Hankey Bannister / 40% / 0.7l
- Hankey Bannister & Co. was founded by Beaumont Hankey and Hugh Bannister in London in 1757. Little is knows about the company funders, they were extremely successful wine merchants with clientele including finest families in London.
Product description
Hankey Bannister & Co. was founded in 1757 by Beaumont Hankey and Hugh Bannister. Little is known about the two gentlemen except that they were hugely successful wine importers, with a clientele that included some of London's most distinguished families.
In 1860, regulations came into force legalizing the blending of malt and grain whisky, and the company soon joined the blending producers. The whisky bearing its name was launched in 1882, but its formula has not been preserved. Since 1988, the Hankey Bannister brand has belonged to Inver House Distillers, which owns five distilleries: Balmenach, Balblair, Speyburn, Old Pulteney and Knockdhu, and we assume that they play a key role in its blending.
Nose : cereal, breakfast cereal, brown sugar, toffee, grapefruit, pepper, some ginger and fresh oak.
Taste: quite sweet, caramel, toffee, vanilla, buttered toast, pepper, a bit of dried herbs and a slight bitterness of oak.
Finish: not too long, with notes of cereal, caramel, cinnamon, pepper and oak.