Tullibardine Whisky Ale

You could say that this whisky ale is a by product of the whisky industry and in some ways you would be correct. When fermentation has taken place and the liquer (at about 7%vol) is drawn of for the first distillation, normally what happens with the spent malted barley (draf) is that it is sent for processing as animal feed, not in this case. It is sent to a local micro brewery at the Bridge of Allan and grain and hops are added and it is re-fermented up to again 7%vol. The resulting beer is then matured in used whisky casks from Tullibardine Distillery for upto 12 weeks and than bottled. Production of this ale is limited to the amount of malt whisky bottled at the distillery, currently, the aim is to bottle about 300 casks a year at 160 bottles of whisky ale per cask. as whisky production goes up then more ale will be bottled but this a long term project and will not change qickly overnight.

The ale has a wonderful whisky aroma when poured and on the nose it also has some citrus notes. you need to remember that this is a strong ale and more than 2 in my opinion is a waste and at £3.50 a bottle its not cheap or a session ale.
It is quite pale, just a little darker than larger but don't be fooled, it has a kick.

For any of you that have been to a distillery you will know the aroma as soon as you walk into the mash house, well this aroma is on the nose of the ale as well as the taste. it has a fruity flavour but this does not overpower the ale, try it with a dram of Tullibardine 10yo, the go together so well