The Exceptional Grain Blended Grain Scotch Whisky

A significant small batch Scotch Whisky created by Don Sutcliffe, managing director of Craft Distillers and 35-year veteran of distilled spirits marketing, in collaboration with Willie Phillips, for 23 years managing director of The Macallan. The inaugural release, autumn 2013, was The Exceptional Grain, a blend of very special aged Scotch grain whiskies, selected from several different distilleries, each barrel chosen for its distinctive & memorable characteristics. While others blend to produce year-in, year-out consistency, each edition of The Exceptional Grain will offer a Whisky that is authentically individual, possessed of its own qualitative and stylistic distinction. The Exception Malt will be released in the fall of 2014; the Exceptional Blend in 2015.

The Exceptional Grain Blended Grain Scotch Whisky Tasting Notes

Nose: Toffee popcorn, coffee cake, flaky milk chocolate, fruit flapjack. Dry Oloroso spice, tobacco and aromatic leaf develop.

Palate: Pecan, vanilla, creamy milk chocolate build to chewy, oaky praline.

Finish: Custard, cocoa and caramelised pear slices.

Distillery Information

Carsebridge is one of Scotland’s many gone-but-not-forgotten grain distilleries, founded right at the end of the 1700s by John Bald in Alloa. Initially Carsebridge produced malt whisky, but after a few decades production was switched over to grain whisky due to the rising popularity of blends in Scotland. Carsebridge was one of the six distilleries which came together to form the Distillers Company Limited in 1877, and continued to grow over the years, becoming one of the biggest distilleries in Scotland.

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