Clay render
New make · Filled at 63.5%
This whisky ages as you scroll.
Year 3 · By law
Now it may be called whisky.
Scotland asks for at least three years in oak. We are nowhere near done.
Every year · The breathing
The oak breathes.
It went in clear as rain. Warm days push it into the charred staves; cold ones draw it back out, carrying colour.
Years 6–9 · The char
Vanilla, then toffee.
Charring broke the oak down. Now its sugars and vanillin find the spirit.
Years 9–12 · The angels
The angels’ share.
About 2% a year escapes through the wood, and feeds the black fungus on warehouse walls.
Year 12 · Cask 1207
Twelve years. Ready.
Years
in oak
in oak
Filled 20142026
Made, not stock.
Every frame above is one render: a modelled Glencairn, a 200-litre bourbon cask and a stone warehouse, lit from cold dawn to amber dusk. Your scroll is the clock.
360rendered frames
12years per scroll
21.5%taken by the angels (0.98¹² = 0.785)
0stock footage