White Peak Wire Works Necessary Evil Finish 2023
Key Facts About This Single Malt
Distillery: White Peak Distillery
Founder: Max Vaughan
Range: Wire Works
Region: English
Spirit Type: Single malt
Cask Type: Ex-bourbon and Necessary Evil imperial stout
Alcohol by Volume: 51.6%
Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration
Outturn: 2,553 bottles
Bottle Size: 700ml
Necessary Evil Tasting Notes
Official tasting notes
Nose: Hazelnuts, light roast coffee, and roasted malt.
Palate: Cacao nibs, dates, prunes and marmalade.
Finish: Sweet, malty and smoky.
Ed's review
Appearance: Natural colour, pale gold. Thick and oily in the glass.
Nose: Sweet malt, rum and raisin fudge. Vanilla, black treacle, and ripe banana.
Palate: Full mouthfeel. Rich banana malt loaf. Apples, pears and an orange peel citrus note. Fruit and nut chocolate. Alcohol is well integrated, bringing just a little spice.
Finish: Long. The caramelised edges of a malt loaf. Raisins, treacle, and barbecued pear.
About This Wire Work's Whisky
A stout finished single malt English whisky... but not just any stout. Necessary Evil is a Derbyshire-crafted imperial stout (ABV of 13%), in this instance aged in oak PX hogsheads by White Peak's friends up the road at Thornbridge Brewery. Wire Works Whisky Necessary Evil Finish is a proper Derbyshire collaboration.
White Peak first matured their Wire Works whisky in fresh, first fill ex-bourbon barrels for a minimum of 3 years before disgorging the whisky and finishing for several months in the stout seasoned PX oak casks from Thornbridge.
Last year's release of Wire Works Necessary Evil Finish won a Gold Medal in the 2022 World Whisky Masters.
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