MASH
To create a hearty wort full of barley flavour we combine the finest English malt, and the finest Scottish peated malt; we're the only distillery in England to use peated malt in all are mash bills. Made in small batches, a longer fermentation ensures maximum flavour. Spent grains from the brewing of the wort are collected by a local farmer, processed in a biodigester and turned into electricity.
DISTILLING
At the heart of our whisky is our 200 litre German column still, unique in the England, it helps us to create a precisely controlled distillation. The four copper plates gently quadruple-distil the spirit, ensuring maximum contact with the developing vapours and that all impurities are removed. Hot water from the condenser and from the previous distillations are used to warm the next batches, thereby reducing our fuel consumption.
AGEING
The spirit is carefully poured into an American single-use, ex-bourbon barrels that have also been used to mature scottish whisky in Speyside. It’s here that the spirit adopts its gentle oaky flavour; we don’t completely fill the barrel, allowing the spirit to breathe and develop a richer and more complex flavour. Sometimes we double/triple cask mature: after some time, usually three years, the spirit is transferred into aanother barrel, such as as a sherry cask for final maturation or finishing; this second cask imparts unique flavours into the beautiful single malt spirit.
CASK FINISHING
After maturing in a ex bourbon/speyside barrel, spirit from different batches and distillations are carefully blended to ensure consistency in each batch, it's truly 'slow food'. We often finish our spirit in a range of incredible casks, and only when it’s perfectly ready, do we gently water down the aged spirit with purified water from the Welsh marches. Finally we gently non-chill filter to our hearty house strength of 42%. After such care and attention, we lovingly bottle, wrap and box by hand. We're proud that they are desired by most discerning whisky collectors.
LUDLOW SINGLE MALT ENGLISH WHISKY NO.3
Cask Edition No.3 Islay Whisky
Medium-bodied, light in colour, with fragrant notes of heather-honey, butterscotch and crème caramel, balanced with a touch of peatiness and hints of peaty smoke from the Islay cask.
From Masters of Malt
A splendid offering from Wardington's distillery, which treated its English single malt to a stay in an Islay whisky cask! Elegant whispers of vegetal peat smoke nestle comfortably between layers of floral honey and creamy butterscotch in this impressive whisky from the young Ludlow-based distillery.
Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt
Nose Drizzles of honey, vanilla custard, and soft caramel, with charred herbs and woody peat smoke in the distance.
Palate Buttery pastry and crème brûlée are joined by floral malt and set honey. Vegetal peat murmurs in the depths, with rich, smoky oak in tow.
Finish A touch of pepper, peanut brittle, and baked apple towards the end. More creamy barley cushions distant chimney smoke.
