{"product_id":"tib-the-rum-cask","title":"Tasmanian Independent Bottlers - The Rum Cask","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the bondstores of Tassie’s famed Heartwood comes a rum cask banger you’ll not soon forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrafted exclusively for the Club by Heartwood’s own Louis Duckett, it’s dripping with delectable rum-casky goodness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFully matured in a single, carefully re-coopered eighty-year-old ex-Bundaberg rum cask, this is Tasmanian Independent Bottlers (Heartwood’s non-cask strength division) showing every ounce of their whiskymaking craftiness and guile to make something utterly delicious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter six years in cask (having been filled at the usual 63.4% ABV), Louis wasn’t happy with how the whisky was looking: the ABV had moved up to about 66% and it wasn’t drinking well. So, like any right-thinking Duckett, he set about fixing it, breaking it down to 57% while it was still in the cask – a lower ABV pulls different notes from the oak, particularly the sweet, rich white-sugary notes he wanted to balance the whisky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt worked like a charm. Within a few weeks the profile had changed hugely, and after a few more months it was ready to decant. We tasted it at a bunch of different strengths, before landing on the sweet-spot for bottling: a highly sippable 44.5% ABV.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe low-ABV maturation has syruped the rummy notes right up, giving heaps of \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003elemon sherbet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ebuttered popcorn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrench vanilla slice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epineapple\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. This is a doozy. The single cask only yielded 180 bottles, so act fast to avoid missing out – our last dram from the house of Heartwood sold out in minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd if you’re not a Member of the Club yet, \u003ca href=\"#\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ejoin today\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e – Membership is free!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heartwood Malt Whisky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46490066747471,"sku":"WC0498","price":165.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/1185\/7487\/files\/tibrumcask_pdp_main.png?v=1787701947","url":"https:\/\/thewhiskyclub.com.au\/products\/tib-the-rum-cask","provider":"The Whisky Club AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}