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"  With the winter weather pounding that much of the country has been taking this year, the announcement of more snow on the horizon may not come as welcome news. But makers of Glenfiddich Scotch whisky are hoping that snow-addled spirits connoisseurs will forgive the name of the company&amp;#039;s new limited edition bottling - and take some comfort in its story. Glenfiddich has announced the U.S. release of Snow Phoenix, a 47.6% ABV, non-aged Scotch, the serendipitous result of Scotland&amp;#039;s own long winter, which devastated the nation last year. According to a release put out by the company, weeks of heavy snows left four feet of compacted snow and ice on the roofs of the Glenfiddich distillery, where hundreds of casks of whisky were aging. On January 7, 2010, the roofs of several of these warehouses gave in, collapsing under the weight and exposing the casks to temperatures as low as -2 degrees F. &amp;quot;Standing amongst the wreckage and exposed casks, we were working out our next steps,&amp;quot; said Glenfiddich&amp;#039;s Malt Master in the release. &amp;quot;I was thinking about how the casks, some of which were very old, contained some beautiful whisky, and it occurred to me that they would create a fantastic non-aged single malt.&amp;quot; After the snow had been cleared and the casks saved, a limited edition bottling was created from the damaged warehouses, combining whiskies between 13 and 30 years of age from natural and non-chill casks. &amp;quot;We had the typical Scottish attitude,&amp;quot; said Brand Ambassador Mitch Bechard at a recent Glenfiddich event in Los Angeles. &amp;quot;Oh, it&amp;#039;s broken let&amp;#039;s drink it.&amp;quot; The company chose the name Snow Phoenix, Bechard said, because in one of the pictures of the collapsed distillery, the light shining through the destroyed roof took the shape of a gleaming bird. That image appears on the packaging for this collector&amp;#039;s edition. Because such a small number of casks were exposed to the elements, only 12,000 bottles of Snow Phoenix will be released in the U.S. One thousand of these bottles, which will retail for about $89.99, will be exclusively available to members of the Glenfiddich Explorers club, with the remainder released to select markets nation wide. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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