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EXPERIENCE N.19 // THRICE

LIMITED EDITION 203 INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED BOTTLES

50.3% ABV / 50CL 

Once. We think of taste as an instant response to stimulus. 
But real taste unveils itself slowly, like a whispered secret. In whisky as in any great art, or life, the reward lies beyond the first impression. 

Twice. In the studio we often refer to the ‘second sip’ - the ritual of returning to the glass, where the sample begins to open up. The palate adjusts to the intense new world now passing across it’s receptors.

Thrice. The magic happens on the third sip. 

Layers unfold, individual strands upon brushstrokes become visible. Stories unravel from their tightly held assemblage, spilling their secrets. It’s the third sip in which memories appear, and the spirit and experience of tasting ceases to be separate from you. The third sip is the moment where connection occurs. 

This is Expeience N.19. Once. Twice. Thrice. 

£85
(includes free UK Shipping)

 

Blend Summary

No. Of Bottles
203 (Individually numbered)
Marrying Period
62 Days
ABV
50.3%
COMPOSITION
Irish Single Grain Whiskey (Great Northern)
52.6%
Speyside Blended Malt (Lightly Peated)
15.8%
NZ Manuka Smoked Single Malt (Thomson Whisky)
31.6%

BEHIND THE BLEND


Our love of Thompson Whisky's incredible Manuka Wood Smoked Single Malt from New Zealand is well documented, and in the development of our previous release, Hemispheres, we’d discovered one alternative combination in particular that we couldn’t put down. Having laid a small amount of a tral blend down, then realising that it was potentially not repeatable, we felt this pilot blend was so precious it was worthy of sharing as limited edition release. Exp. N19 // Thrice is three very different components - Creamy Irish Grain, a lightly peated Speyside Blended Malt and the clove spiked, alluring smokiness of the Thompson Single Malt Whisky.

The result is an inherently smoke forward blend with three distinct layers that unfold slowly on the palate in sequence, before finishing with a lingering spiciness.

What’s in a name? 

Thrice. It speaks to the tasting experience – as articulated by our whisky maker @malted_pete.
Pete talks about a mindset that is optimal for tasting. In today’s busy world, finding the time to ‘really taste’ often requires him shifting pace from hectic startup founder. And his ‘process’ for dialing in his tastebuds is to taste the same drama three times. What happens as your mind begins to focus through each sip is that layers emerge, you ‘relax’ into it, and you arrive at this place where you’re focused on the experience within the glass, not distracted by everything going on around it.

It’s this little ritual from the Studio that inspired the name of this expression. And the liquid in the glass leans into this ritual in return. With three components generating three very different textures and layers within the liquid - the three sip ritual is a journey through a world of whisky in a single dram.

“When you come through the layers one by one, and arrive at the place where I hope this dram takes you. For me, it’s a slightly more relaxed, less hectic place, where we take time to taste, and enjoy things, even if just for a moment.” Once, twice, thrice. This is Experience N.19.

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