The Notch 15 Years Old 2003 Single Malt Whisky

Dean Long, co-founder and original distiller at Triple Eight Distillery, started producing The Notch in 2000. Dean, having previously run the still for Nantucket Vineyard producing fortified wine, decided he wanted to craft a world class whisky. Dean reached out to George McClements, former production manager at Islay’s Bowmore Distillery, to advise on technique for batch distillation. 8 years later Triple Eight Distillery released The Notch Single Malt Whisky, the United States first and only island malt whisky. The Notch Single Malt Whisky is crafted from Maris Otter, an heirloom variety of malted barley. The grain is milled and mashed on property at Cisco Brewery. The mashing process creates wort which is then transferred to Triple Eight where it is fermented and batch distilled through Triple Eight’s Arnold Holstein copper still. This is the 2nd batch, 15-year-old matured single malt, distilled in 2003 and bottled in 2022 at 48% ABV.