Cask No. 96.42 SCS Twelve years in ex-bourbon wood

Twelve years in ex-bourbon wood and two additional years in a PX seasoned STR (shaved/toasted/re-charred) barrique has created a dram that any whisky lover can’t help but fall in love with

A whole phalanx of kippers

geraniums and pink roses

We imagined standing too close to a fire-eater in full action and as a consequence

We cooked sweet glazed Chinese pork belly in the tarry heat as the pit consumed gorse bushes and fizzled as it was flecked with sea spray

Cask No. 96.42 SCS Twelve years in ex-bourbon woodThis was transferred from an oloroso butt into a first fill American oak PX butt after 28 years. Amazingly, the sherry influence is not overstated it seemed to occupy a day in the life (happy version); a breakfast of mango slices, cinnamon buns and coffee, then to work pencil case and writing bureau (on waxed parquet flooring). A walk in the country (earthy, distant wood smoke) to have tea with a friend. After dinner an opulent dessert (chocolate