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Introducing Oban Cask Strength Aged 15 Years Single Malt Scotch Whisky. A delicious expression from Oban Distillery with smooth notes of vanilla, brown sugar, pepper and spices from European Oak finished in ex-Oloroso and Palo Cortado sherry casks. Created for savoring life’s most special moments, hand-selected casks of maturing stock are finished for over four years in vibrant sherry casks, resulting in a single malt Scotch whisky that transports your palate. The distinctive saltiness of Oban is met with a flourish of raisin, charred orange rind, and toasted sugar. Bottled at natural cask strength, this Oban expression is best enjoyed neat or with a splash of water.
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Oban is one of the oldest and smallest distilleries in Scotland, located just 208 steps from the water in a western Scottish town that was named for the distillery that opened in 1794. Released this spring, this is a new take on Oban, aged in European and American oak, and finished for more than 4 years in oloroso and palo cortado sherry casks. That cask finishing lends so much alluring sweetness to this whisky. It lures you in with a nutty and sweet aroma, then reveals layers of chocolate, brown sugar, candied yams, and other sweets with complexity, balance, and elegance.
What Whiskey will not cure, there is no cure for.
Coming in a multitude of styles depending on its origin, Whisk(e)y’s flavors range across the board from the sweet, caramel and vanilla-dominated American Bourbons to the briny, peat-heavy Islay Single Malts from Scotland. Though production methods differ widely, all Whiskeys are made by distilling beer made from some type of grain, such as barley, corn, wheat or rye. After the distillation process is complete, the new, clear spirit is transferred to wooden casks where it matures, a process that can take up to thirty years or more.