My Infinity Bottle review

Welcome back Everyone. Today we are doing something different. Have you ever heard about Infinity Bottles? Yes? Perfect. No? Then let me tell you all about the concept, and how to create your very own bottle. Once we are done with all that, I will be showcasing my own Ifinity bottle that I have been "blending, caring for" since 2022.

What is an Infinity Bottle?

Let me give you an idea by giving you an example. Have you seen the movie or read the book "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? Willy Wonka's signature candy is the "Everlasting Gobstopper". This sweet constantly changes color and flavor when enjoyed, but it never gets smaller nor ever disappears. It is just like an Ifinity Bottle. We could call an Infinity Bottle the adult form of the Everlasting Gobstopper.

An Infinity Bottle is created by blending whiskeys together in a single bottle; whatever is poured out gets replenished by new and different whiskeys and by doing that we create an ever-changing flavor profile.

This concept first came to the attention of whisky consumers around 2012 and since then, it gained lots of followers. Many of my own friends also have an Infinity Bottle. There is a good reason for it. YOUR INFINTIY BOTTLE IS UNIQUE: none other like that exists. When done properly, infinity bottles can create a very unique flavor profile that exists only right there, right at the time of drinking it. When you drank it boom... it's gone. It's like a shooting star, you see it once and there is a 99.99% chance that you will never ever see it again.

The beauty of Infinity Bottles is also that you can create it however you would like. You can pour whatever you would like into the bottle. Follow a theme like "Budget Scotch", "High-end Irish" etc. Truly unique blends can be created.

How to make your own Infinity Bottle

It's very easy really. It doesn't require much. Technically, all you need to get going is a couple different whiskies and an empty bottle. 

1. Select and prepare a bottle. Once you picked the bottle, carefully clean it with soap and dry it. Create a custom label and snag it onto the bottle. Then it is ready to be used.
2. Pick your theme. You should decide what type of Infinity Bottle you want to create. 46% only? Scotch only? Scotch and Irish blend? Single malt only? Grain too? Decide it yourself. Just a side note: If you're mixing different genres, prepare yourself for some ups and downs.
3. Start pouring the whiskies in the bottle of your choosing. Once filled, let it settle for a few days, weeks.
4. Taste it and think about moving forward, what it needs what to add. Rinse and repeat.

My Ifinity Bottle Blended Malt Scotch Whisky

By this point you must be very interested as to what is in my bottle, what theme I followed. Let me tell you.

My theme is: creating a blended malt scotch whisky at 46% abv. or higher, with no heavily-peated whisky. Using only single malts or blended malts from Scotland. The very base of my bottle is the Timorous Beastie NAS bottle from Douglas Laing. This was the very first whisky that I poured into my Infinity Bottle. I changed the bottle its in 3 times now. First it was in a Glenlivet 18 bottle, then I transferred it into a Mortlach 12 bottle and recently I poured it into a rum bottle. The bottle is also ever-changing.... 

How does it taste?

Nose: Quite a hefty, complex aroma. None of the whiskies from above can be recognized alone. There is a light peat, salty note right away. Probably thanks to the Ardnamurchan, Bunnahabhain, Springbank, Longrow and Highland Park bottles involved. Getting over this initial note, we are greeted by a lovely basket of orchard fruits. Vanilla and toffee with a good amount of oak. Red fruits such as raspberries and strawberries with dried figs and raisins. This is thanks to the port and sherry casks involved. No unrefined, alcoholic note present. You can smell this whisky for a long time, because it is very complex and layered and you will be uncovering new aspects to it every time you nose it. Lovely, unique, just what I wanted.

Taste: Wow. Quite heavy, oily. Very malty. I would put it around 50% abv. Salted caramel with a hint of peat. Vanilla, toffee, green apples and pears. Hay, freshly cut grass. On the second sip there are red fruits and dried fruits. Mainly strawberries and raisins. Oh, pineapple. Buttered french toast and oak spice. Cinnamon and black pepper. It is a great, complex dram.

Finish: Very long. Spicy and warming. Black pepper, espresso and oak spice. A hint of salt and peat. Vanilla, toffe and pineapple. Orchard fruits and a nice amount of oakiness.

Overall I like where this project is going. It is a very tasty and complex whisky and I would definitely buy a bottle in its current shape and form. I wish you could try it, but its as Smeagol would say: MY PRECIOUS.

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Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed it. To many more. Sláinte.