{"product_id":"north-british-11-year-old-2013-blackadder-raw-cask-single-bourbon-barrel-314708-lowland-single-grain-scotch-whisky-2024-70cl","title":"North British 11 Year Old 2013 Blackadder Raw Cask Single Bourbon Barrel #314708 Lowland Single Grain Scotch Whisky (2024) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNorth British 11 Year Old 2013 Blackadder Raw Cask Single Bourbon Barrel #314708 Lowland Single Grain Scotch Whisky (2024) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 285 bottles produced from a single bourbon cask.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs with all of the Raw Cask series, this whisky has not been filtered at all and may contain harmless cask sediment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlackadder are a family owned independent whisky bottler \u003cspan\u003eestablished in 1995 by Robin Tucek who now runs the business with his son, Michael, and daughter, Hannah. Initially a whisky bottler, they have since developed their range to include other spirits, including rum and gin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003eNose: Butterscotch, toasted cornflakes, vanilla fudge. Swirling the glass brings up notes of toffee, pear, and a hint of oak, adding depth to the flavour. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003ePalate: Rich and syrupy texture. Vanilla cream and pancake syrup with a hint of spice. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003eFinish: A smooth yet substantial finish. A lingering warmth remains, along with nuances of toasted wood. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout North British\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlend contributed to: Cutty Sark, Famous Grouse, Chivas Regal, J\u0026amp;B, Isle Of Skye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePractically crowd-funded to provide an alternative source of grain, North British is today jointly owned by two of Scotland's largest distillers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe North British (the archaic and somewhat disparaging term applied to post-Jacobite Scotland) distillery was founded in Edinburgh in 1885. Up until that point, Scotland’s blenders and spirit merchants could only buy their grain from DCL [see Cameronbridge]. In an attempt to break the monopoly, Andrew Usher, William Sanderson, John Crabbie and James Watson joined forces to build a new – and substantial – grain distillery in Gorgie, close to the Union Canal, the railway line, and the Caledonian distillery which had been absorbed into DCL the year before. A case of the last straw perhaps?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduction started in 1887 from a single Coffey. Within three years capacity had doubled to three million gallons a year. Whisky-making ceased during the First World War, but production restarted in 1920. It was nursed cautiously through the tricky period of the 1930s, but blossomed once more post-WWII. By the 1960s it was making six million gallons a year (a figure which would double by the start of the following decade), and for a period, North British was the largest grain plant in Scotland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy the 1960s it was still being run as a kind of co-operative with its shareholders including Robertson \u0026amp; Baxter, IDV, William Lawson, Macdonald Martin, Seagram and William Teacher. In 1993 its management was taken over by Lothian Distillers, an equal partnership between R\u0026amp;B [now Edrington Group] and IDV. The result of the merger between the latter and DCL (by that time called UD) in 1997, meant that North British was being jointly run by the firm which it had set up in opposition to.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Blackadder\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlackadder’s philosophy is very simple – they believe that the Cask is King. Sixty to seventy percent of the flavours in a whisky are taken up slowly from the cask as the spirit lies maturing in the warehouse. The action of changing temperature draws the spirit in and out of the cask. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA family operation started and piloted by whisky legend Robin Tucek, they sell to a few limited countries around the world, primarily Taiwan, Japan, the USA and Sweden.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlackadder was established in 1995 by Robin Tucek who runs the family business with his daughter Hannah and son Michael. Blackadder International gets its name from fugitive 17th-century preacher, John Blackadder. He is famous for preaching against the evils of alcohol.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHannah Tucek states that the Blackadder International company will always be family-run. Each of the three owner-operators brings something unique to the table. Michael Tucek used to be a chef. He uses his familiarity with a wide range of aromas and flavours to write all tasting notes. Michael feels that “our sense of smell is the most direct sense to our brain and also our most complex. It’s proven that once you go over three aroma compounds mixed together, everything is subjective and becomes very personal. Every aroma can evoke a different memory in each of us and we build up our aroma library as we grow. By not being afraid to say what we sense and share it, we can all learn something from each other.” Like Michael, Hannah grew up around whisky and has come to appreciate whisky at its pure state. Her father and brother joke that she is the one that’s really in charge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery cask is unique, with its own fingerprint. This is why they bottle most of their whiskies from single casks. They don’t believe in chilling or otherwise heavily filtering their whiskies, and they never, repeat never, add caramel colouring or flavouring to their spirits. They have always believed the personalities of their whiskies are colourful enough. Their raw cask is famous for the barrel char in each bottle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eImportant note about raw cask bottlings:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRaw Cask bottlings take place without any treatment of whiskey during transfer from the barrel to the bottle. Neither cold filtration nor coarse filtration is carried out to separate the wood flakes or the fine carbon particles from the flaming of the barrel before storing a whisky. \u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eBarrel residues and wood shavings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e migrate into the bottle and guarantee the consumer a completely untreated whisky - just from the wood - a term that is otherwise only used for the alcohol content!\u003cbr\u003eOf course, wood flakes and pieces of coal should not be drunk. 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