The first pour
Every cask gives a share to the sky. What stays is rarer, richer, more deliberate — and worth a record.
Every cask surrenders a portion to the sky. In the trade, we call it the angels' share — the whisky that evaporates through the wood over years of ageing. What remains is concentrated, rarer, and more deliberate.
The Angel's Due is what's owed back.
I've been keeping bottles longer than I've been writing about them. This site is the record — the collection, the acquisition stories, and the reasons each pour earned its place. Not a catalogue of everything I own. A curator's ledger of what was worth remembering.
I'll post as the collection grows and as bottles move from sealed to opened. Some entries will be tasting notes. Some will be about the provenance, or the day I tracked one down. Some will explain what I passed on, and why.
Pour yourself something. Welcome in.