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  • Personality

    As a cask comes to maturity, Finn curates sampling sessions in interesting and relaxing environments, with friends, whisky experts and trusted partners to discover the personality of each cask and gauge the experience each dram evokes.

  • Distillery character

    All the best distillers pride themselves on crafting whisky with a distinctive flavour, which is determined by the water source, grain and barley, the peat and malting, and their distilling processes. High quality original spirit is integral to every cask we bottle.

  • Cask influence

    The cask itself interacts with the whisky over time. The type of wood plays a big role, as do treatments such as the whiskies are aged in a variety of types of casks. The whiskies are aged in former sherry or bourbon casks, augmenting the cask influence. External conditions such as air temperature, pressure and humidity also interact with the cask producing a knock-on effect that makes the spirit inside unique.

  • Balance

    Finn uses these factors to balance each FT whisky experience. He may sample a cask and decide to leave it on the rack, allowing age to further develop its personality. He might decide to re-rack a whisky in a new cask to add a finishing touch. Or, he might simply deem it ready. When Finn decides the flavour is perfectly balanced, it’s time to bottle the whisky.

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Burnside 2011

Burnside 2011

  • Distillery
    Burnside
  • Date of distillation
    17/04/2011
  • Date of bottling
    01/11/2022
  • ABV
    63.6%
  • Number of bottles
    180
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"This single cask release is inspired by one of my favourite ever whiskies – Balvenie’s Caribbean Cask"
01

Cask Story

This single cask release is inspired by one of my favourite ever whiskies – Balvenie’s ‘Caribbean Cask’. It was one of the first single malts to grab my attention; the tropical fruit notes from the rum casks set it apart from many other whiskies at the time.
When I was fortunate to come across this cask of Burnside it gave me the idea to create my own version of a rum-cask-finished whisky, using a very similar spirit style.
Instead of Jamaican rum casks, I have worked with a local Scottish rum producer at Burn O Bennie Distillery who produce the fantastic ‘Devil’s Point Rum’ in Banchory, Aberdeenshire. It is made in a classic Jamaican dunder style and matured in ex Oloroso sherry casks.
The combination results in a vibrant whisky with demerara sugar notes alongside caramelized pineapple and mango. It is an independent bottler’s take on one of my all time favourite whiskies and I hope it does it justice.

02

Distillery character

This cask holds a few trade secrets. ‘Burnside’ is of course not a recognised distillery. The term is used for a cask of Balvenie which is teaspooned with another single malt. Burnside is technically therefore a blended malt but those in the know understand what they are tasting.

03

Cask influence

It is only right that we pay tribute to the producers of the fantastic Devils Point Rum here - a Jamaican style rum, made at Burn O Bennie Distillery in Banchory. It is finished in ex Oloroso Sherry octaves to give it an extra sweetness. It is a rum that I could not speak of highly enough and would recommend anyone who loves this whisky to also pick up a bottle of the rum responsible for creating such a fantastic single cask release.

04

Balance

Cask finishing is all about balance. Here we have the inherent fruitiness of the ‘Burnside’ spirit character that has been lifted by the tropical notes from the Rum influence. Even at a whopping 63.6% abv this single cask has plenty of balance and it is surprisingly easy drinking.

Burnside 2011

  • Distillery
    Burnside
  • Date of distillation
    17/04/2011
  • Date of bottling
    01/11/2022
  • ABV
    63.6%
  • Number of bottles
    180
Sold out - Make an enquiry
"This single cask release is inspired by one of my favourite ever whiskies – Balvenie’s Caribbean Cask"

This single cask release is inspired by one of my favourite ever whiskies – Balvenie’s ‘Caribbean Cask’. It was one of the first single malts to grab my attention; the tropical fruit notes from the rum casks set it apart from many other whiskies at the time.
When I was fortunate to come across this cask of Burnside it gave me the idea to create my own version of a rum-cask-finished whisky, using a very similar spirit style.
Instead of Jamaican rum casks, I have worked with a local Scottish rum producer at Burn O Bennie Distillery who produce the fantastic ‘Devil’s Point Rum’ in Banchory, Aberdeenshire. It is made in a classic Jamaican dunder style and matured in ex Oloroso sherry casks.
The combination results in a vibrant whisky with demerara sugar notes alongside caramelized pineapple and mango. It is an independent bottler’s take on one of my all time favourite whiskies and I hope it does it justice.

This cask holds a few trade secrets. ‘Burnside’ is of course not a recognised distillery. The term is used for a cask of Balvenie which is teaspooned with another single malt. Burnside is technically therefore a blended malt but those in the know understand what they are tasting.

It is only right that we pay tribute to the producers of the fantastic Devils Point Rum here - a Jamaican style rum, made at Burn O Bennie Distillery in Banchory. It is finished in ex Oloroso Sherry octaves to give it an extra sweetness. It is a rum that I could not speak of highly enough and would recommend anyone who loves this whisky to also pick up a bottle of the rum responsible for creating such a fantastic single cask release.

Cask finishing is all about balance. Here we have the inherent fruitiness of the ‘Burnside’ spirit character that has been lifted by the tropical notes from the Rum influence. Even at a whopping 63.6% abv this single cask has plenty of balance and it is surprisingly easy drinking.