5Nines Distilling Whisky Altar Cask 64% 700ml

Genre: Sacred Flame — Sweet Smoke, Honey, and Mystery

Matured in casks once used for mead linked to ceremonial use, the Altar Cask is as much spiritual artefact as it is whisky. At 64%, it’s intensely powerful — but wrapped in incense, honey, and a kind of sacred calm.

Nose: beeswax, candle smoke, orange blossom honey, golden raisin, dried herbs, and incense resin. It smells like an old chapel — wax-polished wood and quiet spice.

The palate is rich and immediate: smoked honeycomb, gingerbread, white pepper, burnt toffee, and sweet malt. The mead influence adds a floral silkiness that tempers the heat and lifts the grain.

Mid-palate reveals roasted almond, herbal oil, lemon zest, and a whiff of sandalwood smoke. It’s vivid and textured, like drinking warmth itself.

The finish is long and almost liturgical — spice, oak, and sweet grain lingering like a chant in a stone hall. This is ritual in a glass. Sip it slowly, and don’t rush the moment.

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