Leidsche Singel Malt De Burght

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by Single Malt Snob

A new series from Singel Malt

I have reviewed them before; the limited editions by Leidsche Singel Malt.
We had Batch 1, then Batch 2 and finally Batch 3.
In between I also reviewed the Leidsche Singel Malt Angels Share which was a different series. And now I was waiting for what they would bring out next.
(They also bottled an Alkmaarse Singel Malt, but I skipped that one, Alkmaar is not my city.)

Then Tom called with the question if I had some spare time for him, somewhere in the upcoming days. And I said yes, knowing what was coming.
So a couple of days later, the doorbell rang and Tom from Singel Malt personally delivered two bottles. I always buy one to taste and a second one to complete the series. (This is the only series of whisky I’m actually collecting.)

Offering Tom a cup of coffee, I could hear him out about the whisky and the latest series. Being done with the “batch” editions, the plan has changed to still continue with single cask whiskies. But in a series of editions highlighting the many landmarks in the city of Leiden that carry a story. In this case: De Burght, where according to local folklore, a ghost haunts the premises.
Knowing this story, and tasting their cask sample, this whisky was paired with the story.

As always with Leidsche Singel Malt, the whisky was bottled 46% Vol., making it a limited edition of 355 bottles.
The whisky is [lees verder].