Black Snake is produced from a Vatting of casks finished in a Single Butt. It starts its life in first-fill ex-Bourbon casks. Blackadder then puts three of them into new Oloroso or PX butts and leaves them for around a year for further maturation before bottling two thirds of the cask. Blackadder calls these “Vats” as they are a kind of mini Solera.
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We are a family-run, independent bottling company, established in 1995 by Robin Tucek who now runs the business with his son, Michael, and daughter, Hannah. Initially a whisky bottler, we have since developed our range to include other spirits, including rum and gin.
All Blackadder whiskies are bottled as single cask and most at cask strength. And we absolutely never, ever, chill-filter or colour our whiskies. Our signature brand is Raw Cask – complete cask whiskies bottled containing cask sediment.
Blackadder whiskies are sold through carefully-targeted specialist importers and shops worldwide. They can also be enjoyed in many leading bars, including specialist whisky bars, and restaurants wishing to offer top-end single malts to their customers.