{"product_id":"edradour-10-year-old-equilibrium-ballechin-2003-blend-cask-strength-whisky-sponge-decadent-drinks-70cl","title":"Edradour 10 Year Old Equilibrium Ballechin 2003 Blend Cask Strength (Whisky Sponge Decadent Drinks) 70cl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 28px;\"\u003eEdradour 10 Year Old Equilibrium Ballechin 2003 Blend Cask Strength (Whisky Sponge Decadent Drinks) 70cl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEquilibrium 10 Years is a single malt, but a mix of two styles: Edradour 2010 from a first fill sherry butt + Ballechin 2003 from a refill hogshead. So we have unpeated and peated spirit from the same distillery, with different levels of sherry influence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was bottled by Decadent Drinks in their WhiskySponge series, after being selected from the warehouses of Signatory Vintage, which is also the owner of Edradour since 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003eFROM DECADENT DRINKS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou all crave sherry and peat. Don't pretend otherwise! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut of this craving we have conceived Equilibrium: a theoretical balance of sherry and peat flavour profiles achieved via haphazard vatting and mixing of casks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor this first release we sloshed together a first fill sherry butt of \u003cstrong\u003eEdradour \u003c\/strong\u003e2010 and a refill hogshead of\u003cstrong\u003e Ballechin\u003c\/strong\u003e 2003 and then bottled the resulting goo at 52%. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEquilibrium is slightly experimental and absolutely NOT innovative. But, is it balanced? Is it harmonious? Have we achieved so called 'equilibrium'? Or is it just a huge steaming morass of marketing hyper-bollocks? Is it, in fact, any good at all? Only you can be the judge of this. We look forward to, and are genuinely interested in, \u003cem\u003eyour\u003c\/em\u003e feedback. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf course, that would mean you would have to buy one and then actually open it and ingest some of the fluid contained within. Now \u003cem\u003ethat's \u003c\/em\u003einnovation baby! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNose: big hints of cured meats and Cuban cigars, with menthol and hints of pu-erh tea. Tarry ropes. Dried cranberries, burnt raisins and hints of cherry jam in the background. Some herbal \/ floral notes and graphite as well. It’s smoky but so far the peat is not putting its foot down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMouth: now more tarry, with a peppery arrival developing into medicinal notes and slightly bitter herbs. Barbecued bacon. Salty liquorice, dark coffee, walnuts. Mid-palate I get a fruity sourness (cranberries again, maybe dark plums) but it struggles to get out. Then back to cough syrup, eucalyptus and burnt wood. Nothing dirty here, but not exactly easy drinking either.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinish: long, earthy and peppery, with some syrupy forest fruits and herbal tea. Dry walnut notes in the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e52% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis product is not to be purchased by anyone under the age of 18 or drinking age in their country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe reserve the right to ask for your identification should it be necessary to do so.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edradour","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54686900093253,"sku":"00144","price":169.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/4282690431.jpg?v=1746547758","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/edradour-10-year-old-equilibrium-ballechin-2003-blend-cask-strength-whisky-sponge-decadent-drinks-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}