1 Belgian Owl
ABV: 46% ABV
Price: £59.16
Distillery: Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher, Belgium – (West of Leige)
Copper stills made in 1898 for Caperdnich Distillery Speyside, which fell asleep
Hops from Hesbaye, adjacent to the distillery
Water from a 38 metre deep well in the distillery garden
Distilling started in 2004, first bottles available in 2007
2011 European Single Cask of the Year
No chill filtering
First-fill American Oak Bourbon casks
Colour:
Nose: Floral, roasted oak and toffee; conference pear; muscat; vanilla pudding & banana
Palate: Honey, vanilla & coconut ice cream, candied ginger, apples fried in butter, plum tart
Finish: Long finish, fruity & woody
With water: soft butter in the centre of citrus