Whisky connoisseur Frank McHardy shares more about his journey into the industry and leans us in on a personal tip to enjoy whisky: add a dash of good quality still water.
The connoisseur shares more about the special project with The Whisky Store where he picked an exclusive selection of single cask malts to be bottled under the Signature Reserve Frank McHardy series.Hello Frank, you have been in the whisky industry for over 50 years. Could you tell us a little more about your first steps in this industry?
Initially at Invergordon, it was probably about getting a job just to get by life like any other young lads. I think my initial interest in distilling was formed during my time at Tamnavulin, where process workers were involved in all aspects of distilling and warehouse operations. But as for shaping and defining my career, each of these distilleries that I have worked in, added experience and knowledge to me.
Personally, I would also prefer my whisky to be at least around 12 years old. Reason is that the product has not been chill filtered nor had any artificial colouring added. I believe that the process of chill filtering detracts from the natural flavour of the product. Single malts that were bottled at 40 per cent alcohol will probably have been chill-filtered and had colouring added.
At present, there are 14 exclusive bottlings of these single casks. All these casks have been hand-picked by myself from various sources of my contacts. If I find a cask which suits the range of bottling under my name, I will proceed to request a sample from the cask. Nosing and tasting the whisky is the only way of making sure that this whisky is of my standard. If I am satisfied with the whisky, only then will we decide to purchase the cask.
Whisky collection has been on the rise in recent years, what are your thoughts on collecting whisky as a form of alternative investment?The collection of exclusive whisky bottles has been around for over 50 years. Back then, there were only a handful of collectors who really enjoyed a good dram or two of the liquid gold and shared these drams with their close friends. However, fast forward to today, there are growing numbers of collectors or “collectors”, which I think are more like resellers.
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