This blended Scotch Whisky is a blend of malt and grain Whiskies and matured in American bourbon casks. This dram takes its inspiration from Sir Rod Stewart’s favourite dessert “ warm apple pie”.
About Wolfie’s Whisky:
Designed to reflect Sir Rod Stewart’s rock ‘n’ roll heritage, with subtle nods to Americana, Wolfie’s is a blended Scotch whisky (£35, wolfieswhisky.com) that was inspired by the legendary musician’s early hell raising days with the Faces.
With its unique blend of rock ‘n’ roll roots, Americana and Scottish heritage, Wolfie’s is bringing something new to the Scotch whisky market. Distilled on the banks of Loch Lomond by an expert team with decades of whisky-making know-how and an all-Scottish team behind the brand, Wolfie’s truly has Scotland at its heart.
Referencing the opening track from Rod’s 1991 album Vagabond Heart, the lyrics ‘Rhythm of My Heart’ are emblazoned on the base of the bottle. Rod’s recording of the song was a nod to his own Scottish heritage having adapted the melody from the traditional folk song, Loch Lomond.
Tasting notes
Wolfie’s Blended Scotch Whisky (40% ABV) is wonderfully balanced with flavours of warming cinnamon, fresh vanilla and baked apple (Rod’s favourite flavours). The whisky has a delicate taste of sweet peat and pears in syrup before finishing with candied citrus peels and a gentle oak spice.
Our Notes
I have decided to change my method of whisky tasting for this one due to the numerous mentions of cocktails and the wonderful array of cocktail recipes included on the Wolfie’s website. So, I intend to have this dram, four different ways.
- Neat
- Neat with water
- As a Highball
- In an Old Fashioned
1. Neat – Vanilla, plenty of oak, mild peat smoke, tinned pears in juice, cloves and fresh vanilla pod, the smoke gets a little sweeter the longer it is in the glass.
2. Neat with water – With a splash of water it certainly opens up, showing more vanilla, sugar-covered sliced oranges, more sweet smoke, freshly charred staves, medium to long finish, oak, vanilla and fruit sweetness linger longest.
3. Highball – 10 cl of Wolfie’s Blended Whisky
20 cl of Schweppes Canada Dry Ginger Ale
Lemon wedge
Plenty of ice
This is truly a perfect Whisky for a Highball, so easy to drink, ideal on a hot summer day in the garden. It could quite easily make non Whisky drinker into a Whisky lover.
4. Old Fashioned – This has got to be my favourite Whisky cocktail.
One teaspoon of granulated sugar
1-2 Dashes of Angostura bitters
Splash of water
50 ml Wolfie’s Blended Scotch Whisky
Orange slice
Method
Put the sugar, bitters and water in a small tumbler. Mix until the sugar dissolves if using granulated. Fill your glass with ice and stir in the whisky. Add a splash of soda water if you like and mix.
Wolfie’s blended Scotch Whisky really held onto its core flavours when added to various mixers and also when diluted with water. The blend has many noticible grain notes accompanied with some fresh new notes, grass, hay and spring flowers but the overarching spicy notes of cinnamon and fresh vanilla balanced out the dram well.
A very fine dram for cocktails. The Old Fashioned which I made confirmed that this is by far my favourite Whisky cocktail. This bottle is priced at £34.95 available online and from Wolfie’s website.
“FOR ME WOLFIES DEPICTS THE CAREFREE BEHAVIOUR OF MY MORE MISCHIEVOUS DAYS AND THE EXCITEMENT OF WHAT LIFE STILL HAS TO OFFER – LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL ” Rod Stewart
