1257 Kensington Road NW
1 (403) 283-8000 / atyourservice@kensingtonwinemarket.com
Price recently droped $88 from $185/bottle.
Only a dozen bottles initially came in to the market, of this heavily peated Dutch single malt. The whisky was awarded Dutch Single Malt of the Year 2016, by Whisky Magazine in their World Whisky Awards. Bottled at 46%.
Whsky Magazine Tasting Note: "The smell of barbecue and medicine cabinet, rolled elasticated bandages and wood smoke, along with lots of blue cheese. A gentle but powerful and muscular whisky – sweet, creamy & delicate, with brawny savoury aromatics in the headspace. Texturally it’s unctuous with wisps of smoke and the memories of a decent cheese board."
While not historically known for their whisky, the Dutch have been distilling as long as anyone in Europe. Most famous for genever and brandy, some of the distilleries there have taken to producing whisky. The Zuidam family began producing genever and other liquors in 1976 in the town of Baarle-Nassau on the Belgian border. Patrick van Zuidam, the second generation, began experimenting with whisky distillation in 1996, and started laying down barrels. The distillery produces both malt and grain whiskies, including a powerful rye. While they have borrowed and been influenced by the whisky makers in other countries, they are making a distinctly Dutch whisky. In one curious aspect, they mill their own barley in traditional windmills.
700 ml