{"product_id":"benromach-golden-promise-barley-13yo","title":"Benromach Golden Promise Barley Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnly three Scotch distilleries have distilled 100% Golden Promise barley single malts in recent memory. The Macallan, Ardnamurchan, and Benromach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the only distilleries with the skill, craft and connections to make proper use of Golden Promise barley: a renowned heritage grain that’s responsible for some of the all-time greatest Scotches ever made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the first barley varieties to be bred specifically for Scottish growing conditions, Golden Promise’s super oily and flavoursome character quickly made it a hit when it was first developed in the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the rest of the industry soon moved on to newer, higher yielding barley strains, some distilleries – Macallan in particular – recognised how important this remarkable strain was to great spirit: “Tests we conducted showed that without Golden Promise the new make spirit lacked guts and oiliness,” says David Robertson, former Macallan Master Distiller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMacallan stopped producing 100% Golden Promise spirit in the 1990s, when it got too expensive for them to bear, but have kept it as a crucial 25% of their mash-bill since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo. The last fully Golden Promise single malts matured entirely in Sherry with an age statement on the bottle are those 90s Macallans, which go for $1000s these days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Benromach, with this momentous malt: \u003cstrong\u003eBenromach 13 Year Old Golden Promise Barley Edition, Created Exclusively for The Whisky Club\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDistilled in Benromach’s tiny, old-school distillery across two small vintages in 2011 and 2012, it was matured entirely in first-fill Sherry casks before bottling at a lush 46% ABV.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMassively creamy, with vibrant sherried fruit and the undeniable malt backbone and texture of Golden Promise, it’s sweet, spiced and unbelievably sumptuous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving come exclusively to Members of The Whisky Club as August’s Whisky of the Month, this is a one-of-one dram that can stand beside the all-time greats of this storied grain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot a Member yet? \u003ca title=\"Join free today\" href=\"https:\/\/thewhiskyclub.co.nz\/subscriber\/account\/create\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoin free today\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e to get access to the world’s biggest whisky exclusives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Benromach Distillery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62236241494386,"sku":"NZ0612","price":130.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3597\/0930\/files\/nz-benromachgoldenpromise_pdp_main.png?v=1787705995","url":"https:\/\/thewhiskyclub.co.nz\/products\/benromach-golden-promise-barley-13yo","provider":"The Whisky Club NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}