Grave Digger

LOOK
Amber

AROMA
Mild peat smoke envelops a fruity potpourri of red berries, ripe peaches and sweet grapes, enhanced with vanilla, some oak spice, fine tannins as well as subtle floral notes.

TASTE
Wonderfully creamy sweet and fruity with vanilla, red berry compote as well as juicy grapes, accompanied by warming oak spice with fine tannins and wrapped in mild peat smoke.

AFTERNOON
Long lasting and pleasantly warming with creamy grape sweetness as well as fine spicy oak, followed by dark chocolate and subtle dry ash notes.

APPEARANCE
Ruby red

AROMA
Mild peat smoke envelops an intensely fruity potpourri of red and black wild berries.

TASTE
Delightfully fruity, sweet and juicy with intense notes of strawberry, raspberry, blueberry and blackberry, accompanied by a hint of caramel and subtle peat smoke.

AFTERNOON
Creamy berry compote lingers pleasantly long with fine smoke and subtle dry ash notes.

After initially maturing for two years in fresh Palatinate oak casks in the Bunker City warehouses, the smoky whisky was allowed to mature for the second half of its time underground in the middle of the majestic Odenwald. Small, 30-liter Oloroso sherry, Amarone red wine, Ruby port and American white oak barrels were used. The result is a mystical essence of dark smoke, incomparable depth and a complex, subtly earthy and spicy taste.

The first Heavy Metal Edition from St. Kilian Distillers pays tribute to the band Grave Digger, founded in 1980. With their meanwhile 21 studio albums they inspire their fans worldwide. The three albums "Tunes of War", "The Clans Will Rise Again" as well as "Fields of Blood" are a tribute to the Scottish history and the sounds of the Pipers. These legendary albums also formed the basis of our starting Heavy Metal series.

For the second, strictly limited "Metal Turf Beast" edition, Ultra Heavily Peated barley malt with 91 ppm was used, which was also delivered directly from the Scottish Highlands. This single malt whisky, which was allowed to mature in 30 liters each of ex Port and ex Oloroso Sherry casks and of which a total of 870 bottles were bottled, is one of the world's smokiest whiskies. The bottling was enormously in demand among fans and sold out completely just a few minutes after the start of sales.