Balvenie The Stories 26YO, A Day of Dark Barley

The Balvenie Distillery is built on the stories that are told from each generation of craftsmen to the next. They are the lifeblood. It is how they pass on what they know, how they process experiences, and how new ideas are created. The Balvenie Stories range documents these tales of true character.
Story #3:
A Day of Dark Barley is the story of David C Stewart using brittle barley to make a Balvenie heavy with oak and smoke. It's true to say that no day is quite the same at The Balvenie. One such day, in the long wet summer of 1992, a very special batch of barley was bought in, and mixed with our traditional malted home barley, ready for our signature Balvenie mash. Turning a deep, dark burnt black brown, this unusual one off batch of barley was an experiment undertaken at The Balvenie at a time of significant change.
Described as 'a heavier, darker Balvenie, flavoured with the richness of over roasted malted barley, oak, honey, vanilla and citrus notes'

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