Whisky Forum - Balvenie 12 Single Barrel First Fill

William

You may already have come across this one as I have been a little slow off the mark announcing it but i only just got to taste it last night and have just added a piece to the Whisky News section about the new Balvenie 12 Year Old Single Barrel First Fill, which as its title suggests has been matured exclusively in a single first fill American ex-Bourbon barrel for 12 years.

The Balvenie 12 year Single Barrel effectively replaces the much loved Balvenie 15 year old Single Barrel but for a while at least you will see both together on the the shelves in whisky shops as The Balvenie 15 year old Single Barrel will be slowly phased out.

The Balvenie 12 Year Old Single Barrel First Fill is bottled at 47.8% abv and is a non chill-filtered, as we like it.

At Â£45 a bottle for a single cask 47.8% abv non chill-filtered distillery bottling of this quality in today's market is not bad at all.

More about it and my tasting note here:
www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/balvenie12singlebarrel.htm
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minesascotch · Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:16 am Post subject:

William

I have tried the First Fill 12 yr old Single Barrel and agree it is very good, whilst visiting Balvenie last year the tour I was on went into Wharehouse 24 and tried three samples from three different aged casks one of them and the one I bought was a 12 yr old first fill bourbon cask it was fantastic, I wonder if we were being used to decide on the next release as detailed accounts were kept of the samples bought by the group I was in, the other two casks were a 12 yr old sherry and 14 yr old bourbon both also very nice.

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drPete · Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:47 am Post subject:

Have been in touch with one of the Balvenie twitter feeds. Demand for this bottling is very high, so they have released several different casks in this first wave.
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Keith · Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:44 pm Post subject:

I noticed TWE went out of stock fast. Cheers for the write up William, i cant wait to get hold of a bottle now.

Innes · Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:54 pm Post subject:

I am looking forward to trying this.

John · Moderator Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 876 Location: UK

I havent got hold of a bottle yet but very much looking forward to it.

Keith · Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:12 pm Post subject:

I managed to get a bottle, probably open it over the Easter weekend.

James T · Master Of Malts Joined: 05 Feb 2011 Posts: 2787

I would love to taste this but cant find it available anywhere Confused

Why launch a whisky and fail to supply it Question

minesascotch · Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:05 am Post subject:

Genuine Risk · Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:24 am Post subject:

Crane · Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:44 pm Post subject:

Islay Pete · Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 12:21 am Post subject:

Genuine Risk cheers for the tip about the next batch being on the way, I missed the first batch at The Whisky Exchange and have an order to place at TWE so i may leave off till after easter and see if they get more and i can add it to my order and save a bit on pastage.

Cuba · Master Of Malts Joined: 10 Aug 2010 Posts: 296

I was drinking the new Balvenie 12 Single Barrel last night with a friend (his bottle) and we both loved it. I will be getting myself a bottle now.

William · Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:07 pm Post subject:

If anyone is looking for a bottle of the Balvenie 12 Single Barrel First Fill The Whisky Exchange have it in stock again but i dont expect it to be there long. You will find it here:

www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-19374.aspx
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