Storywood Tequila | 70cl | 40% ABV | Award Winning | Single Malt | Barrel Aged | Reposado Tequila |

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The Storywood Speyside 7 Cask Strength is a punchy 53 per cent and has won multiple awards including the Chairman’s Trophy and Top 100 Spirits at the Ultimate Spirits Challenge for its rich complexity. An unexpected meeting with master distiller Luis Trejo at Distiller La Cofradia was the start of his journey creating Storywood’s enticing range of cask aged tequilas. With an incredibly smooth mouthfeel and a long, minerally, delicate finish, this is a blanco you can definitely drink straight, as well as mix into cocktails; there’s no place it won’t shine.

I thought, ‘if I can change somebody’s perception of Tequila by changing the glass, what can I do if I put it in a single malt whisky barrel? Recently launched in the UK, the project was inspired by visits to San Miguel De Ellende in Mexico (Ballantyne’s mother’s hometown), where he met Master Distiller Luis Trejo at La Cofraida. Best Tequilas to drink in 2023 - For whiskey drinkers 'For those partial to a single malt, the Storywood range is matured in ex-Scotch whisky barrels for 14 months — in this case one from the Speyside region.This is the reposado expression, featuring 100% blue weber agave spirit aged in casks from Dufftown in Speyside for seven months. Download the app today - it's free - and let the Tequila Matchmaker figure out your own flavor preferences. Robert Lublin teaches whisk(e)y and wine appreciation classes for Arlington Community Education, near Boston, MA.

You don’t make a drink this good by accident, and the mix of experience – owner Felipe J Camarena’s family has been producing tequila since the 1930s – and prime terroir, with agave sourced from the Jalisco highlands, have gone into making G4 our winner. Mexico meets Scotland in Storywood Tequila, which sees the agave-based spirit matured in casks that previously held single malt Scotch whisky.

Since its launch in 1959, sustainability has also been at the heart of El Tequileño, constantly adapting to optimise their process and positively impact local conservation efforts. Tequilas labelled as reposado – which means, if your Spanish is rusty, “rested” – get their honeyed hue from time spent aging in oak barrels. Born in Mexico and aged for at least 14 months in Speyside single malt whisky casks our adventurous multi award winning Anejo is a must try.

The oak influence is elegant, with just a light smokiness, bags of pepper and a honeyed sweetness from hints of pineapple and coconut. Morgan is also a philanthropist and wanted to ensure the brand’s environmental responsibility, thus the agave fields are privately owned, crops are rotated frequently and the use of modern technology reduces water consumption and steam energy by 50 percent when compared to conventional methods. Our oak and flavours are what we love, but its the places we go and the people that we meet along the way that becomes our story. Tequila is made from Blue Weber agave only, and Mezcal can be made from various agave plants in certain areas of Mexico. The problem was, it didn’t really matter how much my salary increased, I just wasn’t happy doing what I was doing.The continuous use of exclusively bourbon casks with agave spirits stood out, however, while whisky is aged in a variety of oaks to create unique flavours. This particular tequila, a bit like a single malt, is delicious sipped on its own or over ice and it has all the kick of tequila but with nutty, toasty notes, a bit like a very smooth, sweet malt whisky.