweet toast of american oak

"Inspired to produce an even fruitier, sweeter Balvenie whisky, Malt Master Kelsey McKechnie had the bright idea to import Virgin Oak barrels from Kentucky. After deep toasting them at The Balvenie Cooperage they were filled with Balvenie aged in ex-bourbon barrels."

The American Oak 12 Year Old Balvenie is part of the 'Stories Whiskies' sharing the tales behind the bottles and the people who make the whisky, this series concentrates on the people behind the bottles, those who make up the Balvenie team and create these magical malts.

The Sweet Toast of American Oak derived from an idea Malt Master Kelsey McKechnie to create a sweeter, fruitier style of The Balvenie.

The Malt Master

'Inspired to produce an even fruitier, sweeter Balvenie whisky, Malt Master Kelsey McKechnie had the bright idea to import Virgin Oak barrels from Kentucky. After deep toasting them at The Balvenie Cooperage they were filled with Balvenie aged in ex-bourbon barrels.

At only 25, Malt Master Kelsey McKechnie had earned her place at The Balvenie table. Valued for her fearless approach to experimentation that she marries with a genuine respect for craft.'

This is the story of the spectacular things that can happen when an ancient technique meets fresh ideas. “Some would call us ‘aff our heeds’, but I suppose you’ve got to try something really different now and again,”

- Mashman Brian Webster.

The Kentucky White Oak

'The only wood we burn on the fire is white oak. And the smell, you’re really activating all the vanillins within the American Oak, it’s kind of a nutty, marzipany smell, like freshly baked bread.

Once the barrels safely arrive on Scottish soil, the pre-toasted casks are given an extra deep toast in The Balvenie Cooperage to drive the heat further into the wood and bring out as much flavour as possible. As Head Cooper, Ian McDonald asserts: “We’re adding extra life and flavour into the wood. After it’s spent 6 weeks in transit from Kentucky to Dufftown, our signature Balvenie burn refreshes the wood, bringing out all the flavour, colour, vanilla.

In the glass this is a complex whisky with incandescent notes of caramelised fruits, delicate vanilla and oak.

The classic Balvenie flavour is enhanced by even stronger, sweeter coconut and warm honey notes. It has taken on a really amazing fruity flavour and the colour is really rich'

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