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Single cask Imperial matured in ex-Bourbon American oak, distilled in 1995 and bottled by Meadowside Blending at 26 years old. 197 bottles, 47.8% cask strength, from a Speyside distillery closed since 1998.
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Description
Founded at Carron in 1897 and demolished in 2013, Imperial produced its last spirit in 1998, leaving a finite and shrinking stock of single malt. This single cask was filled in 1995 and bottled by Meadowside Blending at 26 years old, for its The Maltman range. Single cask number 20 yielded 197 bottles, released for Europe.
The distillery's large stills gave a clean spirit rich in esters, floral and faintly waxy, typical of Speyside before its closure. This bottling matured in ex-Bourbon American oak. Across 26 years, the toasted staves released vanillin, which reads as vanilla, and oak lactones, which carry coconut, while the cask char filtered heavier sulphur notes from the spirit.
Bottled at its natural cask strength of 47.8%, without dilution, the ex-Bourbon wood supplies furfural for toasted almond, eugenol for clove and warm spice, and maltol for a soft toffee sweetness. The long maturation draws tannins from the oak, drying the finish into clean wood.
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