A mysterious Gin rescued by five friends in the mountains of Austria.
We’ve sung the praises of independent bottlers before. They find limited editions and wayward barrel lots of fine Spirits that might normally find their way in to blends and mass-produced, characterless dreck and issue them as one-offs. It can be brilliant stuff. And more of those independent bottlers are in Scotland. But Single Cask Collection is a team of five friends doing the same thing from their home base in Austria with a love of fine Spirits in their heart and a bit of a sense of humor to boot.
The vast majority of Spirits saved by the good fellows at Single Cask Collection are Scottish Single Malts. But this time they brought us something different — a barrel-aged Gin. But not “just” a barrel-aged Gin. It’s a lovely London Dry style Gin that is the fourth Spirit to be aged in the barrel. Ex-Bourbon casks are used first for aging Sherry. Then those casks are used again to gently age Brandy de Jerez. Then those casks are used to age this limited edition Gin. The Single Cask Collection has a very limited number of these little mysterious Gin gems available at 52.5% ABV, so get one while you can.
Smartass corner:
Brandy de Jerez is a fine brandy from the Andalusia region of Spain, usually aged in the Solera method. It is sometimes sold as is, but is more often used as the fortifying agent in traditional Spanish Sherries.
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Category
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Style
London Dry Gin
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Region
Austria
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Country
Austria
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Alcohol
52.5%
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Distillery
Undisclosed
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Age
NAS
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Maturation
Brandy Barrel