{"product_id":"girvan-40-year-old-single-cask-md240","title":"Girvan 40 Year Old Single Cask MD240 - Cask Strength","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is what being a Club Member is about. Gaining instant unprecedented access and buying power thanks to our community of 38,000 fellow whisky lovers in New Zealand and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirect access to the bond stores of one of the biggest distilleries in Scotland, and a parcel of 1985-distilled first-fill single casks that were wayyy too good to blend, and we’ve picked the best of them for Members.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiven the extremely low yields of single casks of this age (and to keep the price per bottle as low as we could), we bottled at 500ml, and even then, no cask produced more than 250 bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the runaway demand of three incredible single casks released earlier this year, we also chose this extra cask, the final in a series of the best value Scotch whisky we've seen in a long time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlus, we had to make the most of this opportunity as age-statement single grains simply don’t come around often at all – the only one to ever land at the Club was the Fuji 30 Year Old for $5,000, and that wasn’t even a single cask!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis one stands apart from its ‘fruity \/ creamy \/ oaky’ siblings, with an even stronger influence from the first fill American oak hogshead: we call it ‘\u003cstrong\u003ethe toffee one\u003c\/strong\u003e’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSingle grains are often underrated compared to their malty brethren, but high age-statement grains have always been a hidden secret when it comes to getting top-notch Scotch at a reasonable price with their defining flavours of vanilla, butterscotch and fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a cask strength of 54.4% ABV with natural colour and no chill filtration, expect big notes of caramelised oak, ripe blackberries, toffee, butterscotch and a hint of black pepper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMembers, this is your chance to experience Scotch whisky straight from a 40-year-old cask, with full cask detail, no marketing guff, and most importantly, no inflated “age-statement tax” pricing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGirvan 40 Year Old Single Cask #240 wa\u003c\/strong\u003es available exclusively at the Club for $295.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Whisky Club","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62236238676338,"sku":"NZ0564","price":295.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3597\/0930\/files\/girvan40yosinglecask_md240_pdp_main.png?v=1787705950","url":"https:\/\/thewhiskyclub.co.nz\/products\/girvan-40-year-old-single-cask-md240","provider":"The Whisky Club NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}