Single Cask: Cask 569 | Caramel Malt

Organic – Single malt whisky

Like an intriguing cup of rooibos tea sweetened with a spoonful of honey, the union of caramel malt and old oloroso casks creates a whisky unlike any other.

CATEGORY: Limited Edition
TYPE: Single malt whisky
Age: 5 years
GRAIN: Odyssey barley
MALT: Pale malt, caramel malt
CASK: Oloroso sherry
DISTILLED: Jan 2021
BOTTLED: Sep 2026
Released:
Number of bottles: 126 pcs
ALCOHOL: 52.5% Vol
Volume: 70 cl
HONEY, ROOIBOS TEA, SULTANAS, PASTRY, MILK CHOCOLATE
Caramel malt is a characterful and flavourful rarity in whisky.

Caramel malt is rarely used in whisky production. Only a handful of distilleries have their own malthouse, allowing them to experiment with the malting process to create flavour in this way. At the same time, caramel malt delivers a lower alcohol yield, as the caramelisation of the grain sugars during malting makes part of the sugar unfermentable.

But we believe it brings great personality and a fascinating flavour profile with dark and herbal notes of black tea, burnt caramel and cocoa, which pair beautifully with the pronounced sherry cask influence found in this whisky.

CERTIFIED ORGANIC

This whisky is made from 100% organic grain grown on our farm, Gyrup. Both the farm and the distillery are certified organic to help protect clean drinking water and ensure high standards of animal welfare.

Caramel malt

When we malt our ‘cara’ malt, the grain starch is converted into sugar, which is then roasted. The result is intense burnt and caramel sweetness, with aromas that fill the entire farm when the malting drums are opened.

Caramel malts are less efficient. They produce less alcohol than lighter, more efficient malts, but in return they create flavours unlike almost any other whisky.

The dark caramel malts used for this whisky create an intensely sweet new make with powerful notes of burnt caramel, cocoa powder, espresso and herbs — in this case leaning towards black tea.

What makes this whisky Special is ...

grain
100 %: Odyssey barley, Gyrup, harvest 2020
malt and smoke
70 %: Pale malt
30 %: Caramel malt (dark roasted)
Smoke intesity: none
Water and fermentation
WATER: Groundwater from Gyrup
YEAST: M1 Distillers Yeast
Fermentation time: 6-7 days
Distillation
Distillation still: Müller 1000 litre
Distillation batch:
2020-43
casks
CASK 569: 225 litre Oloroso sherry (1st fill), filled 20-01-2021
126 Bottles
Type: Limited Edition - Single Cask
Markets: Distillery Only
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