GlenDronach 20 Year Old Octaves

Master distiller Billy Walker has selected five Pedro Ximénez Sherry Octaves from the distillery’s warehouses to be bottled as the GlenDronach 20 Years Old Octaves . The spirit was distilled in september 1994, matured in regular sherry casks and then put into PX octaves for a couple of months.

Octave casks are 1/8th of a butt. They’re small so they tend to have a quick, intense effect on the liquid inside. When seasoned with sherry, they can also rapidly add sherried notes to a whisky.

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