{"product_id":"girvan-40-year-old-md243","title":"Girvan 40 Year Old Single Cask MD243 - Cask Strength","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is what the buying power and unprecedented access of a community of 38,000 whisky-loving Members does for all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirect access to the bond stores of one of the biggest distilleries in Scotland. 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\u003eIn the end, we had to choose three incredible single casks as we couldn’t narrow it down to one; a testament to Girvan’s rich history as a powerhouse single grain distillery. Plus, 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\u003eEach individual cask sample showcases crazy influence from the first-fill American oak hogsheads, honed into naturally unique profiles over four decades: the creamy one (cask #245), the fruity one (cask #243) and the oaky one (cask #246).\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\u003eEach bottled at cask strength with natural colour and no chill filtration; the epitome of no-nonsense, cask to bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the fruity one, at an ABV of 50.4%, with bold notes of \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eburnt orange\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ebanana bread\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epeaches\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMembers, this is your chance to experience Scotch whisky straight from a 40-year-old cask, with no marketing guff, no fancy label, and most importantly, no inflated “age-statement tax” pricing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGirvan 40 Year Old Single Cask #243 \u003c\/strong\u003ewas available exclusively at the Club for $295..\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e500ml bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot yet a Member? \u003ca title=\"Join Free Now\" href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoin Free Now\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Girvan Distillery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46490094534735,"sku":"WC0565","price":295.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/1185\/7487\/files\/girvan40yosinglecask_md243_pdp_main.png?v=1787702114","url":"https:\/\/thewhiskyclub.com.au\/products\/girvan-40-year-old-md243","provider":"The Whisky Club AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}