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William
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 Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:34 pm Post subject: Balvenie Peated Cask 17 Year Old |
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Yesterday evening I was very privileged to attend the launch tasting of the new limited edition The Balvenie Peated Cask 17 year old. It is a marriage of single malt Scotch whiskies finished in peated casks and new American oak.
You can read more about it here:
www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/balveniepeatedcask.htm |
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McKay
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| This looks very interesting, how peated was it William, and was it as good as it sounds. |
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Big Mac
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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| This does sound good, do you know if it is heading over this way. |
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Samson
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| Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 3:33 am Post subject: |
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| Big Mac wrote: | | This does sound good, do you know if it is heading over this way. |
I am sure that i read somewhere it will be in the US in September but i dont think i will see it here. |
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William
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| Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 11:34 am Post subject: |
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| McKay wrote: | | This looks very interesting, how peated was it William, and was it as good as it sounds. |
It is lightly peated. It has the characteristic Balvenie sweet honey, vanilla notes but also a lovely light smokiness and spice from the new oak casks.
| Samson wrote: | | Big Mac wrote: | | This does sound good, do you know if it is heading over this way. |
I am sure that i read somewhere it will be in the US in September but i dont think i will see it here. |
Mac, Samson is correct it will be released in the US in September. |
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Charlie
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| Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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| I have had a couple of the balvenie 17 limited editions now (sherry oak, madiera and rum cask) and they have all been pretty good. I believe they had an Islay Cask a few years back but i missed that one but i think i will give this a go. |
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Fergie
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| Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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| What have they done with the heavily peated batch of whisky, now that would interest me also. |
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William
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| Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 11:21 am Post subject: |
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| Fergie wrote: | | What have they done with the heavily peated batch of whisky, now that would interest me also. |
They still have that sitting in the their warehouse Fergie, i think we may see it in years to come in some form or another, whether straight or vatted with non peated balvenie. It will be 9 year old now so my guess is it will be at least a few years before we see it. |
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Grant M
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| Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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| William wrote: | | Fergie wrote: | | What have they done with the heavily peated batch of whisky, now that would interest me also. |
They still have that sitting in the their warehouse Fergie, i think we may see it in years to come in some form or another, whether straight or vatted with non peated balvenie. It will be 9 year old now so my guess is it will be at least a few years before we see it. |
Maybe it will be the 17 year old limited edition in 8 years time. Now that could be good, a 17 year old heavily peated balvenie  |
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Innes
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| Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 10:45 am Post subject: |
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| I am sure they will have no problem selling this given the popularity of peated malts and the following Balvenie already has. I wonder if they will ever release the heavily peated batch or just keep it to create peated barrels to give us peated finishes. |
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Alastair
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| Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:34 am Post subject: |
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| I loved the balvenie 17 Rum Cask, the best so far i thought out of what is turning out to be an ongoing series. I will have to watch for this new one at the airport next month, could be interesting with the peat and spice. |
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Finch
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| I had the Balvenie Sherry Oak 17 Year Old which was also very good but i cant get enough of the 21 year old port wood, delicious. |
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DramBuster
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 10:20 am Post subject: Balvenie Peated Cask 17 Year Old |
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| I love Balvenie. The Port Wood is simply sublime but the Madeira finish did nothing for me. I don't get the Peated Cask. I think's it's a marketing ploy. The Single Barrel is my all-time favourite Balvenie. |
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Alastair
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 11:42 am Post subject: Re: Balvenie Peated Cask 17 Year Old |
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| DramBuster wrote: | | I love Balvenie. The Port Wood is simply sublime but the Madeira finish did nothing for me. I don't get the Peated Cask. I think's it's a marketing ploy. The Single Barrel is my all-time favourite Balvenie. |
The port wood is excellent., thank goodness is part of the core range and not a limited edition release 
I agree last years 17 year old madiera was disappointing. I dont see in what way the new Peated Cask can be a marketing ploy, i would think balvenie are just offering yet another expression of what has seemed to become a series limited edition 17 year olds. I think it will be interesting, 17 year old balvenie. some finished in new wood and some in a peated cask married together, i will give it a try. |
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