The aromatic, fruity character of Glen Moray certainly comes into its own in this bottling of Blackadder. The Speyside single malt whisky matured for 10 years in a bourbon cask, from where it was bottled at a hefty cask strength of 63.4% in early 2024.
Important note about raw cask bottlings:
Raw Cask bottlings take place without any treatment of whiskey during transfer from the barrel to the bottle. Neither cold filtration nor coarse filtration is carried out to separate the wood flakes or the fine carbon particles from the flaming of the barrel before storing a whisky. Barrel residues and wood shavingsmigrate into the bottle and guarantee the consumer a completely untreated whisky - just from the wood - a term that is otherwise only used for the alcohol content!
Of course, wood flakes and pieces of coal should not be drunk. When the bottle is stored upright, the wood flakes and pieces of coal typical of raw cask bottling settle on the bottom of the bottle and the protruding whiskey can be transferred to the drinking glass by careful decanting without the precipitation.
Blackadder
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.