Incoming! ARTEMIS Splashdown 30 Years Whisky š OrionĀ Invergordon 30 Year Old 1991 at The Whisky Barrel – Scotch Whisky News
ARTEMIS Orion 1st Launch Accomplished!
Artemis 1 launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 16th November 2022. The first rocket launched by NASA intended to travel to the moon for 50 years. After four days, the OrionĀ spacecraft entered the lunarĀ sphere of influence going on to become the furthest distance travelled from Earth by any craft designed to carry humans.
Today, Sunday 11th December, after a successful 28 day mission the Orion capsule splashed back down to Earth. Capturing the historic occasion, we are delighted to have been sent pictures of theĀ Bunnahabhain First Release bottles which made it all the way to Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA!
To commemorate the successful launch of Artemis, the second release; OrionĀ Invergordon 30 Year Old 1991 vintage is now available.
We’ll see you again in 2024…
INVERGORDON DISTILLERY
30 Year Old 1991 ARTEMIS Orion 1st Launch Accomplished
CaskĀ #TWB1030
Ā£150.00
Buy – Invergordon 30 Years – Ā£150 / ā¬174* / $149* / c$252*
Invergordon 30 Year Old 1991 vintage Highland single grain Scotch whisky. Single cask ex-Islay barrel #TWB1030 bottled 2022. The first flight of the Artemis Moon program successfully launched on 16th November 2022 from the Kennedy Space Center. Thrusting the Orion spacecraft towards the Moon. Commemorating the launch, The Whisky Barrel has selected a cask of Highland single grain Scotch whisky – The First Launch Accomplished Edition. 204 numbered bottles.
MAXIMUM 1 BOTTLE PER CUSTOMER.
Nose: Constellation of peat smoke, ecliptic fruit salad and mango, rocket fuel demerara sugar and lunar honey.
Taste: Big bang of tropical fruits, solar bonfire embers, orbital blood oranges and total eclipse of chocolate ginger.
Finish: Meteor shower of vanilla pods, deep space pomegranate with a soft sweet gravitational pull.
