Oxford Rye Whisky Batch 7

The 7th batch of Oxford Rye Whisky, Easy Ryder is made for good times and easy drinking. A blend of nine unique casks, including American Oak of varying toasts, chars, sizes and cooperages, and Moscatel Roxo for its sweet, fresh flavours, the resulting whisky is creamy with notes of pastry, chocolate, refreshing spice and a pronounced savoury character.

Our biggest release yet, using the grain and distillery character as a backbone, the oak complexity of the eight American Oak casks merges with the sweet and fresh flavours from the Moscatel Roxo fortified wine cask from Setúbal, Portugal.

Tasting notes

AROMA: Baked apples and pineapple complement herbal and refreshing spices with notes of Dolce de leche, torched creme brûlée, croissant, cocoa butter, white chocolate and bog butter.

PALATE: Hints of custard, biscuit, hazelnut, biscotti, and white chocolate.

FINISH: Pepper, mint, vanilla and subtle smoke.

OVERALL: Baked desserts and herbal spices.

THE CASK STORY

Let Easy Ryder take you on a journey through our grains and our distillery with this blend of specially selected casks. Each cask has its own story, whether the cooperage, size, filling strength, age or warehouse. After 3 to 4 years of maturation, the cask impact on the new make has produced nine different spirits with different flavours merging to create this smooth, unique whisky.

The nine casks blended to create this release are:

Cask #23

American Oak

Heavy Char - 3 years and 10 months

130L @ 59.0% filled

119L @ 59.5% harvested

Cask #24

American Oak

Heavy Char - 3 years and 10 months

130L @ 59.0% filled

119L @ 57.5% harvested

Cask #37

American Oak

Grade 1 Char - 3 years and 10 months

225L @ 59.0% filled

187L @ 60.7% harvested

Cask #39

American Oak

Grade 1 Char - 3 years and 7 months

225L @ 57.3% filled

203L @ 57.1% harvested

Cask #40

American Oak

Grade 1 Char - 3 years and 5 months

230L @ 60.0% filled

212L @ 57.5% harvested

Cask #41

American Oak

Grade 1 Char - 3 years and 5 months

231L @ 60.0% filled

213L @ 57.9% harvested

Cask # 55

American Oak

Grade 1 Char - 3 years and 4 months

228L @ 59.0% filled

212L @ 58.2% harvested

Cask #59

American Oak

Heavy Char - 3 years and 4 months

226L @ 59.0% filled

210L @ 58.6% harvested

Cask # 295

Moscatel Roxo de Setúbal

3 years and 1 month (total)

210L @ 58.2% filled

208L @ 56.5% harvested

Previously in American Oak Heavy Char for 2 years

225L @ 59.0% filled

210L @ 58.2% racked