Forged Oak tastes of seasoned woody notes of cocoa and young berries with a long, dry finish of black pepper. The whiskey begins with an oaky and leathery nose hinting of vanilla, caramel and honey, with a long, woody finish.įorged Oak: This statuesque Kentucky Straight Bourbon spent 15 contemplative years resting in charred American oak.
#Orphan barrels series
Rhetoric 21-Year-Old: The second release of the progressive Rhetoric series and a Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Known for tasting notes of spice cake, vanilla and leather, ending with a smoky finish. Lost Prophet: Another long-time favorite Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey aged 22 years. The exuberant flavors have undertones of smoke and honey, followed by a gentle orange peel finish. Old Blowhard: Once thought to be gone for good, select inventory of this 26 year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey was reserved for this limited-release offering. The elegant flavors are reminiscent of warm spice, biscuit and buttercream.
#Orphan barrels archive
One of these pigs was Muckety-Muck, a special specimen whose medals and awards decorated his stall for all to see.Orphan Barrel Archive Collection 6 Bottle Setīarterhouse: A Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey aged 20 years and the inaugural Orphan Barrel release. Around 400 pigs lived at Port Dundas, some of which were exceptional in size and so awarded their own prize cards. It’s actually fairly standard for distilleries to be homes for livestock, since distilling draff makes excellent feed. This expression pays an interesting homage to a lesser known element of Port Dundas’ operation – its piggery. It’s easier to accomplish this feat when you’re owned by Diageo, the largest spirit conglomerate on the planet. Orphan Barrel is a bottler that acquires lost, forgotten, or unwanted “orphan” barrels of high-end aging whiskey. Muckety-Muck is a Port Dundas single grain whisky, though it has a different name and label. The next year Diageo appealed to the masses by putting a significant marketing campaign behind Haig Club (earlier this year they actually released two canned cocktails made with Haig Club, though not available in the U.S.). William Grant & Sons released 25 and 30 year-old Girvan expressions in 2013 to appeal to high-end whisky drinkers. This cycle of no supply for no demand may be seeing its end as distillers try to get a jump on the single grain market. Thus there was no reason to develop any interest in the single grain on the part of whisky drinkers. The problem is that until now whisky distilleries really haven’t explored these options, with the exception of a few bottles here and there. Single grain whisky has as much to offer in terms of craft and production as the lauded single malt. These expressions came out with a newer interest in single grain whiskies, which previously have been disregarded as low-quality blending swill. These stores stand to be mixed into future limited release blends, and Diageo released Port Dundas single grain whiskies in 2015. This isn’t goodbye, however, since stores of whisky were at the distillery at the time of close. Port Dundas’ long life ranged from 1811 to 2010, when Diageo closed it not for disrepair or lesser need of grain whisky, but simply to consolidate all grain distillation to Cameronbridge. Port Dundas was one such distillery in the late 19th century it actually had the largest output of any Scotch distillery. Grain whiskey distilleries can produce their own labels and expressions, but more often they make grain whisky to supply other distilleries. Single grain whisky can be any number of grains, and any number and variety of maturations. But it’s not! It’s grain whisky produced by a single distillery. The term “single grain whisky” logically would seem to mean a whisky made of a single grain. In a group of other new-to-whisky folks, the different distinctions of malt, grain, blended, and single, and then bottlers, confused us the most. When I first started learning about whisky, one of the first topics introduced to me was classification. It should also be noted that by clicking the buy link towards the bottom of this review our site receives a small referral payment which helps to support, but not influence, our editorial and other costs. This in no way, per our editorial policies, influenced the final outcome of this review. Editor’s Note: This whisky was provided to us as a review sample by Diageo.
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