Grand Cellar Spirits
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The Present

What these houses are bottling this century, in stock, in the tens, and meant to be opened

6 bottlings in stock

The other end of the same cellar

Every bottle on this page comes from a house that also has lots in the vault. Cnoc Dubh distils on an island whose other stills were silent for twenty years. Cheonggang makes grain soju that was illegal to produce for the thirty four years between 1965 and 1999. Fenwick works in a category that did not exist in England between the wars and 2006.

The difference is the price. A vault lot is one bottle with a paper trail and four figures against it. These are current production, in stock, in the tens, and meant to be opened. If you want to know what a shelf tastes like before spending on its rarities, start here. The small amount of equipment that actually changes how any of it tastes is on Accessories.

Current bottlings

Six houses, six shelves in the vault, six things you can open tonight.

  • Cnoc Dubh 2014, The distillery was founded in 2005, on an island whose other stills had all been silent for twenty years. This is the first release old enough to carry a vintage.
    Scotland

    Cnoc Dubh 2014

    The distillery was founded in 2005, on an island whose other stills had all been silent for twenty years. This is the first release old enough to carry a vintage.

    46.0%700ml24 in stock

    A$95Coming soon
  • Hakuryu 2016, A finish rather than a full term in mizunara, which is what makes it affordable. The full term casks are on the Japan shelf and cost three hundred times this.
    Japan

    Hakuryu 2016

    A finish rather than a full term in mizunara, which is what makes it affordable. The full term casks are on the Japan shelf and cost three hundred times this.

    48.0%700ml9 in stock

    A$210Coming soon
  • Fenwick Reserve 2018, English single malt has only existed again since 2006. This is what the category tastes like once a distillery has had a decade to find its feet.
    England

    Fenwick Reserve 2018

    English single malt has only existed again since 2006. This is what the category tastes like once a distillery has had a decade to find its feet.

    46.0%700ml31 in stock

    A$78Coming soon
  • Beemster Jonge 2019, Jonge rather than oude, so a lighter grain bill and no cask time. The cheapest way into the category, and the right thing to mix with.
    Netherlands

    Beemster Jonge 2019

    Jonge rather than oude, so a lighter grain bill and no cask time. The cheapest way into the category, and the right thing to mix with.

    35.0%1L40 in stock

    A$42Coming soon
  • Cheonggang 2019, Distilled from grain, which was illegal in Korea from 1965 until 1999. Twenty years on, a handful of houses have gone back to doing it properly.
    South Korea

    Cheonggang 2019

    Distilled from grain, which was illegal in Korea from 1965 until 1999. Twenty years on, a handful of houses have gone back to doing it properly.

    45.0%500ml16 in stock

    A$68Coming soon
  • Amaro Certosino 2015, Still made to the infirmary recipe, still bitter enough to argue about. The current bottling of the amaro whose 1938 capsule sits on the Italy shelf.
    Italy

    Amaro Certosino 2015

    Still made to the infirmary recipe, still bitter enough to argue about. The current bottling of the amaro whose 1938 capsule sits on the Italy shelf.

    32.0%700ml22 in stock

    A$54Coming soon