Singel Malt started as a fun project of Tom, who is an IT entrepreneur that loves whisky. His office is located in a building that houses all types of start-ups and smaller companies and since he is a big enthousiast, he was asked to host a tasting.
One tasting became two, two became three, etc. Up until a point where several entrepreneurs decided to invest in a cask. Tom did some research and then got the cask for the first Leidsche Singel Malt. After the unexpected success of experiment number one, they decided to give it a more professional approach and invested in not 1, but several casks to be bottled and currently own several casks waiting to be bottled.

A pre-order list was shared amongst their followers for batch 2 and if you like what you read here today, it unfortunately almost completely sold out. (At the time of writing, 5-6 bottles were still available. If you are amongst the first to read this, go visit them at singel-malt.com.)
But no need to worry, the pre-order list of Batch 3  is already available.
Not  known yet what  whisky will by bottled for Batch 3, I already signed up.
(You can do so as well, by pre-ordering here.)

Will the  future be  just batches of Singel Malt? Well, a quick scoop, Angels Share Holders, the company behind the Singel Malt  brand is working on a second  line of product.  Since Tom could not tell me too much about it, I can't share much more. But the bottom of the barrel has not been reached yet  by this company!

And now what you came for. The whisky. Was it worth the pre-order?
Before you read my notes, I'm going to give a spoiler: Yes, yes it was.
The whisky is distilled at the Ardmore distillery and has aged for 5,5 years on a bourbon cask. At first sight this sounds like a very young whisky.
Bottled at 46%, this non chill filtered whisky is a welcome surprise despite the age.

The color is a golden yellow that my photo's did not manage to capture. A waltz round my glass leaves the whisky sticking a bit to the sides before dripping in medium thick legs back into the liquid.

On the nose there are already so much things to find: some malts, some dusty vanilla, fresh pears and apples, ceder wood and a tingly note of prickly smoke.
In the back of my nose I even get some raspberries and white grapes.

The taste was what suprised me: It has a medium thick viscosity that really touches all parts in you mouth. Like I mentioned to Tom: I could feel it sticking to my teeth.
At first, you get fresh fruits going in, then in the back of your mouth, the smokiness arises with a light sour note, pulling your cheeks a litle inward. Then it flows back forward with some notes of candy and rum soaked currants. I even get some light cacao notes.

The finish is a very long one. The smoke adheres to your palate in a pleasant way for a long time, accompanied by some honey and apple.