The Glenlivet
The Glenlivet expanded its portfolio with the launch of six Single Cask Editions in the US. Credit: PRNewsfoto/The Glenlivet.

Pernod Ricard’s single malt whisky brand The Glenlivet has expanded its portfolio in the US with the launch of six Single Cask Editions.

The range is US-exclusive, for release in California, Florida and Illinois, as well as Massachusetts, New York and Texas.

The Glenlivet master distiller Alan Winchester said: “With these exclusive Single Cask Editions, Single Malt enthusiasts can own an exclusive piece of The Glenlivet’s history.

“Each bottle is the result of a unique combination of liquid, cask and age and can never be replicated again. Embracing the cask’s original character and flavour, it offers one of the purest Single Malt experiences available.”

The range is a non-chill filtered Scotch whisky with cask strength hand-selected from an individual cask by The Glenlivet’s expert team of craftsmen.

Packaged in a handcrafted wooden box, each bottle in the Single Cask Editions range has been individually numbered.

The Single Cask Editions portfolio includes American Oak Barrel, 17 Year, American Oak Hogshead, 16 Year, American Oak Barrel, 16 Year and three expressions of Sherry, 14 Year.

Aged for 17 years and seven months, American Oak Barrel offers a blend of aromas of traditional pear drop sweets, butterscotch and fruity taste profile of toffee apple, ripe pear and smooth caramel with a hint of ginger. It will be available in Florida.

American Oak Hogshead offers aromas of sweet baked apples, butterscotch and vanilla custard with a taste profile of ripe pear and honeyed peach. It will be available in New York.

The first expression of Sherry, 14 Year provides aromas of apricot jam, red toffee apples, rich vanilla and banoffee pie and will be available in Massachusetts and Illinois.

The second expression is a combination of sweet damson plums, poached pears in liquorice root syrup with citrus orange and cinnamon baked rhubarb and will be released in California.

The third expression offers an aromatic blend of peach and orange balanced with white chocolate, creamy vanilla and lemon curd. It will be available in Texas.