Arbikie 1794 Highland Rye
Throughout a current video interview with Barley Journal actor Brian Cox, who performs Logan Roy on the HBO sequence Succession, shared his whisky preferences, and his most-cherished bottle was a shock. As a Scotsman, Cox is particularly well-suited to weigh in on the spirits from his native soil. He prefers a bit of water in his whisky to “liberate it” and considers Lagavulin is his home sip, however his most cherished bottle, he explains within the interview, is Arbikie’s 1794 Single Grain Highland Rye. An uncommon selection to make sure, however a rare one. The Arbikie, which Cox characterizes as “actually, actually glorious,” is comprised of the distillery’s personal grain, which is grown on web site – making Arbikie Scotland’s first single-site, field-to bottle-distillery. Led by brothers John, Iain and David Stirling, the distillery crafts a spread of grain-to-glass spirits, together with the world’s first climate-positive gin and several other intriguing vodka expressions.
The Stirling brothers contemplate each single element all through the complete technique of creation, proper right down to the seeds planted and the water used. Think about the juniper they use for his or her gin—it’s grown on web site, not shipped in from afar. Honey is collected from their very own hives, (for his or her AK’s Gin which is distilled utilizing wheat farmed at Arbikie and flavored with regionally and sustainably sourced black pepper and cardamom.) They function on solar energy and the distilling – from begin to end – makes use of minimal transport miles for its manufacturing. The first waste product from distilling is recycled wherever potential as feed for cattle.
The Arbikie is admittedly scarce, however bottles might be discovered. You’ll definitely see it on the drink record at a number of the world’s extra posh lodges and eating places. Expertise it just a few methods – Cox provides a little bit of water to launch extra of the aromas and flavors. Or combine it right into a basic Rob Roy cocktail.
The Rob Roy (Arbikie-Model): From the web site: “Daring and Boozy. A celebratory sipper with a pleasant Scottish twist for all of the Manhattan lovers. Splendidly balanced utilizing 1794 Highland Rye, the one Scottish Rye whisky on the planet which has a protracted warming end with notes of banana and butterscotch.”
- 50ml Highland Rye 1794
- 20ml Candy vermouth
- 2 dashes orange bitters
- Stirred. Garnish: Lemon twist