Descripción

At HYDE, we carefully hand select only the very finest Irish whiskey, made by only the very best Irish whiskey distilleries, which we then finish in vintage oak casks which we source directly from distilleries and bodegas around the world.

HYDE NO.8 – HERITAGE CASK – SPECIAL RESERVE – STOUT CASK FINISH

Our Special Reserve blend of:

• 75% Single Grain; fully matured in a first fill, flame charred, bourbon cask.
• 25% Single Malt; fully matured in a first fill, toasted, Oloroso sherry cask.

•All finished in an Irish STOUT cask.

Firstly, craft Irish stout from the www.cottonball.ie craft micro brewery in Cork City is aged in a first fill, ex-Bourbon, American white oak cask for 3 months.

The stout is then disgorged from this cask. The whiskey is then put into the STOUT cask for a further 6 months to ‘finish’.

NOSE – A distinctive full bodied malty aroma with sweet vanilla and roasted coffee bean overtones.

TASTE – Sweet, hoppy, biscuit taste, with a distinctive roasted coffee bean twist.

FINISH – Sweet caramel, perfectly balanced with a long, smooth, creamy finish.

Non chill-filtered / Natural Colour. 46% ABV. 70cl.