Monkey Shoulder Batch 27 Blended Malt Scotch Whisky 70cl

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An interesting one, this. A blend of single malts , as opposed to a Scotch blend containing grain. Monkey Shoulde r is the nickname for a shoulder injury experienced by maltsters after long hours of manually turning malt on a malting floor. These would develop a strain injury which had a tendency to cause their arm to hang down a bit like a monkey’s, so they nicknamed it ‘monkey shoulder’. Blended in small batches of Speyside’s finest single malt whiskies. Made to be mixed. Monkey Shoulder whisky was designed as a mixing spirit. However is also delicious neat and on the rocks. Monkey Shoulder is labelled “ Batch 27 ” as a reference to the original experimental batching of 27 casks. Now, runs of Monkey Shoulder are made 27 casks at a time, although the batches are not individually numbered. The vatting is a mix of William Grant & Sons ’ three distilleries, all located in Dufftown, in Speyside : Glenfiddich , The Balvenie , and Kininvie. All three are from “first-fill” ex-bourbon casks. The label still claims that the spirit is a blend of three distilled spirits; however, to keep up with demand, some other distilleries are swapped in from time to time and the specific provenance is n

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