Description
The Lochend Blend is six different single malt whiskies married in an Australian Tawny Barrel.
The backbone of this limited release rests on a single cask of Ledaig for smokey coastal notes, add to that Caol Ila, Ben Nevis, Brackla, Macduff, and Highland Park for body.
It’s a serious whisky wrapped up in a fun label with a name that’s equally as fun to say. We like to say it’s ‘fun to say, fun to drink’.
This release came about as a result of two things: Firstly the feedback from their first year of trading, secondly that they set out from day one to release a Blind Summit Whisky that could be enjoyed by a wide range of drinkers at an affordable price point. The Lochend Blend takes a little of everything created in year one and blends it to make something fun and very drinkable.
All Malt, Tawny Cask, quality ingredients, epic artwork.
“The label art is by our friend Danny Crofts, look him up he’s a very talented graphic designer and such a nice dude. It’s based on an image of Lochend Park. A personal spot for us, unique and full with history; a place James would walk his Dog Vinnie and Jamie would tell friends was fast becoming ‘the new Leith Links’. The blends is named after a blended malt that we used to make at home. The first versions of The Lochend Blend were always quality ends from single malts released by our indie bottling peers. No home made edition was ever this good however, no kitchen can replace a warehouse and no 5L cask is as great as a full Aussie Tawny Barrel. We’re very proud of this wee blended malt and can’t wait to see it out in the world. It’s priced for drinking and sharing.”
Blind Summit Whisky is a Leith-based passion project by two friends, James & Jamie. An independent whisky bottler focussing on exciting, brightly labelled, flavourful whiskies. It’s a bit more like the whisky equivalent to Gypsy Brewing with selection, maturation and bottling being carried out in different locations depending on which friendly warehouse is available. This release they bottled by hand on April 1st and labelled on April 18th.
Each outturn uses a different local artist to design an original art piece for the label. This release, Outturn II, features original artwork by Liam Palermo, based on a photograph of the Three Sisters Munros, taken by co-founder James, and created in a Japanese Anime style.
1 OF 320 BOTTLES
46.8% / 50cl
