Glengoyne asks drinkers to help choose single cask

Highland Scotch whisky producer Glengoyne is inviting consumers to decide what goes into its next single cask bottling as part of a live-streamed tasting.

The Glengoyne tasting kit is priced at £50

Drinkers can join Glengoyne in its live tasting of four single cask whiskies at 8pm BST on 28 August to help decide what will be the distillery’s new Cask of the Moment bottling.

The Casks Unlocked event will see distillery manager Robbie Hughes, global brand ambassador Gordon Dundas, and a panel of industry figures taste and discuss the single cask expressions.

Each whisky was hand selected from Glengoyne’s Warehouse 8 – including a Port pipe from 2005, a re-fill hogshead from 2006, an ex-Bourbon barrel from 2004 and a Madeira cask from 2007.

Consumers can take part in the event by buying a tasting kit, which comes with a Glencairn glass, to enjoy at home for £50 (US$65) from the Glengoyne website. There are only 230 tastings kits available.

The panel and participants will then vote on their preferred cask, which will be hand bottled and available to buy from the distillery shop and online.

“At Glengoyne, we’re incredibly fortunate to have some of the most loyal fans in the whisky world,” said Hughes. “That’s why, to show our appreciation for their ongoing support, we decided to host Casks Unlocked – a special opportunity for our community to select Glengoyne’s latest single cask whisky.

“Having helped to pick the four casks on offer, I’m truly excited to see and hear the reaction to these rare and unique drams. Some of the liquid in the sample kits may have never been released for sale, so this truly is a one-of-a-kind experience that we’re excited to offer our community.”