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Originally Posted by Bean
Speaking with one of the guys at Willow Park, he really piqued my interest with the independent bottlers that use other bottler's barrels to age their product. It was worded far more elegantly than that but it sure sounded intriguing. Especially at the price point for cask strength.
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Independents can be very good value for what you are getting in comparison to the distillery offerings.
Also when looking at cask strength think that you are getting a bottle and a half for that price as you will want to add some water to bring it down to your pallet.
I personally would stay away from the "specialty finishing casks" as they more often than not are just trying to mask crap whisky. I have a bottle of 18 yo BL rum cask and it is just garbage.
I would look to Gordon and MacPhail, Signatory and Berry Bro.s and Rudd as independent bottlers.
You can get some stuff that just isn't available as distillers editions because a lot of what they produce goes straight to blends.