Balvenie The DCS Compendium Chapter Three - The Complete Set 350cl Whisky

Balvenie have reached Chapter Three of the DCS Compendium - a series of extraordinary releases celebrating the five decades that Malt Master David C. Stewart has been working for the distillery in Speyside. Chapter 3 is titled 'Secrets of the Stock Model', and gives light to the Malt Master's tough task of controlling all manner of variables impacting the maturing whisky stocks. This chapter features five different expressions, each drawn from a single cask, including whisky distilled in 2004, 1993, 1981, 1973 and 1961. That last one, by the way, is the oldest whisky released by Balvenie to the public to date - a 55 year old Balvenie single malt. Cor.

This is the complete set of DCS Compendium Chapter 3 releases, featuring five 70cl bottles, a wooden presentation frame and a handsome case. The whiskies included in this release are...

Balvenie 55 Year Old 1961 (cask 4193) - 41.7% ABV

Cask Type: European Oak Oloroso Sherry Hogshead

Filling Date: 14th June 1961

Bottling Date: 12th June 2017

Balvenie 43 Year Old 1973 (cask 8556) - 46.6% ABV

Cask Type: European Oak Oloroso Sherry Butt

Filling Date: 7th June 1973

Bottling Date: 2nd June 2017

Balvenie 35 Year Old 1981 (cask 7824) - 43.8% ABV

Cask Type: Refill American Oak Hogshead

Filling Date: 29th October 1981

Bottling Date: 19th June 2017

Balvenie 23 Year Old 1993 (cask 11621) - 51.9% ABV

Cask Type: Refill American Oak Hogshead

Filling Date: 6th December 1993

Bottling Date: 19th June 2017

Balvenie 13 Year Old 2004 (cask 741) - 58.2% ABV

Cask Type: European Oak Oloroso Sherry hogshead

Filling Date: 19th January 2004

Bottling Date: 19th June 2017