{"product_id":"50th-anniversary-cyrils-solera-cask-500ml","title":"Cyril's 50th Anniversary Solera Cask 500ml","description":"\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCommemorating Cyril Yates 50 years of distilling in New Zealand.\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis special 50th Anniversary Celebration release is a Solera Cask, beginning with a blend of glorious single malts distilled by our distiller Cyril Yates between 1987 to 2021 and will continually be topped up with whiskies Cyril has distilled from our new stills in Dunedin. Never emptied below half-full to ensure the influence of its original liquids.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PROCESS START\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSingle Malt whisky from every vintage distilled by Cyril have been carefully blended together in an original 37 year old ex-Wilsons (Four Roses) barrel. Single Malt from Dunedin's closed Willowbank Distillery from 1987 to 1993, have been married together with matured whiskies from our new Dunedin Distillery in Speights Brewery, where Cyril has been distilling for the last 3 years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SOLERA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNever Empty and in true Solera form. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnce the first 100 bottles are removed from the cask, the cask will then have a literage of new 3 year old whisky added to the barrel that Cyril has distilled. From then on, as each batch that Cyril has distilled becomes 3 years old - a portion of this will be added to the cask. These new batches distilled from our new stills will all come from small 55L ex-bourbon American Oak casks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBottled on order, direct from the cask at that point-in-time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSPECIAL BOTTLING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrders of the Cyril Solera Cask from this point onwards will be bottled “on order, direct from the cask at that point-in-time”. Meaning that you can continuously order bottles from this cask, but the whisky inside each bottling will always be different. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAvailable now. Once decanted and bottled, this special release will be available for shipping.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Zealand Whisky Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42858630807736,"sku":null,"price":199.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0308\/1227\/4820\/files\/Cyril_s50thAnniversarywhisky.png?v=1706148233","url":"https:\/\/checkout.thenzwhisky.com\/products\/50th-anniversary-cyrils-solera-cask-500ml","provider":"The New Zealand Whisky Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}