SCOTCH WHISKY AUTHENTICATION PIONEER THE WHISKY BARREL LAUNCH SECOND RELEASE
Wednesday 1 June, 2022, Fife, Scotland
Scotland’s specialist on-line whisky store, The Whisky Barrel launches the second single cask Scotch whisky with a full Digital Provenance Certificates (NFT).
Recognising the expansion of digital whisky collections and bridging the hole between the bodily and the digital world ‘phygital‘. Fife-based on-line whisky service provider, The Whisky Barrel, is run by Alastair Brown together with his brother, Chris. They’ve utilized blockchain expertise to 279 bottles of a single cask of peated Scotch distilled at Annandale distillery, while additionally that includes recognition of the poet and lyricist, Robert Burns, the as soon as native exciseman in Annan.The Whisky Barrel’s Digital Provenance Certificates (NFTs) securely transmit important product info on a public ledger, serving to collectors and connoisseurs alleviate the chance of investing in counterfeit whisky.
“The constructive response from clients who bought our first launch a Glen Moray 30 Yr Previous has emphasised the profit that this expertise brings to uncommon Scotch whisky. Every particular person bottle incorporates a layer of provenance that’s unrivalled within the Scotch whisky trade.” Alastair Brown
Developed together with Aberdeen-based tech start-up CD Corp. Every Digital Provenance Certificates is minted on the Solana (SOL) blockchain platform, chosen for its verified carbon-neutral, low-energy consumption.
As we speak sees the launch of the second bottling a 6-year-old peated whisky distilled at Annandale distillery in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Every of the 279 individually-numbered bottles characteristic a novel QR code that hyperlinks to its corresponding Digital Provenance Certificates. This token offers digital proof of possession, in addition to the provenance of every bottle, which will be saved in a digital pockets securely on a smartphone.
House owners of the these bottles are granted membership to The Whisky Barrel Scotch Membership hosted by Solsea.
The Annandale 6 Yr Previous is the second launch from The Whisky Barrel’s fifteenth Anniversary Portfolio Sequence, that can culminate within the bottling of a 50-year-old single cask whisky.
Second launch Annandale 6 Yr Previous
The second launch of The Whisky Barrel’s fifteenth Anniversary Portfolio Digital Provence Certificates sequence is a Annandale 6-year-old. This modest yield of 279 distinctive bottles was minted on twelfth January 2022. The Whisky Barrel’s determination to digitally certify their provenance provides an enhanced layer of safety for patrons.
Lowland single malt distilled at Annandale Distillery.
2015 classic.
59.7% ALC/VOL
Single cask, 1st fill Oloroso Sherry Butt.
Bottled the old school method at cask energy with pure color and unchill-filtered.
Tasting notes:
Nostril: Bonfire smoke, shortbread, roasted nuts and candy sherry.
Style: Layers of peat smoke and sherry, cherries, heat spices and almonds.
End: Extra smoke, lengthy and oily with pine cones and sugar ginger.
Bottle #001 Digital Provenance Certificates (NFT) on Solsea
