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$659.99
This 1997 vintage Deanston was bottled at 50.4% from a Refill Hogshead cask after 27 years. 89.13pts Whiskybase & 90pts Whisky Fun
Producer Description
"A beautifully old-school Highland single malt, distilled in 1997 and patiently aged for 27 years in a modest refill hogshead. Bottled at natural cask strength, this whisky showcases Deanston’s wonderfully waxy, distillate-driven style at its purest. Rich, elegant, and deeply characterful, it’s a classic example of long maturation done right: no frills, just exceptional spirit allowed to shine."
700 ml90pts Whisky Fun
"Deanstons of this rather respectable age aren’t exactly thick on the ground. We’re quite fond of the label too, rumour has it it was designed on a Commodore 64 (just like Whiskyfun, come to think of it). Colour: white wine. Nose: it does feel a bit like a crafty elf had secretly blended Clynelish with Pulteney while everyone else was fast asleep. It’s true we’re more used to Deanstons that carry a heavier cask imprint, but this wee thing is very clean and waxy, on garden white and yellow fruits and fresh white bread with fennel seeds. With water: the fruits begin to overripen and even edge towards a touch of fermentation. And we’re all for it. Mouth (neat): this is really excellent, oily yet tense, with some beautifully subtle bitterness, waxiness once again, the skins of those same fruits (especially apples), and a few drops of eau-de-vie from tiny wild berries – service tree, rowan, holly and the like. A touch of salinity also emerges. With water: water makes it even oilier and fattier, also just a tad mechanical (engine grease comes to mind). The bitterness remains, with some curious meaty touches now creeping in. Finish: medium length, more bitter again, on roasted aubergines and baked artichokes. With a splash of olive oil. Comments: this time, and even if one tries not to let it count for too much, this is entirely my favourite style, I’m afraid. SGP:462 - 90 points."
$439.99
From Decadent Drinks, This 21 Year Old bottling of Glen Garioch is no batch of casks; it is from one single 1st fill Hogshead filled in 2003. Bottled at 55%.
Producer Description
"Here is a single, 1st fill hogshead of 2003, 21 year old Glen Garioch Highland Single Malt which we’ve bottled at natural cask strength. It’s a luscious, tropically fruity and waxy example that seems to muddled together old school and modern profiles simultaneously. Like a liquid manifestation of cognitive dissonance!"
$474.99
52.8% - 1991 Refill Hogshead & 2002 Second Fill Barrel
Producer Description
"This Decadent Drams bottling takes two refill casks of Miltonduff, born more than a decade apart, and blends them into something far greater than the sum of their parts. One brings robust cereal spice and nutty heft, the other delivers honeyed fruit and floral finesse. Together, they create a beautifully mature dram with a waxy richness that feels like it’s folding time in on itself. The kind of whisky that defies both reality and entropy and will be found lurking at the end of existence, orbiting a black hole. Unless, of course, you scoff it all first..."
$389.99
Decadent Drinks can't reference Glenmorangie, but this is basically a teaspooned Glenmo, distilled in 2003, finished in a First Fill Oloroso Sherry Hogshead before bottling at 21 years and 51.9%. 88.46pts Whiskybase & 87pts Whisky Fun
Producer Description
"This latest bottling of Decadent Drams is a Westport 'blended malt', distilled in 2003, aged for 21 years and bottled at natural cask strength. It started life in a refill hogshead before being finished for over two years in a 1st fill oloroso sherry hogshead. It's juicy, velvety, rich and hyer-sippable. With neither a Giraffe or a teaspoon in sight!"
$354.99
This 17 year old Tobermory from the Isle of Mull was matured in a Refill Hogshead, originally filled in 2008, and bottled at 54.9%.
Producer Description
"Refill wood, west coast air, 17 years of silence. This 2008 Tobermory has done everything the slow way, bottled at 54.9%, with salted lemon, sea herbs, wax polish and just enough funk to keep things interesting. Understated until it isn’t. The kind of malt that unpacks itself sideways: you get fruit, then oil, then brine, then smoke, then regret that you didn’t buy two. If you’ve ever eaten driftwood and called it terroir, this one’s for you."
