{"id":60173,"date":"2022-10-25T13:58:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T12:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=60173"},"modified":"2022-10-25T13:58:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T12:58:44","slug":"the-balvenie-releases-its-oldest-and-rarest-whisky-ever-the-balvenie-sixty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/the-balvenie-releases-its-oldest-and-rarest-whisky-ever-the-balvenie-sixty\/","title":{"rendered":"THE BALVENIE RELEASES ITS OLDEST AND RAREST WHISKY EVER; THE BALVENIE SIXTY"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Balvenie announces The Balvenie Sixty, a single cask bottling from 1962, marking the distillery\u2019s oldest and rarest whisky released for sale to date. The extremely rare bottling marks the anniversary1 of industry icon and renowned Malt Master, David C. Stewart MBE, who is celebrating six decades at the distillery \u2013 making him the longest serving Malt Master in industry history.<\/p>\n

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Throughout his time at The Balvenie, David C. Stewart MBE has developed unrivalled knowledge and pioneered techniques that have had a profound impact on the whisky making processes used today; most notably his developments around \u2018cask finishes\u2019, which led to a new way of creating flavour in whisky and a technique adopted in whisky making the world over.<\/p>\n

A fitting tribute to David\u2019s esteemed career, this single cask was selected by The Balvenie\u2019s Kelsey McKechnie, who has been mentored by Stewart for the past four years. \u201cI have learned so much from David at work. His mentorship has made a profound impact on me and finding a cask to fit such an incredible character in the Distillery\u2019s history is a great honour.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The cask selected is complex, vibrant and lively. Described by Kelsey \u201con the nose the whisky has a mesmerising array of autumnal aromas; lavender, heather and bracken. Whilst rich toffee, roasted coffee and beautifully layered oak dominate the palate. The flavour evolves with time revealing bursts of cloves, nutmeg, charred oak and candied orange in an exceptional long lasting finish\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Malt Master David C. Stewart MBE commented: \u201cI started at the distillery in 1962, as a whisky stocks clerk, this liquid; a new make spirit was filled into a collection of traditional European Oak Hogshead casks. For six decades it has rested and matured, now marking quite a poignant moment for me on my journey.\u2019\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

While the whisky itself makes an impression, the packaging resembles a work of art; made from glass, gold and brass. The tube casing was designed to reflect layers of memories from David\u2019 career. With five layers each etched with personal anecdotes from influential individuals along David\u2019s journey. The sixth decade is the elegant bottle itself, made from hand-blown crystal and containing a quote from Kelsey McKechnie to represent this current decade, and the future generations of The Balvenie.<\/p>\n

It is a perfectly layered, ethereal take on a lifetime of memories justly representing the significance of David\u2019s career to The Balvenie and the whisky industry at large.<\/p>\n

The Balvenie Sixty ABV 42.4% will be released in Global Travel Retail in Q1 2023 with only a select few bottles available.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For more information visit: www.thebalvenie.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Balvenie announces The Balvenie Sixty, a single cask bottling from 1962, marking the distillery\u2019s oldest and rarest whisky released for sale to date. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":60174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2597,1,477,7093,7099,7097],"tags":[69,39,6951,11046,11973,11974,216,103],"class_list":["post-60173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-selling-brands-in-duty-free","category-latest-news","category-latest-promotions-in-duty-free","category-luxury","category-spirits","category-wines-spirits","tag-duty-free","tag-dutyfree","tag-the-balvenie","tag-the-balvenie-duty-free","tag-the-balvenie-sixty","tag-the-balvenie-sixty-duty-free","tag-travel-retail","tag-whisky"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60173","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=60173"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60222,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60173\/revisions\/60222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}