Benriach 10 Year Old Cask Strength Single Cask 2740 PX Whisky 700ml

Some things just go better together. Bacon and eggs. Gin and tonic. KC and The Sunshine Band.

When people ask what to pair with whisky we always say 'good friends'. While we generally take our whisky neat there is one combination that is equal to the classic pairings above. Whisky and beer. Sip for sip between a fine whisky and a well matched brew. The best of both worlds. The legendary boilermaker.

Our friends at Benriach Distillery and Akasha Brewing have put together a boilermaker of our own for you all to enjoy.

First the whisky. Benriach is a rare Speyside distillery that still use their own floor maltings for some releases and also produce both peated and unpeated spirit as part of their core range. As a sister distillery to Glendronach they also have access to phenomenal sherry casks.

Our whisky has been drawn from a single Pedro Ximenez cask and bottled at natural cask strength. The standout characteristic of this whisky is a chewy thickness that can be seen in the floccing apparent in some bottles. Don't be scared by the cloudiness. It brings a lovely creaminess to the palate which you don't get from most whiskies. The nose features raisins and dates but this isn't a typical sherry bomb by any stretch. The palate is fruity with honey stewed green apples and there is a confectionary note of strawberries and cream lollies that hangs around right until the end. A sensational Speyside PX dram.