Black Bottle Andean Oak, Alchemy Series # 3 / 46.3%/ 0.7l

In 2021, Burn Stewart Distillers, owner of the Black Bottle blender since 2003, launched the “Alchemy Series.”

The series is dedicated to the "whisky alchemists", in this case the Graham brothers, creators of the original Black Bottle formula in 1879. The first two releases, Double Cask and Island Smoke, were a great success and a year later two more were released - Andean Oak and Smoke & Dagger. Their creators are Black Bottle blender Julieann Fernandez and Distell Group master distiller Brendan McCarron. Andean Oak (Quercus Humboldtii), or Andean oak, occurs mainly in Colombia and Panama, and gives the distillate a spicy and nutty character. The whisky is bottled at 46.3% abv without cold filtration. In our opinion, this is the first whisky to be matured using Andean oak

Nose: peat smoke, seaweed salad, almonds, plums, raspberries, figs, caramel, honey, vanilla, notes of cinnamon and oak chips.

Palate : vanilla cream, honey, toffee, dark berries, plums, nutmeg, cinnamon, mixed nuts, oak tannins and peat smoke.

Finish : medium long, with notes of dark berries, toffee, caramel, milk chocolate, hazelnuts and peat smoke.