The Heart Cut x Barley

This team is on a tear. Named Independent Bottler of the Year at Whisky Mag’s Icons of Whisky two years running (2024 & 2025), they’ve now bottled over 20 eclectic whiskies from some of the coolest distilleries around the world. They’ve achieved that while always dealing with distilleries direct. No brokers or middle people. Plus, they’ve created this new ‘house’ blended malt. That’s all truly extraordinary even before you hear that it’s a wife and husband duo, and that they started the business just a couple of years ago around the same time that their twins were born!

The Heart Cut x Barley brings together English single malts from Copper Rivet (32.6%), Cotswolds (29.7%), Adnams (21.1%), The English (10.2%), and White Peak (6.9%). Highly sippable, certainly mixable, founders Georgie and Fabrizio also suggest pairing it with a Small Beer Lager for a ‘Half and Half’.