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For our third experiment, Malt Master Brian Kinsman travelled to Canada to meet a renowned winemaker in Niagara. There he learned how the grapes had to be picked by moonlight at -10˚C to produce the intensely sweet Icewine. Upon his return to the Glenfiddich Distillery Brian started experimenting with several French oak Icewine casks from the Canadian winery, filling them with different Glenfiddich aged malts for up to six months. Only the rarer whiskies, those aged for 21 years, could cope with the extra Icewine intensity.

Our second experiment of the series took place privately at our Conval warehouse. Shrouded in secrecy, Malt Master Brian Kinsman invited 20 whisky experts from around the world to select any expression of their choosing from thousands of stacked casks. The final 20 chosen malts, matured in everything from port pipes to virgin bourbon barrels, have created an unusual, untraditional and unexpected whisky, one that has exceeded even our expectations.

In our first groundbreaking experiment, Malt Master Brian Kinsman has proven that traditional whisky casks can be seasoned in an untraditional way. Collaborating with a local Speyside craft brewer, Brian created a bold and zesty IPA craft beer to imbue our rich oak casks with extra hoppy notes. The experiment resulted in the first single malt whisky ever finished in craft IPA casks. 

The distillery malt is a piece of our history; It is available to those who make the journey to the Glenfiddich Distillery and online here, but cannot be found anywhere else in the world. It will be filled by hand especially for you. The handwritten label applied to the bottle and your name will be entered into the ledger in which we have recorded all the owners of The Distillery Malt from the very first bottle of the very first cask

Our unique Solera system marries whiskies matured in sherry, bourbon and new oak casks to create a deliciously harmonious and intensely honeyed single malt.

Our signature malt, the pioneer of the single malt Scotch whisky category, is renowned for its beautifully balanced nose and refreshingly complex flavour.