Cask No. 159.1

Zen and the art of spongy desserts

$250

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Flavour Profile:

Deep Rich & Dried Fruits
Age:

5 years
Region:

Japan
Cask:

Refill American oak hogshead, heavy toast
ABV:

62.6%
VOL:

700mL

Notes

Please limit one (1) bottle per member

About Zen and the art of spongy desserts: Our inaugural release of Distillery 159 has had a slightly unconventional story. In early January 2020, 13 casks (some slightly peated and some unpeated) distilled at Distillery 159 in July 2017 were vatted together. In January 2020, this single malt was used to fill new casks, including this refill American oak heavily toasted hogshead, which hosted the whisky for just over three years before being sent to Scotland in the summer of 2023. You can read more about this distillery (and its sister 160) in April's edition of Unfiltered.

Tasting Panel Note: Smoke from smouldering coconut shells wafted through the branches of oak trees, bringing light notes of tobacco and leather. The fragrance of Japanese plum wine intermingled with espresso coffee, apricot pastries and spicy cloves. With a few drops of water from the bubbling spring, layers of sticky jam between vanilla sponge cake beckoned sweet butterscotch, while chocolate-coated nuts danced with tiramisu in an old coal skuttle. The finish was a shrine to complexity, a wondrous amalgamation of tamarind paste, tangy orange sponge, liquorice chocolate and freshly chopped dill.

USA allocation: 84 bottles