{"product_id":"blackadder-millstone-sherry-duo","title":"The Millstone Sherry Duo - Blackadder Millstone Oloroso Cask 17B040 \u0026 PX Cask B0302","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n  .twl-desc { max-width: 980px; margin: 0 auto; line-height: 1.65; font-size: 16px; color: #111; }\n  .twl-desc h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.15; font-weight: 800; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.02em; text-align: center; }\n  .twl-subhead { margin: 10px 0 0 0; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 750; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; text-align: center; color: #9a5f28; }\n  .twl-pills { margin-top: 14px; text-align: center; }\n  .twl-pill { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; border: 1px solid #ddd8d0; background: #f5f2ec; border-radius: 999px; padding: 6px 10px; margin: 4px; font-size: 13px; }\n  .twl-pill strong { font-weight: 800; color: #9a5f28; }\n  .twl-lead { margin-top: 18px; font-size: 17px; }\n  .twl-lead p { margin: 0 0 12px 0; }\n  .twl-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 14px; margin-top: 18px; }\n  .twl-card { border: 1px solid #ddd8d0; border-radius: 14px; padding: 14px; background: #fff; }\n  .twl-card h3 { margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 800; color: #1a1a18; }\n  .twl-card p { margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-size: 14px; color: #374151; }\n  .twl-card ul { margin: 0; padding-left: 18px; color: #111; }\n  .twl-card li { margin: 0 0 8px 0; }\n  .twl-card--dark { background: #080910; border-color: #080910; }\n  .twl-card--dark h3 { color: #b87333; }\n  .twl-card--dark p { color: #d0ccc4; }\n  .twl-card--dark ul { color: #f5f2ec; }\n  .twl-card--dark li { color: #d0ccc4; }\n  .twl-card--dark strong { color: #f5f2ec; }\n  .twl-versus { margin-top: 18px; border: 1px solid #ddd8d0; border-radius: 14px; padding: 18px 22px; background: #f5f2ec; }\n  .twl-versus h3 { margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 800; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: #9a5f28; }\n  .twl-versus p { margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-size: 14px; color: #374151; }\n  .twl-versus p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }\n  .twl-versus strong { color: #1a1a18; }\n  .twl-price { margin-top: 18px; border: 2px solid #9a5f28; border-radius: 14px; padding: 16px 22px; background: #fff; text-align: center; }\n  .twl-price .big { font-size: 30px; font-weight: 800; color: #9a5f28; }\n  .twl-price .was { font-size: 16px; color: #888; text-decoration: line-through; margin-left: 10px; }\n  .twl-price p { margin: 6px 0 0 0; font-size: 14px; color: #374151; }\n  .twl-spec { margin-top: 18px; border: 1px solid #ddd8d0; border-radius: 14px; overflow: hidden; }\n  .twl-spec table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; }\n  .twl-spec th { text-align: left; padding: 12px 14px; background: #080910; color: #f5f2ec; border-bottom: 1px solid #080910; font-size: 13px; }\n  .twl-spec td { padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eae6df; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: top; }\n  .twl-spec tr:nth-child(even) td { background: #f5f2ec; }\n  .twl-spec tr:nth-child(odd) td { background: #ffffff; }\n  .twl-spec tr:last-child td { border-bottom: 0; }\n  .twl-spec td:first-child { font-weight: 600; color: #1a1a18; }\n  @media (max-width: 749px) { .twl-desc h1 { font-size: 26px; } .twl-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-desc\"\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eTHE MILLSTONE SHERRY DUO, OLOROSO VS PX\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-subhead\"\u003eSame Dutch Distillery · Same Year · Same Sherry Butt Format · Same Bottler · The Only Difference Is the Sherry\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-pills\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 x 700ml\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDistillery\u003c\/strong\u003e Zuidam, the Netherlands\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDistilled\u003c\/strong\u003e 2016 (both)\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 and 7 Years\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCasks\u003c\/strong\u003e Oloroso Butt + PX Butt\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBottler\u003c\/strong\u003e Blackadder International\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeat\u003c\/strong\u003e None\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-lead\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo casks of Millstone single malt from Zuidam Distillers, filled \u003cstrong\u003eseven months apart in 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e, both matured full term in a sherry butt, both bottled by Blackadder at cask strength within half a point of each other. One butt held \u003cstrong\u003eOloroso\u003c\/strong\u003e, the dry, nutty, oxidatively aged sherry of Jerez. The other held \u003cstrong\u003ePedro Ximenez\u003c\/strong\u003e, the black, syrupy wine pressed from sun-dried grapes. Everything else is the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are the two \u003cstrong\u003eunpeated\u003c\/strong\u003e Millstone casks in our Blackadder import, so what you taste is the spirit and the sherry and nothing else. Zuidam's slow, windmill-ground, days-long-fermented malt is robust enough to carry six or seven years in serious sherry wood without disappearing into it. Sold as a set, 10% cheaper than the two bottles on their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBottle one: Millstone Oloroso Sherry Cask No. 17B040\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistilled \u003cstrong\u003eDecember 16, 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e, matured 6 years in one ex-Oloroso sherry butt, full term.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e57.7% cask strength\u003c\/strong\u003e, natural colour, non-chill filtered. 703 bottles.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOloroso gives depth, nutty richness and structure without the sugar. Reviewers of this cask have called it a proper ex-solera butt, not a briefly seasoned stand-in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-card twl-card--dark\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBottle two: Millstone PX Sherry Cask No. B0302\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistilled \u003cstrong\u003eMay 17, 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e, matured 7 years in one ex-Pedro Ximenez sherry butt, full term.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e57.3% cask strength\u003c\/strong\u003e, natural colour, non-chill filtered. 747 bottles.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePX is the sweetest, darkest wine in Jerez. Its butts hand the whisky richness, deep colour and concentrated dried fruit. This is about as much cask influence as a maturation program can offer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-versus\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy a set\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOloroso versus PX is the oldest argument in sherry-matured whisky, and it is almost never settled fairly, because the two bottles on the table come from different distilleries, different decades, different bottlers. Here the spirit is the same, the year is the same, the cask size is the same, the bottler is the same. Pour them side by side and the only thing left to argue about is the sherry: \u003cstrong\u003edry and savoury\u003c\/strong\u003e in one glass, \u003cstrong\u003esweet and dark\u003c\/strong\u003e in the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne set contains one 700ml bottle of each release. Both are in stock and ship now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-price\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"big\"\u003e$153.00\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"was\"\u003e$170.00\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e10% off buying both bottles separately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSpecification\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eOloroso Cask 17B040\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003ePX Cask B0302\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDutch single malt, single cask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDutch single malt, single cask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDistillery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eZuidam Distillers, Baarle-Nassau\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eZuidam Distillers, Baarle-Nassau\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBottler\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlackadder International\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlackadder International\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDistilled\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDecember 16, 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMay 17, 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6 years\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7 years\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEx-Oloroso sherry butt, full term\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEx-Pedro Ximenez sherry butt, full term\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eABV\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e57.7%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e57.3%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePeated\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNo\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNo\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOutturn\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e703 bottles\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e747 bottles\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVolume\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e700ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e700ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePresentation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eCask strength, non-chill filtered, natural colour. Sold only as a two-bottle set.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Whiskey Lab","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54535377453374,"sku":"TWL-BND-MILLST-100100","price":155.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/2221\/2926\/files\/millstone-sherry-duo-hero.jpg?v=1790800863","url":"https:\/\/www.thewhiskeylab.com\/products\/blackadder-millstone-sherry-duo","provider":"The Whiskey Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}