The Remnant Whisky Company – ‘The Black Spot #1’ Bourbon/Sherry Cask Single Malt Whisky 500ml 45.2%

Release 1 in The Black Spot series

Details
500ml: 45.2%alc
Region: From Bothwell to Kempton, Tas
Type: Independent bottling
Cask type: Bourbon/Sherry
Release date: June 2021
Black Waxed Top
Individually numbered

Description:
The Remnant Whisky company was formed in January 2020 by Peter Bignell (Belgrove Distillery), his son Dane, and their associates. Together, they bought nearly 300 full barrels of Nant whisky from investors stung by the failed buy-back scheme under the previous owner of Nant, and put together a rescue deal to purchase the barrels, setting out to blend and bottle whisky that almost never saw the light of day.

Bottling No.1 in this Black Spot series was drawn from 50% a Bourbon cask and 50% Apera cask and bottled at 45.2 ABV. The back label cheekily comments:
“When these casks were delivered by the (redacted) from (redacted) to our bond store, they all bore the mark of the Black Spot hiding the (redacted) logo. Now if we had been pirates, we would have been worried. However, unlike Billy Bones, we were more amused than frightened. That’s not to say we don’t still keep an eye out for strangers with wooden legs and parrots”