The Tweeddale
Blended whisky inspired by an early 20th-century recipe.
A single grain containing 50% wheat and 50% malted barley from the same Highland distillery, Borders is a precursor to the style of whisky R&B Distillers has in mind for its planned Borders distillery. That is to say, it will likely distil both malt and grain in copper pot stills in a nod to historical regional distillation techniques.
Borders single grain itself is a light style matured in American oak and finished in oloroso Sherry casks.
Despite being some way off even locating a site to build a distillery in the Borders, R&B Distillers wanted to demonstrate the style of whisky it would like to create when the opportunity does present itself.
Borders was released in November 2015 as a precursor to the distillery which will eventually share the same name.
R&B released it alongside Raasay While We Wait, a Highland single malt that also reflects the whisky character the group intends to achieve with its Raasay distillery, which is currently under construction.
The first legal distillery on the Isle of Raasay will produce a distinctly island spirit.