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The Balvenie Stories range is a collection of single malt whiskies representing tales of character, endeavour and craft. I was invited along to the launch night of the product which has held in a rather grand Westminster address.
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The night was filled with fine whisky tasting and a fun experience of a blind taste test. I was invited up to the below drink station, and asked to put on a mask (basically a sleeping mask). Whilst I waited to find out what was going on, the lady behind the desk fired roasted some American Oak spoons and then placed some ground up coconut on it. I was then handed the spoon and whilst swallowing the coconut, orange zest was spritzed around my head.
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It was really a fun experience and really played with all senses. It also matched the new 12 year old American Oak whisky really well.
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The night finished with tales being told by the Balvenie whisky ambassadors whilst the gathered crowd listened sipping the golden liquid.
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Balvenie Stories whisky is accompanied by an audiobook which brings to life the story behind each expression, through a series of conversations between The Balvenie’s craftsmen and The Balvenie Global Ambassador Gemma Paterson. Each audiobook concludes with David Stewart and Kelsey McKechnie sharing a dram of some of the very first bottles of The Balvenie Stories with the craftsmen who created the whiskies. Cheers!
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