Israelian distillery Milk & Honey has some fascinating experiments in their Apex series. In this case it consists of maturing whisky in the lowest place on earth, the Dead Sea. Temperatures are rising as high as 50°C, a pretty extreme climate for whisky maturation.

They used an array of different cask types and sizes (bourbon, red wine, STR) and during the first year they placed them on the rooftop of a hotel, 423 meters below sea level, exposed to the changing weather conditions (which led to an angels’ share of 25% in that year alone).

Tasting Notes:

Nose: aromas of French vanilla, mocha, cigar box, spearmint and oak that fill the nose.

Palate:  The palate offers notes of black tea leaves, warm spices, cinnamon, coriander seeds, dark cocoa and white pepper throughout the palate.

Finish: hints of garden herbs and sea salt lingering in the finish.

Land: Israel

Distillery: Milk & Honey

Alcohol by volume: 56,5%

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