This month we celebrate 40 years of exceptional taste experiences – with the 12.79
As we head towards the end of our 40th anniversary celebrations, we’re preparing to release one of our oldest whiskies. Cask. No: 12.79 was laid down to mature in 1983, the year the Society began.
This whisky has been nurtured by our Spirits Team over the years, destined to express the epitome of our legacy while highlighting our expertise in maturation.
Always one to go our own way, we have kept this exceptionally aged bottling true to our origins with a focus on the whisky – the bottle deliberately minimalistic. Chris Wilson, creative director of design agency Stckmn, led the design process. “I was inspired by the liquid and in particular, ripple formations,” he says. “Much like ripples created from a single droplet, the Society was formed from a single epiphany moment, growing into the global whisky club it is today. To embody this idea of the ripple effect, a single green droplet with emanating lines adorns the front of each bottle.”
Allotment draw for the purchase of a 12.79
As the demand for the Society’s 40th anniversary bottling is extremely high, we will not be posting the three bottles we have online on 24 October as planned, but you can register your interest here.
You can do this until 23 October. If more than three members register, we will draw the three bottles.
Price of the bottle: CHF 3450.–
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There are just 130 bottles of this 40-year-old whisky
The whisky began its life in an ex-bourbon barrel where it spent 35 years. After this, the whisky was moved into a refill Spanish oak oloroso hogshead for an additional five years.
“The key to it being refill was that it would be quite relaxed and complementary, adding another layer of complexity without being too intense for such an old, fragile whisky,” says Euan Campbell, head of whisky creation.