Gouden Carolus Pure Taste Anker Cask

This is the 2016 ‘distillery edition’ of Gouden Carolus whisky , presented at the Molenberg festival last week-end.

After the 2015 Pure Taste Bourbon Cask , which spent the whole 36 months in ex-bourbon casks, we now have the counterpart Pure Taste Anker Cask , matured for 36 months in Het Anker casks (Het Anker is the name of the parent brewery).

The original Gouden Carolus whisky is matured in ex-bourbon casks for 30 months and then finished in Anker casks for 6 months. It remains a bit of a secret what an Anker cask is exactly, but the...