Copperworks 2020/2024: the fifth release in Whiskyfacile's Black Cat Series

Call it, if you will, the Genie in the bottle. We are now very familiar with the Copperworks guys' spasmodic focus on barley, which is why we have selected another of their single casks: a single malt made from a spring-sown barley variety, the Genie.

Barrel 443, in charred virgin oak at level 2, bewitched us and Cristian Camnasio, soul of the 'Daiquiri cocktail bar' in Cormano with whom we shared the selection and bottling. The surprising balsamic character, with herbs and eucalyptus, hit us like a gust of wind from the West Coast forests. Uncompromising power, combined with a snappy palate and Copperworks' usual epic tropical fruit, did the rest. Born to be wild.

Barrel number #443

Bottles produced 245