DAVID STEWART 60TH ANNIVERSARY – THE BALVENIE Masterclass.

Saturday 1 October 2022 – 3.30pm BST – £185

LINE-UP:

•Balvenie 12 Year Old Classic Bot.1980s
•Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood
•Balvenie 21 Year Old PortWood
•Balvenie 21 Year Old The Second Red Rose
•Balvenie 1972 43 Year Old DCS Compendium Chapter 2
•Special unreleased dram selected by David for this masterclass

Join David C Stewart MBE for a look back over his 60 years of working for William Grant & Sons through six whiskies from the distillery with which he is mostly closely connected – The Balvenie.

One of the best known and loved whisky makers in the business, little did David know when he applied for a job as a clerk at William Grant & Sons back in 1962 that he’d become an innovative blender and creator of some of the world’s best-loved whiskies.

He took on the role of malt master in 1972 and spent the next almost 40 years working across the William Grant’s range. He handed the reins to Brian Kinsman in 2009, but has continued to work with Balvenie’s whiskies, crafting new expressions and guiding the new generation of whisky makers at William Grant’s.

In this tasting, David will be leading us through some of his creations, from his earliest days as malt master to the most recent releases, as well as a special dram selected for the show. This is a great opportunity to hear one of the most influential whisky-makers of the past century talk about his favourite distillery and the innovations that he helped pioneer. Not to be missed.

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