{"id":4729,"date":"2015-06-03T13:49:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T13:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=4729"},"modified":"2019-01-23T10:36:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T10:36:56","slug":"first-look-glenfiddich-with-a-caribbean-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/first-look-glenfiddich-with-a-caribbean-twist\/","title":{"rendered":"FIRST LOOK: Glenfiddich with a Caribbean Twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>William Grant &amp; Sons has revamped the packaging for Glenfiddich 21 Year Old Gran Reserva to reflect the whisky\u2019s \u201cexotic Caribbean flavour notes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThe whisky is finished in Bourbon barrels that have been seasoned with Glenfiddich\u2019s own \u201csecret recipe\u201d Caribbean rum\u00a0The new design has been modelled on a \u201cScottish-Carribean twist\u201d to emphasise the company\u2019s experimentation with \u201cunique\u201d flavours.<\/p>\n<p>Malt Master Brian Kinsman finishes the single malt in Bourbon barrels that have been seasoned with Glenfiddich\u2019s own \u201csecret recipe\u201d Caribbean rum.\u00a0The rum is made especially for this purpose, and is intended to inject a flavour twist into the traditional Scotch.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the brand said: \u201cNot many whisky makers would go to the trouble of creating their own original rum to season a cask but being family-run and owned, Glenfiddich can try new ideas and experiment with flavours,\u2028 never compromising quality for short term gain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Described as an \u201cexquisite, traditional Speyside whisky\u201d with \u201cexotic notes of ginger, lime and banana and a vibrant spicy warmth\u201d, the whisky is bottled at 40% abv.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Glenfiddich introduced a new-look stag logo on its bottles and marketing material as part of a makeover of its entire single malt Scotch whisky range.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find Glenfiddich whiskies\u00a0in duty free and travel retail along your journey with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\">www.dutyfreehunter.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow us on Twitter for more news <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/dutyfreehunter\" target=\"_blank\">@dutyfreehunter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Grant &amp; Sons has revamped the packaging for Glenfiddich 21 Year Old Gran Reserva to reflect the whisky\u2019s \u201cexotic Caribbean flavour notes\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7099,7097],"tags":[40,69,39,470,49,42,259,216,103],"class_list":["post-4729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-spirits","category-wines-spirits","tag-airport","tag-duty-free","tag-dutyfree","tag-glenfiddich","tag-scotch","tag-shopping","tag-tax-free","tag-travel-retail","tag-whisky"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}