This week we witnessed another distillery turning itself towards the super premium audience and releasing a series of outrageously priced single malts.
Now let me start by saying I have great respect for The Balvenie in general, and for malt master David Stewart in particular, who gave us high quality core range bottlings and innovative ideas like the Tun 1401 / Tun 1509 / Tun 1858 series. The fact that he’s retiring absolutely deserves a milestone release and a great tribute.
That being said, it seems that marketing-wise Stewart has been retiring for the last five years or so...
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