Circumstance, Single Grain 6 Year Old
Circumstance is a young distillery based in Bristol, England, and is certified organic and carbon neutral. This Organic Single Grain is the distillery's first age statement. Made from 85% malted and 15% unmalted barley, fermented for 14 days on saison yeast, then distilled through a copper whisky hood and four-plate column, it has spent six years in an oloroso-conditioned cask. The approach — unusual grains, brewing yeasts, long fermentations — is central to how Circumstance builds flavor before the spirit ever touches wood.
Nose
Lemon, vanilla fudge, brioche
Palate
Sesame, oak spice, raisins
Finish
Lingering warmth, treacle, prunes
This is a whisky that punches above its age in terms of flavor. On the nose, there is immediate sweetness followed by a lemon freshness and some heady vanilla and freshly baked pastry notes. The palate is nutty and has a distinct and surprising sesame quality to it, before moving into some lingering spices like cinnamon, clove, and cardamom, while those sherry casks are presenting themselves as dried fruit like raisins and figs. The finish is warming, and there is a darker sweetness as well as richer dried fruits like prunes in their juices.
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Circumstance, Single Grain 6 Year Old
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