The Bruges Distillery – Amarone Cask

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by Single Malt Snob

A whisky from Bruges, that’s it.

Or so I thought.
I bought this bottle when visiting some friends in Bruges and I just walked into a store to get some Belgian beer when I noticed this bottle.
I was interested and got it without thinking much further.
It was when I arrived back into the capital city of cheese, that I discovered the brand on the packaging  (A cotton bag.) did not match the name on the label on the bottle.
So, investigation was on! My quest started on Google. Without success.
Then I contacted Eurowhisky (@eurowhisky on Instagram, or eurowhisky.eu for the website.) and explained what I was looking at.
He made a guess and thought it might be a whisky from the Brugse Whisky Company, but bottled by Crown Spirits (Based in Bruges). He was close, but talking tho the Brugse Whisky Company on the International Whisky Festival, they told me this was not from them. The man was able to tell me the name of the distillery, but I forgot. And since Google did not help me the first time…
It is however, bottled by Crown Spirits. Hence the bag as packaging.

This 5yo whisky was bottled at 40% and had a finish on Amarone cask.
Since it already had [lees verder].