Whisky Works – Making Hooch a Hobby

What do you get a man who already owns almost every single malt Scotland can produce? A whisky finishing set. They say every man needs a hobby…

This wee bairn of a barrel comes with its own bottle of pure malt whisky. Cask strength at that. No wimpy 40% alcohol content, this age-it-yourself booze boasts a throat-choking 59.5%.

Smaller than a bread box, more powerful than a Cosmopolitan, and able to jump complicated import loopholes in a singe bound, Whisky Works will do a slow-change act for the patient scotch drinker. The product literature was vague, but aging takes a few months, not years. I think it would be interesting to report monthly, but Andrew says we should wait until the fall.

Meanwhile, Andrew has agreed to undertake the grueling task of giving the barrel a quarter turn each and every week until the spirits meet his exacting standards. Can he hold out for eight months? We’ll see how long it takes for curiosity to crack the cask.