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Cooper King Distillery Transatlantic Single Malt Whisky is an exceptional Yorkshire single malt from highly innovative and eco-supremos Cooper King Distillery and is a must try. Their first edition sold out within minutes, and Transatlantic won't be around much longer either... so grab one while you can!. Heritage floor-malted grains are mashed by hand before an extended 6-7 day fermentation and double distillation in a 900 litre copper pot still. The spirit is then matured in a mix of ex-Bordeaux wine casks and ex-Bourbon casks.. TASTING NOTES. Nose: fruit compote, vanilla and toasted oak.. Taste: rich malt, cocoa, parkin and butterscotch.. Finish: long and complex with vanilla and cinnamon.. PROFILE. Casks: 81% ex-red wine / 12% refill bourbon / 7% ex-malt whiskey. Wood profile: 81% French oak / 19% American oak. Cask size: 90 litres to 110 litres. Casks filled: March to December 2020. Maturation time: 3 to 4 years. Maturation location: Cooper King Distillery. Grain: 100% floor-malted English Maris Otter barley. Yeast: distiller’s yeast. Fermentation time: 6 to 7 days. Distillation: double distilled on a 900 litre copper pot (‘Neilson’). Non-chill filtered and all natural colour.. The distillery is run on 100% green energy! £5 from every bottle is donated to Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, to fund life-changing apprenticeships for young people in rural areas, to help protect vital UK habitats. Founded in 2016 by Dr Abbie Neilson and Chris Jaume after a stint in Tasmania learning at distilleries there, Cooper King is based 10 miles north of York.