November 8, 2022. the balevnie’s malt master, david c. stewart mbe, this year is celebrating six decades at the distillery – making him what’s said to be the longest serving malt master in industry history. to honor this, the distillery recently unveiled a single cask bottling from 1962. the balvenie sixty, according to those behind it. We tasted the balvenie sixty years, the distillery’s oldest and rarest whisky released to date and tribute to malt master david c. stewart mbe in his sixth decade at the distillery. when your beloved whisky maker puts in sixty years worth of shifts at your distillery, the obvious way to champion them would be to bottle a 60 year old whisky in.
David c. stewart mbe is set to celebrate his 60 year anniversary as malt master and master blender at scottish whisky maker the balvenie. stewart holds the title for the longest serving malt. Master blender at 29. stewart was born ayr in 1945 and in 1962 joined balvenie’s owners william grant & sons as a whisky stocks clerk rising to become master blender in 1974 at the tender age of 29. as well as looking after blends, he was instrumental in the rise of single malts first with glenfiddich and then balvenie. On the 5th of july our very own david stewart will be awarded his mbe medal by a member of the royal family for his services to the whisky industry, making h. As a malt master, david oversees the creation of all whiskies for the balvenie and uses his thoroughly trained nose to maintain the consistency of the whisky’s produced by the distillery. david also oversees the new malt masters from william grant & sons, having worked closely with glenfiddich’s malt master brian kinsman and now the.
On the 5th of july our very own david stewart will be awarded his mbe medal by a member of the royal family for his services to the whisky industry, making h. As a malt master, david oversees the creation of all whiskies for the balvenie and uses his thoroughly trained nose to maintain the consistency of the whisky’s produced by the distillery. david also oversees the new malt masters from william grant & sons, having worked closely with glenfiddich’s malt master brian kinsman and now the. The single cask bottling from 1962 is the speyside based distillery’s oldest and rarest expression to date, marking 60 years since malt master david c. stewart mbe joined the iconic brand. only available at extremely limited quantities (just 71 bottles are being released globally) the balvenie sixty is a celebration of stewart’s six decade. The balvenie’s david stewart stands down. after 49 years as the balvenie’s malt master, david stewart has turned over his role as keeper of the distillery’s legacy to his longtime apprentice and co malt master, kelsey mckechnie. stewart will transition into a new role as the balvenie’s honorary ambassador. stewart joined the balvenie.
The single cask bottling from 1962 is the speyside based distillery’s oldest and rarest expression to date, marking 60 years since malt master david c. stewart mbe joined the iconic brand. only available at extremely limited quantities (just 71 bottles are being released globally) the balvenie sixty is a celebration of stewart’s six decade. The balvenie’s david stewart stands down. after 49 years as the balvenie’s malt master, david stewart has turned over his role as keeper of the distillery’s legacy to his longtime apprentice and co malt master, kelsey mckechnie. stewart will transition into a new role as the balvenie’s honorary ambassador. stewart joined the balvenie.
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