Israel’s first Single Malt released

The Milk & Honey Distillery has produced Israel’s first Single Malt — the first whisky to be produced and bottled in Israel after being aged in cask for a minimum of three years.

The whisky distillation began at the distillery’s early stages — even before it was established at its current location in southern Tel Aviv, or before the current industrial equipment was purchased, and before the successful crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo.

The barrel was distilled in January 2014 in a warehouse in the Northern Sharon region by head distiller Tomer Goren, together with internationally renowned master distiller, the late Dr. Jim Swan, as part of his role as consultant to the distillery at the time.

The liquid was aged for 31 months in a 225-litre virgin American oak cask and then matured for another seven months in an ex-bourbon cask at the distillery’s cask room in Tel Aviv.

The first bottles of Israeli Single Malt whisky went on sale to the public in June, distributed by Hacarem at select stores in Israel.