Tullibardine 20 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Tullibardine 20 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Following his coronation at the Scone Palace in 1488, King James IV purchased a keg of beer at the Tullibardine Brewery, the first public brewery in Scotland. At the time, the brewery used crystal clear spring water that flowed from the Ochil Hills down to the brewery in order to craft its unique ales. Nearly five centuries later, a Welshman named William Delme Evans purchased the brewery and converted it into a distillery (Evans was also responsible for designing the Jura and Glenallachie distilleries). In 1949, the first drops of Scotch whisky flowed from the distillery's stills and today over six decades later the distillery continues to use much of the same ingredients and methods that the Tullibardine Brewery used in crafting King James' beer, including the same crystal clear spring water. Tullibardine Single Malt Scotch Whisky is made exclusively from locally-sourced malted barley. Once the grains arrive at the distillery, they are milled and mashed before being fermented in the distillery's washbacks. Following fermentation, the wash is distilled through the distillery's copper-pot stills (the stills were installed in 1974). Once the whisky has been distilled, it is matured in first fill bourbon barrels for over two decades. This twenty-year maturation process contributes notes of vanilla, cocoa, honey and cinnamon oatmeal to the whisky, and gives it a subtle yet sweet finish. Tullibardine 20 Year Old earned the Silver Medal at the International Wine & Spirits Competition in 2013 and the Bronze Medal at the World Whiskies Awards in 2014.