Malt Of The Month December 2022 - WS:01 Borders Malt & Rye
Our Malt of the Month is WS:01 Borders Malt & Rye by Borders Distillery
Welcome to the Workshop Series from The Borders Distillery. The Workshop Series provides a glimpse into the world of The Borders Distillery; its creativity, determination and community spirit. Until the launch of the distillery's own Single Malt, they will release an annual chapter of Workshop Series – telling a new story and showcasing a new side to Southern hospitality.
In 2019, Borders Distillery distilled a small batch of rye spirit and matured it in the same fresh-fill bourbon casks as the malt, to create this remarkable and aromatic whisky. This is the first blended scotch whisky to leave the Scottish Borders since 1837, and the first expression of the Workshop Series from the Borders Distillery.
Each WS:01 Borders Malt & Rye bottle is individually numbered, and only 5,988 will ever be released for sale in the UK.
WS:01 Borders Malt & Rye
Tasting Notes
Colour: Soft gold
Nose: The rye dominates with warm spice and toasted wood. Reduced, the fruits emerge
Palate: Warming with velvet like creaminess. Warm from the over banked fruit tart in buttery shortcrust pastry. Butterscotch sauce over golden syrup sponge
Finish: Warm, and custard like softness.
Bottled without filtration. 63.8% Single Grain. 36.2% Single Malt. 40% ABV 70cl
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Podcast
In May 2020 we spoke to John Fordyce, Co-Owner of The Borders Distillery in Hawick. John told us why he chose Hawick for the site of the distillery, why both the refurbished building and their focus on sustainability are so important to them, and why he thinks the industry should market blends with the same energy they market single malts.