The wind from the North Sea mixes blood with the desert of Mexico in this double-distilled rye whisky aged in old mezcal casks. An illegal love affair with a gentle and exotic aftertaste. Stauning Bastard a rye whisky made purely of local ingredients, malted on the floor at our distillery and double-distilled in flame-heated pot stills. After at least three years in new, toasted virgin American oak casks, it has been rounded off with at least 6-months ageing in old mezcal casks from Mexican Oro de Oaxaca. The result is an elegant love child whose equal you won't find anywhere else in this world.
TASTING NOTES
NOSE Sweet pipe tobacco smoke, raisins, oat biscuit, citrus, oak
PALATE Tobacco, vanilla, barley, dried fruit, cinnamon, brown sugar, molasses, shortbread, oak
FINISH Long sweet, slightly smoky, salty, brown sugar, pepper
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