The make your own whisky for those without a distillery or deep pockets for a warehouse of casks.

Half a decade after the first infinity bottle article I am back with another. The first one can be found over at Infinity Bottle 2019. I talk about wanting to have a series of popping in and out of the bottle over time, adding a bit, drinking a bit, letting it rest and so on. I never did any of that though.

This article is only here because while I did well to keep the infinity (ness) [is that a word?!?] going for nearly half a decade I had let it slip for so long that only maybe 2 drams were left in the bottle last month.

So, I had to make a decision, let the thing die and make a new one or take intense action to refill the space in the bottle and make up for the neglect I had given the bottle. I went for the later, and used blends to get as many different whiskies, styles, cask influences back in there as quickly as possible. The last one was heavy on the peat, this one will be heavy on the grain.

From left to right then we have:

• Golden Cask – Loch Lomond 7 year old
• Cut Sark – Prohibition
• Famous Grouse – Smoky Black
• Dewer’s 8 – Caribbean Smooth
• Tamnavulin – Red Wine Cask Edition

So 3 blends, 1 single malt and 1 single cask of peated whisky from a Lomond Still. All focused on the younger end of the age scale and probably some 30 odd different whiskies involved.

So what does it taste like just now? Like a jumbled mess but hopefully in a few weeks and some fine tuning it will be something to enjoy.

Let me know in the comments what your infinity bottle strategy is. I have seen people with multiples on the go (peated and unpeated). I’ve seen people use crystal bottles but if you are doing that I would reconsider using lead crystal as longterm storage for high strength alcohol. I don’t want to be giving out advice but look it up online if unsure.