The Balvenie 12 Year Old Home Malted Barley - The 1931 Collection

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The Balvenie 12 Year Old Home Malted Barley is part of The 1931 Collection, a limited-edition tribute to the distillery's founding year, created in collaboration with Malt Master Kelsey McKechnie and artist Daniel Arsham. This Speyside single malt is made entirely from 100% home-malted barley — a rare practice today — and finished in European oak sherry casks for 12 years. Expect notes of toffee, ginger, barley sugar, raisins, and warm spice, with a rich, sweet character and no smoke. Bottled at 47.5% ABV, it's a fuller-bodied expression than Balvenie's standard releases. The packaging itself is part of the collaboration, featuring Arsham's distinctive textured artwork. Best enjoyed neat or with a few drops of water to open up the sherry-cask sweetness. A standout bottle for collectors and Balvenie fans drawn to the brand's rarer, artist-collaboration releases.