This is my Infinity Bottle.
The idea is to build a never ending bottle of blended whisky, composed with the last drams from bottles in your collection. When you get to the last drop in the bottle, add it to your ‘living’ bottle. When the bottle gets full, pour a glass and make some space.
So far this is the contents of my infinity bottle with the date each whisk(e)y was added:
- 14/9/17 – Elijah Craig 12 years & Dunnville’s Old Irish Whiskey 10 Years & Tin Cup American Whiskey & Writers Tears Red Head & Glen Orchy 5 yrs
- 31/10/17 – Redbreast 12 yrs & Redbreast Lustau Edition & Glen Goyne 12 years
- 19/2/18 – anCnoc 12 Yrs
- 27/2/18 – Skapa Skiren
- 14/5/18 – Green Spot
- 07/8/18 – Benromach 10yrs
- 18/11/18 – Elijah Craig Small Batch
- 29/12/18 – Rittenhouse Rye BIB & Eagle Rare 10yr old
- 08/4/19 – Balcones True Blue & Aberfeldy 12yrs
- 12/12/19 – Method and Madness Single Pot Still French chestnut
- 17/01/20 – Glencadam 18yrs & Glendronach 12yrs
- 05/6/20 – Glen Scotia Victoriana
- 14/6/21 – The Glenlivet 12 years old (1970s bottling)
- 14/11/21 – Cutty Sark Prohibition Edition
- 30/11/21 – Old Pulteney Huddart
- 30/11/21 – Balblair 15yr old
- 01/12/21 – Arranach D’issan Margaux 3rd July 21 58%
- 20/12/21 – Cotswolds Single Malt 2017 Odyssey Barley 46%
- 11/01/22 – Kilchoman Sanaig cask strength 58.9%
- 29/03/22 – Glentauchers 6 year old 54%
- 09/06/22 – Bimber – Ex-Bourbon Cask Batch No. 3 51.6%
I’ve added bourbons to the Scottish and Irish malts but have kept the peat rich varieties out of my bottle as I think the peat will dominate more subtle flavours. It might be I create a peat focused infinity bottle in the future.
Occasionally I have decanted to a small bottle and shared this unique tipple with close friends.
This is a great way of savouring those precious last drops. To create something greater than the sum of its parts. A unique one of a kind blend.
If you are a supporting subscriber to my weekly email dispatch then you automatically qualify for a taste. Just let me know when we are likely to cross paths and I will bring a measure with me.
I hope you get the chance to create your own Infinity bottle and perhaps we might someday exchange a tipple.
This careful curation, this considered approach, is my favourite way to enjoy whisky.
I’ll finish with this quote from Mark Twain… “Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.” …And add the caveat, please drink responsibly. 😉
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