Spirits Thief Independent Bottling – New Zealand Whisky Collection 500ml 48.1%

Part of the Exploration Series matured in French Oak & American Oak that yielded 370 bottles.

Details
500ml: 48.1%%alc
Age: 5-year-old
Region: Huntingfield, Tasmania
Cask Type: Pinot/Bourbon
Bottler: Spirits Thief
Distilled: 2013
Bottled: 1st of December 2020
Individually numbered

Description:
Here’s an independent bottling from Spirit’s Thief with quite the backstory.

Distilled in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2013, at the Workshops Whisky Distillery and matured in Oamaru in the South Island, this small batch release was originally commissioned for New Zealand Whisky Collection. However, earthquakes and other seismic events saw this spirit set aside in a refill Bourbon cask for 3 years before being re-racked for two years in small New Zealand Pinot Noir casks and one American oak Bourbon cask.

After crossing the pond, they were eventually married together in Spirit Thief’s Tasmanian bond store in 2019.