Blended Malt Scotch Whisky 'Williamson 17 Year'

• Islay blended malt Scotch independently bottled by Epicurean Selection as part of the Rites of Passage Cask Selection Series
• Distilled at an undisclosed Islay distillery on September 21^st, 2005
• Aged in a refill hogshead until 2017 when it was re-racked by Epicurean Selection in a first-fill Oloroso sherry hogshead
• Bottled on September 22^nd, 2022; aged 17 years
• 249 bottles produced in total
• No added coloring
• Non-chill filtered; bottled at a cask strength of 57.3% ABV

Oh, the teaspoon—an instrument of particularity, to be sure. In this case, a teaspoon’s worth of distillate mindfully added to single malt from another distillery will technically render the combination a blended malt, though only by the slightest degree. A distillery might use this process when selling a cask to an independent bottler to minimize competition and with the stipulation that their name not be used on the bottle. But a whisky by any other name is just as delicious, and a quick internet search for the origins of the well-established “Williamson” marque will reveal just why it’s so popular.

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