Stauning – R.Y.E. Rye Maple Syrup Cask (70cl, 53.5%)

A Danish rye whisky from Stauning, bottled at 53.5% as a limited studio edition. It was drawn from ten casks and filled into 2,500 bottles, without chill-filtering or added colour. The whisky first matured in heavily charred new American white oak, then was finished in casks that had held Vermont maple syrup. The mash is 60% rye and 40% barley from Denmark's west coast, floor-malted at the distillery and distilled twice in direct-fired copper stills. Expect intense maple syrup, warm spice and fine oak on the nose. The palate is creamy and full, with dark caramel, maple and pronounced rye spice, followed by a long, smooth finish of oak and gentle caramel sweetness.