I feel ever-so-slightly that Glenmorangie are trolling me. Just as I start banging on about how my allegiances have shifted from scotch to rye whisky, they announce the first single malt aged in ex-rye whiskey casks!
Glenmorangie’s Director of Distilling, Dr Bill Lumsden says that the goal is to important some of rye’s savoury spiciness into the scotch. Which sounds lovely.
I cannot tell you if he’s succeeded, because I’ve only seen the press release. But it sounds good, and if the results are anything like Glenmorangie’s sherry cask aged scotch, I’m sure it will make for a fine dram.
If you’d like to find out for yourself, and if you can spare the £79 it will cost you, you can buy a bottle from The Whisky Shop. Or you can make your way to London’s Fitzrovia, where they plan to open a pop-up “Spìos-inspired speakeasy’ from March 19–24.
Knock yourselves out!
Opinionated Drinking 