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JANUARY 03, 2014
Thinking Inside the Box for a Pairing of Single Malt andCigarsRichard Carleton Hacker
Ever wonder what happens to all those used Scotch-whisky barrels once the distilleries are through withthem? Up until now, huge planters and awkward-looking furniture were among the most viable solutions.But Daniel Marshall, who has been making luxury cigar humidors since 1982, had a better idea: Whynot turn them into humidors? After all, single-malt whisky and cigars are one of the world’s classicpairings. But specifically, it was The Balvenie 21 Year Old Portwood casks that caught Marshall’sattention. After aging the whisky in ex-bourbon barrels, The Balvenie’s master blender, Brian Kinsman,transfers it into European-oak port casks or “pipes” for additional finishing, thus giving this alreadymellow and honeyed whisky a deeper raisin-and-nut spiciness.
Seizing upon the opportunity, Marshall has created the Daniel Marshall 1962 Balvenie Whisky StaveHumidor. At the distillery in Dufftown, The Balvenie—one of the few distilleries that still employs its ownon-site barrel makers—has the master cooper Ian McDonald hand-select a number of 50-year-old,uncharred ex-Portwood barrels, which are then shipped to Marshall’s Tustin, Calif., workshop. There,Marshall carefully selects the best of the aged and gray weathered staves, which still bear iron-strapmarks in the wood.
“We want the staves to be old and rich in texture and color,” Marshall says, “both on the outside of thestave and on the inside.” He cuts the curved pieces out of the stave and uses only the straight pieces,which means half of each barrel is unusable (thus limiting the number of humidors he can make). Eachhumidor is lined on the inside with the inside of the barrel;; the outside of the barrel is left untouched asthe box’s exterior.
Plus, the cigars will be subtly infused with the faint aroma of The Balvenie 21 Year Old Portwood.Adorned with 24-karat-gold-plated hinges and large enough to hold 125 cigars, each humidor is
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individually numbered and signed. Priced at $3,995, only 50 humidors are available. Each comes with a
bottle of The Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood single malt (aged in bourbon barrels and finished in
sherry casks), two tasting glasses, and a pictorial commemorative booklet about the unique humidor.
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