Filey Bay Porter Cask Special Release #2

Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery’s second Porter Cask release further explores the influence of Wold Top Brewery’s Marmalade Porter. In this edition a near three-year finishing period in the brewery’s ex-porter casks follows the whisky’s initial four years in first-fill ex-bourbon barrels – the longest beer-cask maturation produced by the distillery to date and possibly one of the longest in the whisky industry as a whole. The result is a particularly complex, fruity, deep-flavoured dram. Proudly made in Yorkshire from 100% estate-grown barley and bottled at 51.4% abv without artificial colour or chill filtration. One of just 990 bottles.

A rich, malty nose with a bright pop of bittersweet citrus leads into an intensely dark chocolate and coffee-toned but fruity palate. Potent, marmalade-y tannins darken the long finish.