Hyde No. 8 Heritage Cask Special Reserve Stout Cask

Hyde No. 8 is a Special Reserve blend of:
75% Single Grain; fully matured in a first fill, flame charred, bourbon cask.
25% Single Malt; fully matured in a first fill, toasted, Oloroso sherry cask.
All finished in an Irish STOUT cask.

Firstly, craft Irish stout from the Cotton Ball craft micro brewery in Cork City is aged in a first fill, ex-Bourbon, American white oak cask for 3 months. The stout is then disgorged from this cask. The whiskey is then put into the STOUT cask for a further 6 months to ‘finish’.

NOSE
A distinctive full bodied malty aroma with sweet vanilla and roasted coffee bean overtones.

TASTE
Sweet, hoppy, biscuit taste, with a distinctive roasted coffee bean twist.

FINISH
Sweet caramel, perfectly balanced with a long, smooth, creamy finish.

43% ABV