New Born Scotch

[wwgk1980]

My best friend just had a baby boy and I want to buy a special gift for the little guy. I was hoping that the community at large would be able to help me out. Is there a distillery that sells freshly casked(2013)scotch that wont be bottled until his 18th birthday(2031)? I can't be the first person to have this idea so there must be somebody that does this out there. I would prefer a single malt Islay but because this is a fairly unique request I won't be to picky.

[michael]

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[BourbonDrinker]

Originally Posted by wwgk1980

My best friend just had a baby boy and I want to buy a special gift for the little guy. I was hoping that the community at large would be able to help me out. Is there a distillery that sells freshly casked(2013)scotch that wont be bottled until his 18th birthday(2031)? I can't be the first person to have this idea so there must be somebody that does this out there. I would prefer a single malt Islay but because this is a fairly unique request I won't be to picky.

There are distilleries that will sell you and age an entire cask for you if you want. You will end up with 2-300 bottles. Between the cask, rent, and bottling, it will be quite expensive. Other than that, your best bet is to buy some single cask whisky as it it's released. The single cask bottlings usually have the distillation and bottling date on the bottle.
Good luck.

[WhiskySnob]

+1

agree completely with the post before. When you do want to look for B-day scotch's though the Single Malt Scotch Society has a bunch of private-bottlings that list all the distilling dates and bottling dates and makes it pretty easy to find whatever month/year distilled whisky you want.

[Dale]

My thought is to start with something that is 21 years old, as it would be the first bottling for the baby's 21st birthday (legal age, responsible drinking and all that stuff). Or, if you go all out, a couple different 21s from different regions. A nice addition to the whisky gift would be a teddy bear for the baby to enjoy now! You might even think of two bottles: one for you and the father to enjoy now and one to enjoy with the baby in due course.

Then acquire stuff over the years that is distilled in the year of the baby's birth. Alot of these will come from independent bottlers. Of course, you're not going to see many for at least 10 years.

Remember, spirit isn't considered whisky in Scotland until it has been in cask three years.