Circumstance Barley Organic 6 Year Old Single Grain Whisky | 700ML

Circumstance Distillery returns with the latest rolling release of its Organic Single Grain Whisky and, crucially, the first to carry an age statement. Six years old and proudly wearing it, this unconventional English whisky is made from 85% malted barley and 15% unmalted barley, fermented for an eye-watering 14 days with saison yeast before distillation through a copper whisky hood and four-plate column still. A full six years in an oloroso-conditioned cask has added layers of dark fruit, nutty richness, and savoury complexity to the distillery’s naturally funky, textural spirit. In other words, absolutely nobody here is interested in doing things the boring way.

Circumstance Barley Organic 6 Year Old Single Grain Whisky | 700ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Freshly baked sourdough, walnut loaf, orange marmalade, and dried apricot, with hints of cocoa powder and funky farmhouse ale underneath.

Palate: Creamy malt, toasted hazelnuts, and honeyed cereal open things up before waves of raisin, baked apple, dark chocolate, and oloroso richness roll in. There’s a lightly savoury, yeasty note that keeps it wonderfully off-centre.

Finish: Lingering dried fruit, cocoa nibs, oak spice, and malty sweetness, with a slightly earthy saison character hanging around at the end.

Distillery Information

It’s a far cry from the grandeur of Speyside but located on an anonymous industrial estate to the east of Bristol city centre, among the soft play centres and sign companies, there’s whisky being made. The distillery called Circumstance, the creation of two friends: Liam Hirt, a cardiologist, and Danny Walker, who has worked in or around bars all his life, including a short stint as a brand ambassador for Diageo which didn’t suit him. The pair started distilling way back in 2007, making gin in a basement as a hobby, but in 2013 they opened a distillery near Bristol university named Psychopomp. After Pychopomp naturally, came Circumstance in August 2018. It’s a very small outfit, with a 1900-litre stainless pot still which can be connected to two column stills, a four plate and a 12 plate. Alcohol comes off the smaller column at around 70-72% ABV, preserving plenty of character. There are also a couple of tiny 300-litre gin stills which are used to make contract gin. They work with a wide variety of raw materials including malted barley, oats, corn, rye, molasses, and triticale (a cross between rye and wheat and the only grain that isn’t UK grown). They also experiment with crystal and chocolate malts, and rice, as well as with an Irish-style single pot still spirit made with a mixture of malted and unmalted barley.

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