Product Description
Last year saw the release of five special whiskies to celebrate International Women’s Day, with five per cent of the profits from the total sales donated to OurWhisky Foundation. This year, we’re delighted to continue this work with five new whiskies selected by an all-women Tasting Panel.
Our International Women’s Day Bottlings are:
Cask 122.78: Divide And Conker
Cask 10.282: Sweetness & Darkness
Cask 53.496: A Mouth-Drying Sauna – Available in our Members’ Rooms
Cask 71.109: A Nordic Cranachan – Available in our Members’ Rooms
The OurWhisky Foundation is a non-profit organisation recognising, supporting and empowering women working in whisky around the world, while advocating for a more inclusive and diverse industry. Check out their website.
Hear from our own team who have taken part in the OurWhisky Foundation Mentorship programme here and here.
Read more about the experience of sitting on our all-women Tasting Panel in 2023.
Tasting Notes
The panel hiked deep into the woods for an autumnal barbecue on a conker-littered forest floor that smelt of woody embers. Next a feast of tuna, mackerel and capers with pork sausages. To finish: coffee beans, apple cider and burnt vanilla pods on tea cakes. Reduced the panel were divided, one side favouring sweetness while the other found notes of maritime salinity. There were oyster shells, smoked kippers and anchovies while on the flip side, vanilla pods, tropical fruits and toffee buttons. After six years in a bourbon hogshead, this was transferred to a second-fill Spanish oloroso hogshead.