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Darkness 8 Year Old Whisky 70cl, 47.8%
Darkness 8 Year Old Whisky 70cl, 47.8%
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Q: Where can you find bang for your buck in Speyside? A: Darkness 8 Years Old was a standout. Lovely purity, fresh apple and floral notes, ayered and elegant”.
Darkness Whisky is a range of independently bottled single malt Scotch whisky, part of the Atom Brands group that also includes Aerolite Lyndsay, another favourite of ours.
Darkness is a range of intensely sherried whiskies from hand-coopered octave casks. Every expression begins as a carefully selected single malt, chosen for its bold character, before undertaking Darkness’ signature maturation period of 3 months in handcrafted sherried octave casks. Inside these tiny vessels, the whisky quietly transforms. Uncovering intensity and revealing maximum flavour, richness and natural colour.
At the core of this Darkness expression is an eight-year-old Speyside single malt Scotch whisky which has been matured in ex-bourbon barrels. Following that, the whisky is moved over to custom-made Oloroso sherry octave casks for at least three months. It's also non-chill filtered, bottled without any additional colouring, and unlike it's Limited Edition cousins, is bottled in 70cl bottles.
Small casks make for a vastly increased surface area to volume ratio compared to the much larger sherry butts, leading to more cask influence and more of those intense sherried notes we've all come to know and love.
Darkness 8 Year Old is a continuous release from the range that was previously built around very limited edition bottlings, though the name of the game hasn't changed - big ol' helpings of sherried deliciousness await you!
You can enjoy this beauty neat or in a variety of serves.
