Glenmorangie serves up new limited edition inspired by the delights of the ice cream parlour

Highland Distillery shares A Tale of Ice Cream as fifth expression in imaginative series of single malts

Sweet, indulgent and wondrously creamy, Glenmorangie’s latest limited edition encapsulates the ice-cream parlour’s delights.Glenmorangie A Tale of Ice Cream is the fifth release in the Highland Distillery’s award-winning A Tale Of… series, which showcases its whisky creators’ relentless imagination. Inspired by the irresistible flavours of an ice-cream parlour menu, they used high-vanillin casks for the first time to bring Glenmorangie’s sweetest, creamy vanilla notes to their tantalising best. Combining melting notes of peach melba, scoops of vanilla and lemon sorbet, topped with coconut flakes and toffee sauce, A Tale of Ice Cream is a delicious treat.

For more than 180 years, Glenmorangie’s whisky creators have been endlessly imaginative in their quest to create evermore delicious single malts. Led by Director of Whisky Creation Dr Bill Lumsden, they are constantly challenging themselves to take whatever captures their imaginations and turn it into whisky.

Some time ago, Dr Bill began to imagine how he could capture the lavish flavours found in an ice-cream parlour in a single malt, bringing out even more sweet and creamy vanilla-like flavours in Glenmorangie’s spirit. And after a host of experiments, he and Master Blender Gillian Macdonald united single malt aged in bourbon casks with Glenmorangie’s first whisky finished in high-vanillin casks. These new oak casks had been especially toasted to bring out more vanilla qualities; rippling with notes of ripe peaches, vanilla and coconut, A Tale of Ice Cream takes Glenmorangie’s sweet, fruity flavours to a decadent peak. This whisky’s pastel-toned presentation box evokes the mouth-watering hues, swirls of sauce, textures and toppings found in the most luxurious ice-cream parlours.

Dr Bill said: “Ice cream is an irresistible indulgence and inspired by the flavours you might find on an ice-cream parlour menu, we imagined creating a whisky of melting decadence and lavish swirls of flavour. By ageing Glenmorangie in bourbon and high-vanillin casks we have deliciously magnified our whisky’s sweetest, creamiest side. With notes of peach melba, lemon sorbet, coconut flakes and rich vanilla, sipping Glenmorangie A Tale of Ice Cream is like sinking your spoon into a carousel of flavour. We invite whisky lovers old and new to indulge their sweet tooth and enjoy this ultimate treat!”

Glenmorangie A Tale of Ice Cream is now available to purchase online at glenmorangie.com, at the Distillery Visitor Centre in Tain, and at select retailers for an RRP of £76.00. A limited number of A Tale of Ice Cream-themed lambswool sweaters, designed by Scottish knitwear designer Donna Wilson, will also be available to purchase at the Distillery Visitor Centre in Tain. 

The limited edition has also inspired a menu of tempting cocktails exploring its delectable flavours, which can be found at glenmorangie.com/