Wolfburn Langskip Scoops Top Honours

Wolfburn’s Langskip single malt whisky has won top honours at The Spirits Business Awards, being awarded a Gold Medal in the highly prestigious Scotch Whisky Masters competition.

‘Langskip has previously won several international awards,’ says Mark Westmorland, Global Brand Ambassador. ‘But this one is especially pleasing as it’s our first UK gold medal, and doubly impressive coming from the Scotch Whisky Masters. We’re chuffed to bits.’

Langskip is Wolfburn’s flagship single malt whisky, being matured for six years in top-quality bourbon barrels and bottled at a premium 58% ABV, to ensure a huge depth of flavour.  ‘Whisky fans globally have been enjoying it since launch three years ago,’ comments Mark. ‘It’s a consistently strong seller and benefits from being almost cask strength. Hopefully this latest award helps get it into the hands of some new fans!’

ABOUT LANGSKIP:

Wolfburn’s strongest expression takes its name from the Norse word for longship – the Viking vessels that once dominated the Caithness coast. Sleek, smooth, purposeful and strong, the legacy of these ships surrounds the Wolfburn distillery – in addition to settlements and burial sites, Wolfburn’s home town of Thurso was named by the Vikings in honour of the god Thor.  This beautifully rounded single malt is the result of long fermentation and gentle distillation, followed by maturation in first-fill bourbon casks, which are laid down for six years in our purpose-built warehouses. Its smoothness is matched only by its strength.

ABOUT WOLFBURN:

The original Wolfburn Distillery was founded just to the west of Thurso by William Smith in 1821.  In its day it was one of the largest distilleries in Scotland, producing, according to HMRC records, 28,056 “gallons of proof spirit” in a single year.  Taking its name from the stream that provided the water – the Wolf Burn – the distillery operated until around 1870.  The reasons for its closure are lost in time, but by 1877 the newly produced Ordnance Survey maps showed it being in ruins.

In 2011 plans were laid to resurrect the old distillery. Construction began in 2012 and in January 2013 the new Wolfburn Distillery commenced production, thereby becoming the most northerly distillery on the Scottish mainland.  Situated 300m from the site of the original distillery, the new Wolfburn operates in much the same way as the old: craftsmen use traditional methods to produce fine spirit, which is laid down in best quality oak casks to await the day when it is bottled as single malt scotch whisky.  Wolfburn’s single malt scotch whiskies are now available in 31 countries globally.

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