Nc’nean might not have the name recognition of some of the big single malt Scotch whisky brands, but this independent, organic whisky distillery has been crafting high-quality whiskies and racking up awards since 2013. Recently, the distillery announced the launch of a new limited-edition single malt Scotch whisky in the US.
Nc’nean Quiet Rebels Amy
This year’s Quiet Rebels release is the fourth in the series. The casks for each bottling are picked by a new team member every year. This allows employees to release their own whisky with their name featured on the bottle. The Amy in question is Amy Stammers, who began working as the Visitor Manager at the Nc’nean Distillery in 2017. Now, she’s the Head of Sustainability.
Quiet Rebels Amy features whisky finished in an ex-Maury cask from a tiny organic vineyard in France that makes fortified wine. This whisky is blended with Nc’nean’s house-style STR red wine and ex-bourbon cask matured whisky. The result is a 48.5% ABV sipping whisky with notes of lemon custard, damson jam, and brown butter muffins.
“Doing things as sustainably as possible is something that I think is really important, it’s why I wanted to work for Nc’nean and what I wanted to bring to my whisky,” Amy Stammers, Head of Sustainability at Nc’nean said in a press release.
“Our supply chains are a great platform to talk about sustainability, so I wanted to find barrels from a vineyard that is doing great things for the land just like the farmers that grow our barley.”
Where can I buy it?
Only 630 bottles of this limited-edition whisky are available in the US. It’s available at select retailers in 25 states for the suggested retail price of $110.
