Cask No. 8.44

Touched by a bear's paw

$110

The Society specializes in single malts that, once upon a time, may have only been produced for blended whisky. Distillery 8 is one such distillery and we’re happy to keep the secret as long as possible. You can find their official bottlings these days but our single casks are on another level entirely.

  • Flavour Profile:
    Spicy & Dry
  • Age:
    8 years
  • Region:
    Speyside, Spey
  • Cask:
    First-fill Oloroso butt
  • ABV:
    59.7%
  • Distilled Date:
    November 16, 2015
  • USA Allocation:
    84
  • VOL:
    700mL

Tasting Panel Notes

The inviting nose conjured a melange of aromas – candied orange slices, cherries dipped in chocolate, walnut bread, ginger-infused jaffa cakes and, always in the background, a hot toddy with brandy. It was “very potent”, like a bone-dry martini where the glass gets rinsed with vermouth and then discarded. In the aftertaste we sipped a rich and highly caffeinated Turkish coffee spiced with cardamom. Following the liberal addition of water, we imagined chopping the firewood for that night's stay in our log cabin. Resting, we sat on the pine cone-covered forest floor and enjoyed sourdough pumpernickel bread and bärentatzen: a soft, spicy chocolate cookie in the shape of a bear’s paw.

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