700ml, 47% ABV / Lightly Peated / Batch 2 (735 bottles) / Bottled April 2021
HONOURS
- GOLD: The Global Luxury Masters 2019, Ultra-Premium World Whisky Category
- MASTER: World Whisky Masters 2020, Super Premium Europe Category
- GOLD (95pts): IWSC 2020
- SILVER: International Spirits Challenge 2021
Gulliver’s 47 is a celebration of Samuel Gulliver’s adventures that began in 1747. These fine English single malts are a perfect marriage of the best local ingredients that combine to produce whiskies of unparalleled quality.
Our Bourbon cask is the first release from Samuel Gulliver & Co., distilled in Norfolk at the St. George’s Distillery exclusively for Gulliver’s. Matured in hand selected, unbroken ex-Bourbon casks that retain the integrity of the oak for a perfect aging process.
Distilled using Concerto Barley, a two-row variety grown in East Anglia which is then malted at Crisp malting’s in Norfolk, it starts its life in a one tonne mash and matures entirely in Ex-Bourbon casks.
IWSC 2020, GOLD Medal Winning Taste Notes (95pts)
‘A powerful blast of peat smoke on the nose, alongside subtler notes of light vanilla and floral heather; that characterful peat remains intense but is layered in fantastic balance with succulent tropical pineapple, building to a warming, peppery finish.’
World Whisky Masters 2020, MASTER Medal Winning Comments, Judge Billy Abbott
‘If you’d given me this entirely blind, I’d have said it was a very young, very good Islay whisky. Excellent balance of smoky sweetness, minerality, it was excellent.
This is a great everyday whisky, a classic Highball.’
From Master of Malt (link new window)
A gently peated English single malt, Gulliver's 47 is distilled in Norfolk by The English Whisky Company using Concerto barley grown in East Anglia. The whisky has been aged in bourbon casks from Jim Beam, which haven't been broken down and rebuilt. The brand is inspired by Samuel Gulliver (a real person, rather than the fictional explorer), who explored the world in pursuit of wines, spirits and liqueurs, and brought them back to 18th century Britain. Gulliver's 47 was then launched eight generations later by his descendant Stuart Gulliver, carrying on the legacy. It's also bottled at 47% ABV, which is rather handy.
Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt (link new window)
Nose Cinnamon loaf, toasty oak, vanilla sponge and candied citrus with creamy malt and a whisper of peat smoke.
Palate Apples and pears, slightly burnt toast and butter, more creamy vanilla and floral malt.
Finish A gently spiced finish with lingering notes of bonfire smoke.
