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11th July 2022 |
The Oxford
Artisan Distillery announces the release
of its seventh batch of rye whisky,
Oxford Rye Whisky Easy Rider.
 The
Oxford Artisan Distillery continues to
turn out its batch release English Rye
whisky with the announcement of the
release of its seventh batch of rye
whisky.
Oxford Rye Whisky Easy Rider is a
marriage of nine specially selected
casks chosen by Oxford Artisan
Distillery Master Distiller, Francisco
Rosa, which the distillery tells me he
chose to "achieve a smooth yet intricate
ride through The Oxford Artisan
Distillery’s distinct heritage grains
and distilling practices".
As with all of the Oxford’s Rye
releases, the distillery produced this
whisky using heritage grains grown by
the distillery’s regenerative and
organic farming partners. These grains
require no pesticides, fungicides or
herbicides, supporting sustainability
and biodiversity in their fields. Easy
Ryder is a celebration of farmers
letting nature work its magic in a
healthy field, restoring the land and
supporting biodiversity with every
harvest.
Each cask selected for this expression
has been through a different journey,
from the starting point at the
cooperage, to its size, the filling
strength, its age and the warehouse in
which it rested. After three to four
years of maturation the new make
flavours have diverged in to nine
different spirits all with something in
common. This blend of ryes showcases all
these harmonies coming together,
elevating the complexity and nuances of
each cask.
From the American oak of varying toasts,
chars and origins, to the Moscatel Roxo
cask, together with the grain and
distillery character as the backbone,
the oak complexity merges with the sweet
and fresh flavours from the Portuguese
Moscatel fortified wine cask from
Setúbal. (N.B Full list of cask
information is given below.) The result
is a whisky which is creamy with notes
of pastry, chocolate, refreshing spice
and a pronounced savoury character.
Francisco Rosa comments: "Our flavour
keeps evolving and slowly showing
heritage grains’ true character as we
continue our journey through time and
flavour, rooted in our Oxfordshire
surroundings.
"When our grains evolve under
fermentation with our in-house cultures,
a lovely butter dimension comes to life
which is then influenced by distillation
and maturation, it deviates from custard
or pastry to white chocolate, or bog
butter as an earthy (field-like)
expression of the grain. In this
release, there is a pronounced savoury
character as a result of the sandy soils
from Oxford combined with the sandy
soils by the sea in Setúbal."
Oxford Rye Whisky Easy Rider has been
produced from a 2017 rye harvest so it
is a young whisky, it has been bottled
at 50% ABV and has a price tag of £55
for a 70cl bottle and is the
distillery’s largest run so far, with
2,782 bottles now available through the
distillery’s website and specialist
whisky retailers such
as
The Whisky Exchange,
Hard To Find Whisky
and
Master of
Malt
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Oxford Rye Whisky Easy Rider Review
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Producer's Tasting Notes:
Nose:
Baked apples and pineapple complement
herbal and refreshing spices with notes
of Dolce de leche, torched creme brûlée,
croissant, cocoa butter, white chocolate
and bog butter.
Taste:
Hints of custard, biscuit, hazelnut,
biscotti and white chocolate.
Finish:
Pepper, mint, vanilla and subtle smoke.
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