Ex-Botrytis, French Oak Cask | James Phang, Singapore Liquid Gold Club
26th December 2025
Next up, a unique cask finishing I’ve yet to come across: an ex-botrytis cask by Baroque at 49.5% ABV.
“It begins in the stark geometry of an abandoned paper mill—dry, brittle, almost skeletal paper fragments breaking apart at the slightest touch. Then, a sudden surge of umeshu, fresh and verdant, a fleeting innocence before the inevitable descent. The green fades to scarlet, lush foliage bleeding into a carnivorous dusk. The air thickens with iron and flesh—Bloody Mary in hand, primal hunger awakened. A prune shadow closes in, dense and brooding before fading away ever so slowly “
Again, only 60 bottles available