This whisky is a combination of the best, most active casks that Spirit Thief have distilled and have maturing in their warehouse in Tasmania. The Inaugural edition - Future Black - Directors Cut is designed to be a vision of what kind of whisky the Directors at Spirit Thief wants to produce in the Future in 2030 when they have more aged stocks to pick from. They just don't have enough casks mature enough to produce this vision outside of this limited edition yet but its a great sign if this is where they are heading. This is by far the best Spirit Thief whisky I've tasted - its also by far the most expensive as if it is a collectors item rather than something to be drunk and it's limited to 500 bottles bottled at 60%ABV. If they can consistently produce whiskies like this at decent volumes and $80-$100 cheaper then there is a very bright future ahead for Spirit Thief. Welchs Grape juice, toffee apple, lemon drizzle cake, toasted custard brioche, mars bar. Great luxurious mouthfeel much less wine cask influence compared to earlier Spirit Thief releases.
In my YouTube Review this scored 5 out of 5 for Quality
The pinnacle of the Glendronach core range, the 21 Year Parliament, is a truly amazing dram. My review here: https://engineered.network/whisky/episode-22-glendronach-21-year/
Thank you Horny Pony for helping me try before I buy! (I since bought a bottle of this)
Some lovely ocean spray and subtle smoke on the nose. More of the ocean than the fire on the nose at least. Sweet upfront and then a little prickly, but beautifully done. Apricot jam which reveals freshly cracked black pepper, that smoothens into cured meats and honey. This dram gives a charcuterie board alongside a cigar. A taster is well worthwhile as this has certainly moved me towards buying a bottle.
I've actually been wanting to taste this so I can make up my mind to buy a bottle. When I found your site and saw it had this I immediately bought some tasting samples and absolutely loved it! Will definitely invest in a bottle