Derwent Distilling Co. 2021’Cailleach’ Winter Release Single Malt Whisky 500ml 46%

Derwent’s innaugural, annual Winter single-malt release

Details
500ml: 46%alc
Region: Dromedary, Tasmania
Bottler: Derwent Distillery
Cask Type: FO/Port
Bottling date: Late June 2021

Description:
Introducing Derwent Distillery’s latest limited-edition bottling, a single malt whisky dedicated to ‘Cailleach – Queen of Winter’. The Cailleach in Gaelic mythology is the goddess of the cold and winds. She wields a powerful hammer which she uses to level mountains, whip up deadly storms and freeze the ground wherever she touches. She is the keeper of winter and the creator of storms.

For this winter delight, the distillery used 2 casks:
1. A virgin French Oak Cask that was once coopered by renowned cooperage and barrel supplier, ‘Tonnellerie Sylvain’ based in Saint-Denis-de-Pile, France.
2. A French oak ex-Port cask.

After vatting, the distillery left these casks to rest for over 4 months, and once the flavours and character of the barrels had married nicely, they expertly flocked the whisky in a new ‘short flock’ style with the aim to maintain texture and depth, while removing any bits and pieces from the barrel and those chunkier flock floaters.