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.
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.
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.
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.
Ghent, Belgium – 28 September 2022: the first ever public tasting of Finn Thomson Whisky and the beginning of a new chapter in my family’s 300 year history with whisky. Nerves. Relief. Beyond it all, pride. My long-held dream of selling whisky under the family name across the world had come true.
The Belgian market will always have a place in my heart as the first country to receive the brand outside of Scotland. This was possible due to the faith and hard work of Belgian distributor Johan Ivens, a Keeper of the Quaich and one of the leading experts on whisky across Europe.
Johan and I agreed that we wanted to celebrate this landmark event by selecting a cask exclusively for the Belgian market. After sampling 3 different Girvan casks from 1989, we selected cask 37522 for its incredible tropical fruitiness and candy sweetness. A beautifully balanced grain whisky suitable for celebrating a watershed moment for the brand and the beginning of a long friendship with Belgium.
A Fragrant and Floral style created mainly as the backbone for Grant’s. It uses wheat as the base cereal and is known for it’s slight sweetness and floral spirit character.
This cask was filled into a bourbon barrel in 1989. The sweetness of the spirit character has been emphasised by the sweetness of the cask. On top of that there is also a more rounded vanilla character that may well be the result of the bourbon previously held in the cask.
This is a beautifully balanced grain whisky that shows a combination of tropical fruit and candy shop sweetness.
Ghent, Belgium – 28 September 2022: the first ever public tasting of Finn Thomson Whisky and the beginning of a new chapter in my family’s 300 year history with whisky. Nerves. Relief. Beyond it all, pride. My long-held dream of selling whisky under the family name across the world had come true.
The Belgian market will always have a place in my heart as the first country to receive the brand outside of Scotland. This was possible due to the faith and hard work of Belgian distributor Johan Ivens, a Keeper of the Quaich and one of the leading experts on whisky across Europe.
Johan and I agreed that we wanted to celebrate this landmark event by selecting a cask exclusively for the Belgian market. After sampling 3 different Girvan casks from 1989, we selected cask 37522 for its incredible tropical fruitiness and candy sweetness. A beautifully balanced grain whisky suitable for celebrating a watershed moment for the brand and the beginning of a long friendship with Belgium.
A Fragrant and Floral style created mainly as the backbone for Grant’s. It uses wheat as the base cereal and is known for it’s slight sweetness and floral spirit character.
This cask was filled into a bourbon barrel in 1989. The sweetness of the spirit character has been emphasised by the sweetness of the cask. On top of that there is also a more rounded vanilla character that may well be the result of the bourbon previously held in the cask.
This is a beautifully balanced grain whisky that shows a combination of tropical fruit and candy shop sweetness.