Quick-Post 2024-11-02

2024-11-02 19:35

Took dad to the Cardrona Distillery where he has a shared whiskey barrel with a few of his rugby mates (majority of which are All Blacks from the 70's). The distillery is over the hill for me, over the ocean for him, so was pretty rad to visit while he was here. It is a 200L American Barrel shared between 20 mates (now sadly 18 as a couple have passed on). It is 8 years old, they get tasters every few years, coming back next year for a 50 year rugby tour anniversary!! and plan on getting it bottled on year 10.

The distillery no longer does private casks as they are expanding their own stock, however they gave a heads up there is a new distillery at Cromwell (also nearby), Scapegrace, which does it. I have started asking some friends if they want to chip in.

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