The Balvenie – 1931 Collection 12 Year 100% Home Malted Barley (70cl, 47.5%)

The Balvenie 1931 Collection 12 Year is a limited-edition Speyside single malt made with 100% home-malted barley grown at The Mains of Balvenie Farm and partner farms. It was created in collaboration with the artist Daniel Arsham and takes its name from 1931, the year associated with the distillery's floor maltings, which still operate. It is bottled at 47.5% (95 proof) in a 700ml bottle. The whisky was matured in American oak, then finished in an ex-sherry European oak butt from Jerez. Malt Master Kelsey McKechnie drew on techniques used for some of the distillery's oldest whiskies. The nose is warm biscuit, honey, creamy toffee and ginger; the palate barley sugar, crystallised ginger, raisin and baking spice; the finish is velvety, with malt sweetness, dried fruit and oak.