Rare sips: Yamazaki 50, Brora 30 and a cognac from 1848 available in Singapore
At the Bonhams Whisky Sale held in Hong Kong final year, the Yamazaki 50 Yr Old raised eyebrows when it was sold for HK$two,695,000 (S$465,000), setting a new record for the near expensive Japanese whisky sold at an auction.
Quaich Bar carries only a canteen of this 50 Year Old treasure. Chua Khoon Hui, owner of Quaich Bar, says the scarcity of 50-yr-old whiskies in the marketplace makes this spirit a collector's item. "The Japanese unmarried malt industry was in decline in the 1980s, and almost surviving distilleries would accept reduced their production. So a 50-year-old whisky will remain rare well into the 2030s," he added.
Price upon request at Quaich Bar.
South Embankment Artery, 30 Beach Road, #01-sixteen. Tel: 6386 5366
For whisky fans, a dram from a shuttered distillery is something special; a lost zeitgeist in a canteen. The Highlands-based Brora, which operated from 1819 to 1983, is one such distillery. In the early 1970s, Brora was known for making peaty whiskies for blending, in response to demand for such styles popularised past Islay-based distilleries.
The Brora xxx Yr Erstwhile, which was distilled in 1976 and bottled in 2006, is a gentler version of the peaty sips of that era. The dram offers notes of burnt twigs, hickory and raisins, and its finish teases with a mandarin skin aftertaste. Emmanuel Dron, owner of The Auld Alliance, a whisky bar that carries this Brora thirty Year Old and other rare spirits, says ane should drinkable this Brora neat. "Ice will 'freeze' your palate, and also dilute the texture of this beautiful whisky."
S$80 per glass; South$3,600 per bottle.
The Auld Brotherhood, nine Bras Basah Route, Rendezvous Hotel, Gallery #02-02A. Tel: 6337 2201
The majority of Cognacs are blends of eaux-de-vie or brandies from different years. That is why when someone offers you lot a vintage Cognac – a Cognac fabricated from the harvest of a single twelvemonth – you should never say no, specially if it happens to be a xixth century gem like the Jean Grosperrin 1848.
Jean Grosperrin is a family unit-run Cognac house that is renowned for its ageing and distribution of very rare cognacs. The Auld Alliance bar's Emmanuel Dron reckons that at that place are less than 400 bottles of the 1848 in the world. The 1848 is rather low-cal on the palate, having lost some of its alcoholic verve. Merely its swirl of gingerbread, cinnamon, anise and plum notes has an alluring, exotic quality. Enjoy this one slowly. It has taken more 150 years to reach you.
S$200 per glass; S$8,900 per canteen.
The Auld Alliance, 9 Bras Basah Route, Rendezvous Hotel, Gallery #02-02A. Tel: 6337 2201
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