SMWS 70.55 'The carpenter's cocktail cabinet' 15 years 57.5%

Outturn: 150 bottles
Distilled: 11 May 2007
Society Cask No.: 70.55
Region: Highland & The Islands
Initial Cask: Ex-bourbon hogshead
Final Cask: 1st fill ex-Oloroso hogshead

Amid the wax-polished mahogany and marmalade on hot cross buns, the carpenter mixed cocktail bitters and grapefruit with gentian apéritif.

Notes from the SMWS panel:

In the woodworking workshop, amid the perfect grain of wax-polished mahogany and varnished veneer, sat a tin lunch box brimming with smoked ham, marmalade on buttered hot cross buns and a thick slice of orange drizzle cake.

A selection of jars contained homemade ginger wine, fermenting perry and sultanas soaking in cognac. The carpenter added a few drops of water to a glass, followed by cocktail bitters, orange brandy and a gentian-infused apéritif, before agitating the mix in a freshly carved cocktail shaker with bitter orange and grapefruit.

Finishing with a dash of oloroso sherry and a garnish of red berries, the carpenter sat among the sawdust for a well-earned break. After 12 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, this was transferred to a first fill oloroso hogshead.

Regular price $232.00