Decadent Drams Blended Scotch 12 Year
$219.99
Acurious creation from Angus and the team at Decadent Drinks, the blend might be 12 years of age, but there are components which go back to the early 1970s. 53% 87.58pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"We don’t usually dabble in blends. Angus will happily remind anyone that he’s an “out and proud malt snob” nine days out of ten. But every now and then, fate drops something into your lap that’s too good to ignore. In this case, it was a tiny parcel of very old, very low-strength North of Scotland grain whisky from 1973. The kind of spirit that practically begs to be given a stage rather than left gathering dust. We married it with sherry-matured blended malt, then folded in a few venerable Speyside malts (peated and unpeated) before giving the whole lot over a year’s rest in a refill sherry hogshead. The result was bottled at a judicious 53%, a few degrees down for balance and drinkability. For the label, there was only one choice: Charlie MacLean. The original champion of blended Scotch, whisky legend, friend, and inspiration. If anyone deserves to front our first foray into blends, it’s him. This isn’t just a blend, it’s a love letter to the category from a bunch of supposed malt snobs. And if you’re going to break your own rules, you might as well do it properly."
Decadent Drams Ben Nevis 12 Year
$231.99
This 2012 vintage Ben Nevis was matured 12 years in a Sherry Hogshead before bottling at 53%. 87.31pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"This Decadent Drams bottling is a dense, sticky, weighty and tooth-adheringly viscous single sherry hogshead of Ben Nevis highland single malt. Distilled in 2012, aged for 12 years and bottled with a few degrees reduction at 53%. It brims with all the classical 'Dad's toolbox as a smoothie' vibes you have deservedly come to expect from this workhorse west highland distillate. Please enjoy it while meticulously setting up a workshop and teaching yourself how to saw a dovetail joint. "
Decadent Drams Tomatin 10 Year
$224.99
This 2014 vintage Tomatin was bottled at 53% after 10 years in a 2nd Fill Sherry Hogshead. 87.86pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"This 10 year old, 2014 Tomatin has been selected for our Decadent Drams series by Nigel the Capercaillie. It has been matured in a 2nd fill sherry hogshead and bottled with a few degrees reduction to Nigel's preferred dramming strength of 53%. Despite considerable protestation from Nigel, we put a picture of him on the label to celebrate this collab."
Decadent Drams Glencadam 13 Year
$229.99
This 13 year old Glencadam is a 2012 vintage bottled at 53% after maturing in a Refill ex-Bourbon Barrel. 87.25pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"From a single refill barrel distilled in 2012, this 13-year-old Glencadam has been bottled with a touch of reduction at 53%. The result is a dram that lets the distillery’s character shine in full voice: bright, juicy fruit wrapped around that wonderfully malty, old-school undercarriage Glencadam does so well. A whisky that’s equal parts charm and backbone, offering pure distillery character with just the right amount of polish."
Decadent Drams Blended Grain 52 Year
$664.99
This 1972 vintage single grain was bottled from a Refill ex-Bourbon Barrel at 50.8% after 52 years. 89.04pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"This Decadent Drams bottling is a 1972, 52 year old single refill barrel of blended grain whisky. No, we don't have a scooby which grain distillates went into this potion back in 1972. All we know is that it tastes old, mechanical, medicinal, sweet, fruity and luscious. It's like drinking a coconut full of rum inside the mind of a sentient pineapple that's learned how to operate heavy machinery and has since unionised with the other tropical fruits and is now causing headaches for the Labour government."
Decadent Drams Westport 21 Year
$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!"
Bardstown Ferrand Cask Bourbon
$204.99
Bottled at a respectable 111.8 proof, or 55.9% ABV, This Blended American Whiskey from Bardstown Bourbon Company was finished in Ferrand Cognac Casks. The selected whiskies used in its creation are primarily Kentucky Straight Bourbon, with a small amount of Kentucky Straight Rye.
Here is the blend:
- 73% 9 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon (74% Corn, 18% Rye, 8% Malted Barley)
- 10% 11 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon (78% Corn, 13% Rye, 9% Malted Barley)
- 10% 12 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon (75% Corn, 13% Rye, 12% Malted Barley)
- 7% 6 Year Old Bardstown Bourbon Company Rye (95% Rye, 5% Malted Barley)
Producer Description
"Bardstown Bourbon’s Ferrand finish continues our acclaimed collaboration with France’s prestigious Maison Ferrand. This second partnership with Ferrand sees Kentucky straight whiskey finished 15 months in Maison Ferrand Cognac barrels, merging American character with French refinement. The cognac barrel finish adds remarkable complexity with notes of dried fruit, honey, toasted oak, and subtle floral character that enhance the bourbon’s natural vanilla and caramel foundation. The result is a layered, limited-edition release that reflects the craftsmanship and creativity at the heart of both houses."
Decadent Drams World Peat Highball Blend
$177.99
Another curious creation from Angus and the chaps at Decadent Drinks, better he tell you that us. 50% 88pts Whisky Fun
Producer Description
"A Decadent Drams special! Just in for the summer... a highball-ready, blended malt world whisky featuring richly peated malts from a variety of those beloved human constructs: nation states! Featuring whisky from nations such as Scotchland, Germany and Sweden, all flavoured by peat from various segments of the planet's surface. This Earthy brew has been bottled after no less than 8 years of age (though some bits are older), matured in bourbon barrels and bottled at an instantaneously mixable strength of 50%."
Whiskyland Ch.17 Glen Moray 31 Year
$859.99
This is a multivintage bottling of Glen Moray, a marriage of whiskies from 1990, 1991, and 1992, from Refill Hogsheads and Refill Sherry Hogsheads, bottled at 31 years and 50.5%.
Producer Description
"Whiskyland Chapter Seventeen is a bit of an experiment. A mixing together of Glen Moray single malt from three different cask types and vintages. Small amounts of whisky from one refill sherry and two refill bourbon hogsheads, were all married together in that most romantic of vessels, an IBC, to create a small-batch 31 year old Glen Moray that's richly fruity, waxy and honeyed with abundant old school Speyside character. There are certainly parts of Whiskyland which are goverened by chaos, but this bottling comes from one of Whiskyland's more serene places, where balance and harmony are very much the rule. We hope this wee Glen Moray demonstrates those same qualities..."