Heritage Barley - Imperial Vintage 2019

This is a vatting of casks made from the Danish heritage barley variety Imperial of a single harvest in 2019. Aged in oloroso and bourbon casks. Imperial barley adds a very distinct citrus and grain flavour and an oily mounth feel.

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CATEGORY: Limited Edition
TYPE: Single malt whisky
AGE: 5 years
GRAIN: Imperial heritage barley
MALT: Imperial heritage malt
CASK: Oloroso, Bourbon
DISTILLED: Oct 2019
BOTTLED: Nov 2024
NUMBER: 931 pcs
ALCOHOL: 56.0% Vol
VOLUME: 70

JUICY, DRIED FRUIT, PLUM JAM, GRAIN, CITRUS, TOFFEE
A vintage single malt

The old Danish Imperial barley creates a truly unique whisky. It brings a perfumed aroma of ripe grain fields, fresh citrus, and freshly cut grass into the whisky. After 5 years of aging in fruity Oloroso sherry casks and an American bourbon cask, the whisky has reached a balanced state with a pleasant sweetness and an aroma of berries and strawberry compote with vanilla.

This whisky is an example of a 'vintage' bottling, where all barrels used are distilled from our own 2019 harvest of Imperial barley. Vintage bottlings make particular sense with the old Danish varieties, as we find greater variance from year to year depending on the growing season’s weather conditions, compared to modern high-yield barley varieties.

HERITAGE IMPERIAL BARLEY

Imperial is one of our old Danish barley varieties. It’s been more than a century since it was a common sight in Danish fields, as it was replaced by higher-yielding varieties. We’ve brought it back because it contributes a flavor we don’t find in modern varieties. A counterpoint of unique Danish quality to the very narrow range of highly refined barley varieties cultivated in fields around the world today.

WHAT MAKES THIS WHISKY SPECIAL IS

Grain
100%: Imperial barley, Gyrup, høst 2019
Malt and smoke
100 %: Imperial heritage malt
Smoke intensity: None
Water and fermentation
WATER: Grundwater from Gyrup
Yeast: M1 Distillers Yeast
FERMENTATION TIME: 7-8 days
DIstillation
Distillation unit: Müller 1000 liter
Distillation batch:
2019-15
2019-16
2019-19
CASKS
CASK 83-2: 2nd fill 64-liter Oloroso, Filled 31-10-2019
CASK 93-2: 2nd fill 64-liter Oloroso, Filled 31-10-2019
CASK 94-2: 2nd fill 64-liter Oloroso, Filled 31-10-2019
CASK 95-2: 2nd fill 64-liter Oloroso, Filled 31-10-2019
CASK 329: 1st fill 250-liter Oloroso, Filled 03-10-2019
CASK 330: 1st fill 250-liter Oloroso, Filled 03-10-2019
CASK 332: 1st fill 250-liter Oloroso, Filled 30-10-2019
CASK 378: 1st fill 125-liter Bourbon, Filled 31-10-2019
931 Flasker
Type: Limited Edition
Markeder: Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden
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