Blue Hanger – 11th Release (Berry Bros. & Rudd)

The 11th edition of Berry Bros & Rudd’s blended Scotch malt series, Blue Hanger, was first released in 2014. It is a vatting of 8 casks – 4 hogsheads, 3 sherry butts and 1 puncheons – and contains both peated and unpeated Bunnahabhain. This range of blended malt whisky is named after William Hanger, the 3rd Lord Coleraine. He was a loyal customer of Berry Bros. & Rudd during the late 18th century, and was quite renowned for his striking blue clothes. Before long, he gained the moniker, ‘Blue Hanger’. That’s actually how my well-dressed friend got the sobriquet, ‘Cool […]