Pour & Sip July 2024 Box

This month we’re taking a closer look at American whiskey, with two different bourbons (one made with rye, the other wheated) and a fabulous single malt drawn from a single cask that you won’t find anywhere except Master of Malt and Pour & Sip. There are also a couple of exciting Scotch whiskies to keep things balanced. A light, zesty blended malt with a little Campbeltown influence, and a big, complex, highly sought-after, heavily peated Campbeltown single malt!

Four Roses Small Batch Select: A quirk of history means Four Roses have 10 recipes, using five different yeasts and two different mashbills. The classic Small Batch uses all 10, while this excellent Small Batch Select utilises six. The focus is on spice, with herbal and light fruit supporting. If you only had room for one bottle of American whiskey in your drinks cupboard, then this rye-forward sippable non-chill filtered bourbon might just be the one!

Bardstown Bourbon Co. Wheated Bottled-In-Bond Bourbon: This Kentucky straight bourbon is part of Bardstown Bourbon Company’s Origin Series, which means it all comes from their own distillery. Wheated bourbons such as this swap some or all of the rye out in favour of wheat. Famous examples include Maker’s Mark and Pappy Van Winkle. This leads to a more approachable, milder, smoother style of bourbon that many favour.

Westland 7 Year Old Exclusive Single Cask - Cask 6205: A Master of Malt and Pour & Sip exclusive from Seattle craft distillers leading the way for American single malt, and using exciting full flavoured malts (including some common in dark beers, porters and stouts). Cask 6205 is a Jurançon French white wine casks used to finish this whisly. Westland is also a Certified B Corporation, meaning that they’ve met extremely high social and environmental standards.

Noble Rebel Orchard Outburst: A blended malt brand launched in 2023, with Orchard Outburst providing “zingy citrus & salty ocean waves” alongside crisp ripe orchard fruits. Loch Lomond distillery offers vast versatility, with malt whisky from Glen Scotia also used. Some is also fermented using Chardonnay wine yeast to help intensify the fruit and citrus flavours, before being matured in ex-bourbon casks and bottled at natural colour without chill filtration.

Kilkerran Heavily Peated Batch No. 9: Campbeltown whiskies, especially those from J&A Mitchell & Co.’s independently owned Springbank and Glengyle distilleries, are in very high demand these days! We’re therefore delighted to share this Kilkerran single malt from Glengyle with you. Glengyle only operates for part of the year with the majority of production dedicated to their lightly peated style, making this heavily peated whisky an even rarer treat.