Glenfiddich Orchard Experiment Experimental Series #5 Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2022) 70cl

WELCOME TO ORCHARD EXPERIMENT, A COLLABORATION BETWEEN TWO ICONIC FAMILIES, TWO ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDS AND TWO HISTORIC SPIRITS.

FOR OUR LATEST EXPERIMENT, BRIAN KINSMAN, OUR MALT MASTER, TRAVELLED TO SOMERSET IN THE SOUTHWEST OF ENGLAND TO MEET MATILDA TEMPERLEY, MASTER DISTILLER OF HER FAMILY’S INDUSTRY-DEFINING SOMERSET CIDER BRANDY COMPANY.

SOMERSET POMONA, A BLEND OF APPLE CIDER BRANDY AND APPLE JUICE, STARTED HIM ON AN AROMATIC JOURNEY THAT LED TO THE FIRST EVER SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY FINISHED IN SOMERSET POMONA SPIRIT CASKS.

INSPIRED BY A SOMERSET ORCHARD. RIPENED IN A SCOTTISH VALLEY.

A tremendous addition to the Experimental Series from Glenfiddich, combining the influences of Scotland and Somerset! This single malt has been finished in casks that previously held Somerset Pomona Spirit (a blend of apple cider brandy and apple juice) from the Somerset Cider Brandy Co.! This experiment came about after Glenfiddich's Malt Master Brian Kinsman paid a visit to the Somerset Cider Brandy Co. to meet with its Master Distiller Matilda Temperley. After a stroll around the vintage orchards, the idea was born, the casks were sent from Somerset to Scotland and filled with a core of delicious malt, before being left to ripen. Top stuff for sipping on a warm evening, perhaps after a nice glass of cider.