The Blended Whisky Company Unveil Half Century Blend
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The Blended Whisky Company has revealed their newest limited edition release, The
Half-Century Blend, honouring the era before the whisky-boom and the quest for increased
yields at all costs.
Following on from their two multi-award-winning whiskies, The Lost Distilleries Blend and The Golden
Age Blend, The Blended Whisky Company has unveiled their latest limited edition release - The
Half-Century Blend .
Only whiskies aged for over 50 years were used to create this astonishing blend, standing testament to
the extraordinary complexity of these whiskies - distilled over half a century ago. The ‘whisky-boom’ of
the late 1960s to the 1980s saw the beginning of an inexorable march towards modernization, and the
quest for increased yields at all costs.
Before this shift, distilleries were home to less efficient barley-strains, sprawling on-site floor maltings,
inefficient brewer’s yeast, lengthy fermentation times, mucky direct-fired stills, bulky and inefficient
worm-tub condensers and less active refill casks. The result of all this inefficiency, waste and lost
commercial-opportunity? Flavour, subtlety, poise, an incredible depth of fruit-character and a beguiling,
ethereal quality sadly missing from many of today’s whiskies.
Proving that patience has its rewards, the slow-maturing whiskies contained in The Half-Century Blend
were produced in an era where flavour - not forecasts - ruled the roost.
Just 768 bottles of The Half-Century Blend (RRP £599.95) were produced in this first batch, with an ABV
of 45.5%. The Blended Whisky Company range is available from fine retailers including Amathus,
Amazon, Harvey Nichols, Hedonism, Master of Malt and Ocado.
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