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Kavalan Classic Single Malt Whisky, 70 cl

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June 2021). "The Distillery That Put Taiwan On The World Map – Kavalan Distillery". 88 Bamboo . Retrieved 15 May 2023. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Reflecting Kavalan’s deep roots in Taiwan, the early bottles were shaped like Taiwan’s tallest building, Taipei 101. It’s name is taken from an aborigine group that used to live in the area. a b Quartly, Jules (9 January 2019). "Kavalan Finds Further "Ginspiration" ". topics.amcham.com.tw. Taiwan Topics . Retrieved 9 January 2021. However, with growth comes the need for greater regulation, he says, and a definition for Taiwanese whisky. Chang highlights the example of Japanese whisky, which, despite its rapid growth, has no law preventing distillers from importing, blending and bottling bulk whisky from abroad. “As a producer you want to protect your reputation and the reputation of your whisky,” he says.

The distillery is based in Yilan County, south of Taiwan’s capital, Taipei. The area’s high temperatures (averaging 33 degrees Celsius in the summer) and sweltering humidity accelerate the interaction of the liquor with the wood barrels. Rosenblatt, Susannah (14 June 2010). "In Taiwan, a Bit of Scotland Matures". The New York Times . Retrieved 24 May 2014. Sorry, Scotland! Taiwan's Kavalan named world's best single malt whisky". NY Daily News. 23 March 2015 . Retrieved 25 March 2015. The maturation process is cut down by a third, from four to six years versus the 15 or 25 years of its Scottish counterparts. Lee, who runs King Car with his son, Yu‐Ting Lee, gathered a team of engineers and food technologists to research how whisky is made around the world. According to Ian Chang, Kavalan’s master blender, Lee Sr was heavily inspired by the “traditional Scotch style and traditional producing methods”. Single malt was the inevitable direction for Kavalan. Lee and his team sought the ideal location in which to build the distillery, settling on County Yilan because of its plentiful water supply and subtropical climate, ideal for whisky maturation. The distillery, which had a capacity of 2.5 million litres of pure alcohol a year, with four copper pot stills, was built in just nine months. “It took just 45 days to do the installation and commissioning of all the production equipment, so we were up and running in less than one year,” says Chang.The Best World Whiskies According to the 2021 International Wines & Spirits Competition," Forbes, 29 June 2021, retrieved 16 August 2021 The distillery has been recognized as one of the highest rated spirits during the World Whiskies Awards. [10]

International Whisky Competition Official Results". International Whisky Competition. 17 June 2023 . Retrieved 19 June 2023. Taiwan’s leading distiller, Kavalan, has been a pioneer in world whisky. Now, it is planning on scaling up its ambitions and reach. In 2016, Kavalan's Solist Amontillado Sherry Single Cask Strength was named the World's Best Single Cask Single Malt Whisky in that competition. [11]Kavalan was also the first distillery to use Swan’s now famous STR cask treatment, which stands for shaved, toasted and re‐charred. The method was developed as a way to combat the shortage of refill casks in the global whisky industry between 2009 and 2013. Chang explains: “Refill casks play a huge role in terms of complexity, particularly oxidisation, so we needed to think of something to solve this problem.” Swan therefore came up with the idea of buying ex‐ wine casks and removing their organic acids by shaving, toasting and re‐charring the wood. Wade, Mike (25 January 2010). "A whisky on Burns Night? How about a wee dram of Taiwanese?". The Times . Retrieved 24 May 2014. The distillery even moved into an entirely new spirit category in 2019 with Kavalan Gin, which is made from the same malted barley spirit as Kavalan’s whiskies and contains locally sourced kumquat, star fruit and red guava. The line will expand this year with the addition of a cask‐aged variety, while 2021 will see the launch of a colourful, flavoured iteration. The distillery is named after the old name of Yilan County. The distillery was completed in December 2005, produced its first spirit in March 2006, and released its first bottling in December 2008. [2] [3] The distillery was named by Whisky Magazine as the World Icons of Whisky "Whisky Visitor Attraction of the Year" for 2011, and its products have won several other awards. [3]

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