Cedar Ridge The QuintEssential Portside American Single Malt Whiskey (750 ml)
The Special Release Portside explores the darker side of our cask portfolio giving it an amazing ruby hue. Handcrafted from 100% 2-row pale malted barley it is a marriage of 6 year old American Single Malt first aged in Cedar Ridge ex-bourbon barrels and finished in First Fill Ruby Port, First Fill Amontillado Sherry and Virgin French Oak Casks before being expertly married together.
For this release in particular, I wanted to do something with a lot of Port influence. I like to produce big, bold, meaty single malts, so I decided to utilize First-Fill Ruby Port casks in order to capture maximum Port flavor.
To round it out, I married it with single malt finished in a First-Fill Amontillado Sherry Butt and one Virgin French Oak cask. The end result is definitely Port-dominated, but it has a nice twist to it due to the Sherry and French Oak influence.
