Whisky Sponge Ben Nevis 1996 Ed.58A
$342.99
1996 Ben Nevis has a legendary reputation, and it is becoming increasingly scarce. This 25 year old, from a Refill Butt, has been bottled at 53%. It is described as being very distillate driven.
Producer Note
"This is a hyper-distillate driven, almost ideologically 'refill' profile Ben Nevis 1996. You have been warned! However, for those of you who also enjoy this extremely pure, naked and invigorating style of highland malt whisky - you shall find yourself contorted with satisfaction. For this edition, the Sponge interviews his older self about his successes, failures and unrequited vengeances. You'll have to wait until next year, when we bottle the other half of this cask, to find out what his answers are... The first half of this stark-naked refill butt has been bottled reduced to 53% to bring out a slightly fruitier style on the palate. Next year we will likely do the rest at cask strength. If civilisation remains moderately intact. Stay tuned..."
Whisky Sponge Islay 1990 Ed. No.61
$934.99
This whisky must be purchased with another Decadent Drinks bottling, see below for more details!*
The distillery is supposed to be a secret, but we are very confident that it is in fact Laphroaig... Distilled in 1990, the whisky was matured in a Refill Barrel for 31 years, before bottling at 51%. 92.75pts Whiskybase & 92pts Whiskyfun
Bottler Note
"Whisky Sponge Edition No.61 is a single refill barrel of 1990 Islay Single Malt. Featuring a slightly more thoughtful label themed around memory, family and the future, this is probably as close as we'll get to bottling named whisky from 'that' particular southern Islay distillery. We opted to bottle this cask at natural cask strength as we felt it was just perfect as it came from the wood. Wonderfully fresh, coastal and peaty with tang of green and exotic fruits in the mix that hark back to a slightly older style example of this great Islay make."
*Everyone wants the old Islay and Springbank bottlings, but we have to purchase the range to get them. If you would like to purchase the Islay 1990, please place your order with another Decadent Drinks Bottling (Equinox & Solstice, NAS, or Sponge) bottling. Any order placed without a pairing will be cancelled!
Whisky Sponge Old Rhosdhu 1993 Ed. No.67
$559.99
Distilled at the Loch Lomond Distillery, this 29 year old, Old Rhosdhu, was matured in a Refill Hogsheads before bottling at 57.1%.
Producer Note
"Step into the petrified brain of the Sponge, from which only Old Rhosdhu can grow... Or in this case, specifically, a 1993 refill hogshead of Old Rhosdhu, distilled at Loch Lomond distillery in their famously confusing still room. It was aged for 29 years (almost 30 dammit!) and bottled with around 2 degrees reduction to 57.1% (100° proof in Brexlish). We deliberately did this because it made everything just that bit more fruity and exotic, and as you very well know, Old Rhosdhu is all about weird, pulpy, overripe, gungy, funky exotic fruits all smooshed up into a slurry and aged in a damp hessian sack with a fistful of mottled old thruppeny bits. The kind of fruits you wouldn't dream of putting anywhere near your mouth in real, physical life, but in whisky form are actually scrumdiddlyumptious. Anyway, we sent a LOT of emails to make this whisky get into glass bottles and eventually into a storage location from which we can facilitate its dispatch to YOU, our noble and coveted consumer. As such we hope you enjoy this luscious fluid. Please buy generously."
Whisky Sponge Ledaig 2005 Ed. No.70
$519.99
This 17 year old Ledaig (heavily peated Tobermory) was distilled in 2005, and matured in a rather active 2nd Fill Sherry Butt. Bottled at 62.1%. 89.38pts Whiskybase
Producer Note
"Every so often we try some casks and think ‘we just absolutely have to bottle this!’. This 2005 Ledaig was one such occasion. Comprised of two 2nd fill sherry butts of 2005 Lediag that were clearly still very active and had matured in warehouse conditions which had delivered a highly concentrative maturation profile resulting in very low levels of whisky remaining in cask, at naturally very high strengths. The resulting whisky displayed such an intense and pure expression of sherry and peat we were instantly reminded of some of the great 1972 Ledaigs from sherry casks."
Whisky Sponge Sec Speyside 2003 Ed. 72
$339.99
Distilled in 2003, this 19 year old whisky is from a famous Speyside Distillery, which cannot be named... Matured in a Refill Hogshead before bottling at 51.2%. The label appears to be a not so subtle nod at Gordon & MacPhail's Distillery Label for Glen Grant Distillery...
Producer Note
"This whisky comes from a major distillery, and that's all you need to know dammit! Having said that, we can tell you that this whisky was distilled in 2003 from an unusual batch of very lightly peated malt, matured in a refill hogshead for 19 years and then bottled, under our instruction, at natural cask strength. It is delicious and outrageously top secret! Please do not attempt to decipher the clues on the label to determine what distillery this whisky is from, they have been set to 'Dan Brown novel' level of impenetrability, you would only embarrass yourself. Please immediately purchase this bottle and destroy all evidence with your face hole!"
Whisky Sponge Springbank 1994 Ed No.60A
$1,199.99
SOLD OUT!
This 1994 vintage Springbank was matured 27 years in a Refill Hogshead before bottling at 47%. 91.38pts Whiskybase / 92pts Whisky Fun
Producer Note
"A single cask of 1994 Springbank, matured full term in a refill sherry hogshead and bottled at natural cask strength of 47%. A special bottling featuring flavours of the olden days, when everything was better in newspapers and imaginations. Sip it and feel yourself drawn irrevocably into the warm, comforting supermassive black hole of nostalgia that sits at the galactic core of all whisky thought and holds our culture together."
Equinox & Solstice Mortlach 10 Year
$214.99
Bottled after 10 years at 48.5%, this 2012 vintage Mortlach initially matured in Refill Hogshead, before finishing in a First Fill Sherry Butt.
Producer Note
"To close out our 2022 series of Equinox & Solstice we've selected this gorgeous, velvety and rich 10 year old Mortlach. It was distilled in 2012, matured initially in refill hogsheads and then double matured in a 1st fill sherry butt for over two years. As always with this series, we've bottled it at our favourite dramming strength of 48.5%. For most of us, when we think of whisky and winter, our minds go to dark and delectably sherried whiskies. That's exactly what we've tried to deliver with this year's Equinox & Solstice winter edition. It's a beautifully deep, rich, silky and satisfyingly thick sherry bomb. Full of that typical Mortlach meat and sinew, but capped with some wonderful and classic sherry flavours of walnut oil, dark chocolate, freshly roasted coffee and fruit scented pipe tobaccos. A modern sherry profile that is robust, clean, rich and hugely satisfying for sipping by the fire with words, music, company - or all three."
NAS No.2 Ben Nevis 7 Year
$199.99
In this case, NAS cheekily means Notable Age Statements... This 7 year old Ben Nevis was matured in a rather active Refill Sherry Butt before bottling at a cask strength of 57.1%. 89pts Whiskyfun & 87.5pts Whiskybase
Producer Note
"The second bottling in our Notable Age Statements series is a 7-year-old Ben Nevis. Distilled in 2014 and matured for 7 years in a 2nd fill sherry butt before bottling at our favourite bottling strength of 100° proof. We chose this for the NAS series as we felt it is a great example of how good younger whiskies can be. It has power and punchiness of youth, but with a wonderfully rich layer of sherry flavour from the cask, all underpinned by a strong and clear sense of Ben Nevis's wonderful distillate character. Expect lots of earthiness, tobacco, waxiness and a nicely oily and mechanical side. A perfect counterpart to the 30 year old Blended Malt we released as NAS 1, which was conversely more about age and maturity. We bottled half of this butt as our Equinox & Solstice Autumn edition at 48.5%, this is the full-power 100° proof version with extra spicy and waxy heft!"
G&M CC Highland Park 1995 - 27 Year Old
$434.99
Bottled at 59%, this 27-year-old Highland Park is from a single Refill Sherry Butt. 27 year old Highland Park in a G&M sherry cask... intrigued?