@Cotswoldistill is one of the largest distilleries in England, they've been going since 2014 and keep adding to their 'core' range with full maturation high ABV releases.
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Showing posts with label Cotswolds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cotswolds. Show all posts
Thursday, 25 November 2021
Friday, 27 August 2021
TBWC Home Nations Series MMXXI
That Boutique-y Whisky have now switched to quarterly themed releases for their whisky. Led by their brand ambassador Dave Worthington @BoutiqueyDave you are taken through some amazing whiskies this time from the UK!
This Home Nations Series is a release of 12 bottles - 9 whiskies and 3 rums.
Sunday, 22 August 2021
#BTC14 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes
These are my tasting notes from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 14th #BlindDrams evening.
Sunday, 12 May 2019
Side by side: Kingsbarns and Cotswolds Initial Releases
A number of new distilleries have come on stream over the last few years - some with lots of publicity and some with hardly any. I've talked about some of them in my Newer Distilleries series, the latest of which talked about Kingsbarns. Well today I'm going to compare the standard 3 year old releases of two of them Kingsbarns and Cotswolds.
Monday, 25 February 2019
Youtube clips
I've appeared in a few Youtube clips talking about whisky or doing reviews - here's an updated list of them!
The Whisky Family (Was Maltman Mike & Friends)
The Whisky Family (Was Maltman Mike & Friends)
Glen Scotia Campbeltown 1832
Thursday, 28 September 2017
Newer Distilleries 5 : Cotswolds
This is the fifth in an occasional series about newer distilleries, this entry is about the Cotswolds Distillery
Location
The Cotswolds Distillery is located in Stourton.
The Cotswolds Distillery is located in Stourton.
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History
The Cotswolds Distillery was build during 2014 by Daniel Szor, a former hedge fund manager born in New York who left a 30-year career in finance to follow his dream, he renovated an old barn to produce a pretty little distillery in the heart of the Cotswolds.
The Pot Stills came from Forsyths in Moray, production began on the 5th September 2014, and the first cask of single malt whisky filled on the 22nd September.
Production Process
The distillery uses Cotswolds-grown, floor-malted barley from Warminster, Britain’s oldest working maltings. It's bagged in pre-weighed batches negating the need for any malt storage bins. Like Bruichladdich they intent to display source farm (local) and barley variety on each bottle.
They have half tonne mash tun where the grist is mixed with water. Fermentation of the 2,500 litres of wort is in one of eight steel wash backs for around 90 hours, considerably longer than most distilleries.
Distillation takes place in Mary their 2, 500 litre copper pot wash still, then Janis their 1,600 litre spirit still gets to work!
The new make spirit is diluted from 75% to 63.5% and casked to be matured offsite, due to being in an area of outstanding natural beauty, at a warehouse in Liverpool. They are using a variety of different oak casks including ex-bourbon, sherry butts and STR barrels, as well as some more fancy rum, apple brandy and Moscatel casks!
Whisky
Their first whiskies will mature on 7th October 2017, they plan to bottle Non Chillfiltered and Naturally Coloured at 46%. Advertised tasting notes are : "On the nose, honey and butterscotch, layered with light fruits (peaches, apricots) and a hint of marzipan. The palate is rich with malt, oils and dark sugar. Spice and caramelised bitter orange lead into a long, resinous finish with dark red fruits and a hint of treacle."
Website
Link to the distillery website
Video
Promo video
Visit
Opening Hours and Tour Times:
Monday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm and on Sundays from 11am to 4pm
Tours run every day at 11am, 1pm and 3pm - always a good idea to book in advance!
Contact
email : info@cotswoldsdistillery.com
phone : +44 1608 238 533
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| Photo: Cotswolds Distillery |
The Pot Stills came from Forsyths in Moray, production began on the 5th September 2014, and the first cask of single malt whisky filled on the 22nd September.
Production Process
The distillery uses Cotswolds-grown, floor-malted barley from Warminster, Britain’s oldest working maltings. It's bagged in pre-weighed batches negating the need for any malt storage bins. Like Bruichladdich they intent to display source farm (local) and barley variety on each bottle.
They have half tonne mash tun where the grist is mixed with water. Fermentation of the 2,500 litres of wort is in one of eight steel wash backs for around 90 hours, considerably longer than most distilleries.
Distillation takes place in Mary their 2, 500 litre copper pot wash still, then Janis their 1,600 litre spirit still gets to work!
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| Photo: Cotswolds Distillery |
The new make spirit is diluted from 75% to 63.5% and casked to be matured offsite, due to being in an area of outstanding natural beauty, at a warehouse in Liverpool. They are using a variety of different oak casks including ex-bourbon, sherry butts and STR barrels, as well as some more fancy rum, apple brandy and Moscatel casks!
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| Photo: Cotswolds Distillery |
Whisky
Their first whiskies will mature on 7th October 2017, they plan to bottle Non Chillfiltered and Naturally Coloured at 46%. Advertised tasting notes are : "On the nose, honey and butterscotch, layered with light fruits (peaches, apricots) and a hint of marzipan. The palate is rich with malt, oils and dark sugar. Spice and caramelised bitter orange lead into a long, resinous finish with dark red fruits and a hint of treacle."
Website
Link to the distillery website
Video
Promo video
Visit
Opening Hours and Tour Times:
Monday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm and on Sundays from 11am to 4pm
Tours run every day at 11am, 1pm and 3pm - always a good idea to book in advance!
Contact
email : info@cotswoldsdistillery.com
phone : +44 1608 238 533
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