Turntable x Starward – Collaboration Drop 01 Blended Whisky 46%ABV 30ml

Turntable x Starward – Collaboration Drop 01 is the first bottling in the new Collaborations series.  For decades, whisky snobs and various motley arbiters of cool have sneered at blends and elevated the status of single malts. There have been some leading lights in the darkness - Compass Box springs to mind as the most innovative player to change the dowdy and dull image and taste of blends. Adelphi also dabbled with fusing whiskies from different nations and North Star have done much to make blends cool again. As John Glaser, an unlikely American champion of blends has sold Compass Box after more than 2 decades, who will take on his mantle? 

Turntable may be contenders as the new hip blended whisky kings and interestingly Alasdair “Ally” and Gordon Stevenson like Adelphi have looked beyond Scotland. "In this collab with Starward, a blended whisky was created that underlines the character of the Australian single malt from Melbourne, which is typically matured in red wine barrels, and at the same time takes it into new dimensions. This is achieved by combining maritime Islay smoke from Caol Ila, older grain whiskey from North British and mineral Speyside single malt from Inchgower. The result combines campfire smoke in a sea breeze with notes of red berries, cigar box spices and coconut. Two worlds also come together in design. The shiny union is highlighted by luminous ink on the label. Origin: Scotland Composition: Starward Single Malt (39%), Caol Ila Single Malt (10%), Inchgower Single Malt (29%), North British Single Grain (22%) Barrel Type: Australian Red Wine Casks, First Fill Bourbon Barrels, Virgin Oak Barrels. Not coloured Not chill filtered