Cotswolds Whisky Single Malt

Whisky production is at the heart of everything we do at the distillery. Our Cotswolds Single Malt is a rich, fruity and sippable whisky. It has a balance and depth of flavour that belies its young age, due to the exceptional attention to detail in our distilling and our use of the finest oak casks for maturation.We began laying down casks to mature in September 2014, and have filled a number of different types. These will be released in due course, allowing us to add a variety of different bottlings to our range as the years progress. Follow the link below for in-depth details of our Cotswolds Single Malt Whisky.We use traditional production processes and equipment to produce our Cotswolds Single Malt. Locally-grown malted barley is milled and then mashed in our 0.5-tonne mash tun, mixing the milled grain with hot water to produce worts. Yeasts are then added. We run the fermentation for more than 90 hours in order to generate plenty of fruity flavour compounds alongside the alcohol produced.Then the distillations begin. First, in the wash still (Mary), and a second in Janis, our spirit still. In the spirit run, we only select a small section - the heart cut - which is taken unusually early in the distillation to capture the fruity notes and avoid the heavier, rougher elements that appear at the end of the run. The end result is a light, colourless, fruity new make spirit. This is diluted to 63.5%ABV and put into casks to mature. This release has been aged for just over three years, and is bottled non-chill filtered, with no added colouring, at 46%ABV.. Aged in an ex-red wine barrique and bottled at cask strength, this single-malt whiskey is topaz in the glass, with a faintly ruddy hue. The enticing aroma leads with dried cherry and raspberry layered with caramel. The palate opens bold and nutty, with fleeting glimpses of stewed fruit and sarsaparilla. This finish is spicy.. The finest ingredientsMalt: Odyssey. We are committed to using only barley grown in the Cotswolds, and the variety and farm on which it was grown are listed on the label of each bottle. We are one of a very small number of British whisky-makers to use 100% floor-malted barley. This comes to us from Britain's oldest working maltings, in nearby Warminster. It is unpeated.Yeast: Two complementary varieties - Anchor and Fermentis - to ensure good yields and excellent fruity flavours.Water: Village water supply - filtered, softened and demineralised before use.Wood: Premium first-fill Kentucky ex-bourbon 200-litre barrels and reconditioned American Oak 225-litre red wine casks that have been shaved, toasted and recharred.. Nose: Notes of honey and butterscotch layered with light fruits (peaches & apricots), a hint of marzipan.Palate: Strong notes of tannin-rich malt, oils and dark sugar with lots of spice, caramelised Seville orange marmalade.Finish: Long and resinous, with dark red fruits and a hint of treacle. Liquor