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"Have the Courage of Your Convictions"
Using the highest quality malted barley and fresh spring water fed from the Blue Ridge Mountains, their spirit was developed to leverage Virginia’s climate, allowing the broad temperature shifts to add depth to the whisky. Hand-hammered copper pot stills crafted in Scotland are used to distill the spirit using time-honored techniques. What makes this a distinctly American whisky, and defines it's signature taste, is the unique combination of casks aged in Virginia’s climate. Aging in exceptional casks adds intensity and complexity to the spirit.
The whiskies of Courage & Conviction, developed under the tutelage of Dr. Jim Swan, feature three core cask types:
- Bourbon casks: These barrels formerly held Kentucky bourbon from well-known distilleries. Aging in American oak bourbon casks add notes of vanilla, caramel, butterscotch, oak, smoke and cinnamon.
- Sherry casks: The distillery uses Sherry cask types, including Fino, Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez. These casks give the whisky notes of tart cherry, golden raisin, fig, caramelized plum, brown sugar and spice.
- Cuvée casks: This innovative barrel is sourced from premium European red wine producers. After the wine is removed, the cask is broken down, the interior shaved, re-toasted and re-charred, and then put back together again. The re-toasting and re-charring of the cask energizes the wood sugars and brings forward barrel spice, bright red fruit and toasted pecan.
Virginia Distillery's flagship offering of Courage & Conviction Signature Malt American Single Malt Whisky showcases each of these cask types with the target recipe of 50% Bourbon Cask, 25% Sherry Cask and 25% Cuvée Cask.
You can also experience each of the cask expressions in their Signature Series offerings: Courage & Conviction Bourbon Cask, Courage & Conviction Sherry Cask and Courage & Conviction Cuvée Casks.
The most awarded American single malt whisky
Since its release in 2020, the Courage & Conviction line has received more awards and accolades than any other American Single Malt whiskies.
