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Cask number 4449, cask reference BF2022-1, yielded just \u003cstrong\u003e53 decanters\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is the smallest outturn in this entire shipment, Raw Cask, straight from the wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlairfindy is a trade name, not a distillery. Some distilleries supply casks to independent bottlers on the condition that their name stays off the label, so the bottler adopts a discreet alias instead. Blackadder has used Blairfindy for decades for one particular Speyside malt, and the name itself is the clue: Blairfindy is \u003cstrong\u003ewidely understood among collectors to be Glenfarclas\u003c\/strong\u003e, the fiercely independent, family owned distillery in the heart of Speyside famed for its sherry cask maturation. Blackadder does not confirm the source, and neither will we. The whisky argues its own case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifty three bottles is barely a cask's final breath. Statement No. 43 carries Blackadder's flagship designation, the number the family reserves for casks they judge definitive, and at 30 years old it represents a maturation few sherried Speysiders ever reach outside a distillery's own vaults. Once these 53 are placed, the cask is finished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-brand\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Blackadder Statement\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlackadder International was founded in 1995 by \u003cstrong\u003eRobin Tucek\u003c\/strong\u003e and remains a family operation, run today with his daughter Hannah and son Michael. The house philosophy has never changed: \u003cstrong\u003ethe cask is king\u003c\/strong\u003e. Every release is bottled without chill filtration and without added colour, and the Raw Cask series goes further still, bottled straight from the cask so that nothing standing between the wood and the glass is lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStatement is Blackadder's flagship series.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Statement number is reserved for the casks the family judges definitive, the finest whiskies to pass through their warehouse in a given era. The rarest of these are presented in glass decanters rather than standard bottles. This is Statement No. 43.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDistillery profile\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBlairfindy is Blackadder's trade name\u003c\/strong\u003e for an undisclosed Speyside distillery that does not permit its name on independent labels.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe source is \u003cstrong\u003ewidely understood to be Glenfarclas\u003c\/strong\u003e: family owned by the Grants of Glenfarclas since 1865, and one of the last fully independent distilleries in Scotland.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlairfindy is the name of a farm in Glenlivet country associated with the Grant family, a quiet nod that collectors decoded long ago.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe presumed source is \u003cstrong\u003efamous above all for sherry cask maturation\u003c\/strong\u003e, a house style collectors prize at exactly this kind of age.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndependent bottlings under trade names let drinkers reach liquid from distilleries that almost never appear outside official releases.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCask profile\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCask number 4449 was filled on 12th October 1992 and matured in Scotland for thirty years before Blackadder bottled it in December 2022 under cask reference BF2022-1, at \u003cstrong\u003e51.3% abv\u003c\/strong\u003e with no dilution, no chill filtration, and no colouring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a Raw Cask release it was drawn directly from the wood. Fine cask sediment may be present in the decanter. Blackadder considers that sediment part of the whisky, not a flaw, and bottles it deliberately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe outturn is \u003cstrong\u003e53 decanters\u003c\/strong\u003e worldwide, the scarcest release in this shipment, each accompanied by its certificate. The Whiskey Lab's allocation is a small fraction of that number.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-cert\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCertificate of Ownership\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach decanter is accompanied by a \u003cstrong\u003ecertificate of ownership issued in the purchaser's name\u003c\/strong\u003e by Blackadder International. Your name, on the record of this cask, permanently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-philosophy\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOn Tasting Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will not find Blackadder's tasting notes here. By design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlackadder shares every technical detail a curious drinker could ask for: distillery, cask number, distillation date, bottling date, ABV, outturn. Everything that makes the liquid what it is. \u003cstrong\u003eWhat they leave to you is the experience of drinking it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTasting notes shape expectation. They tell you what you should find before you find it. Blackadder's position is that the spirit in your glass should speak for itself, and what you find there belongs to you. Pour it neat. Add a few drops of water if it asks for it. Take your time. The cask did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSpecification\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDetails\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBrand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlackadder International\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSeries\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStatement No. 43, Raw Cask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGlass decanter with certificate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSingle Malt Scotch Whisky, single cask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpeyside\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDistillery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUndisclosed, bottled as Blairfindy (widely understood to be Glenfarclas)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 years\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eABV\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e51.3%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVolume\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e700ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCask no. 4449, cask reference BF2022-1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDistilled\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12th October 1992\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBottled\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDecember 2022, matured and bottled in Scotland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOutturn\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e53 bottles worldwide\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCask strength\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYes, bottled straight from the cask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNon-chill filtered\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNatural colour\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCertificate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCertificate of ownership issued in the purchaser's name\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOpen release\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-commitments\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Whiskey Lab's Quality Commitments\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSingle Cask \u0026amp; Small Batch:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ensuring a unique profile for each release.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNatural Colour \u0026amp; Non-Chill Filtered:\u003c\/strong\u003e Preserving the authentic character and purity of the whisky.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHonest Storytelling:\u003c\/strong\u003e Every cask profile written by people who actually handled the liquid.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"The Whiskey Lab","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53947928412478,"sku":"TWL-BLK-BLAI30-100082","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/2221\/2926\/files\/blackadder-statement-43-blairfindy-30yo.jpg?v=1784738005","url":"https:\/\/www.thewhiskeylab.com\/products\/blackadder-statement-no-43-blairfindy-30-year-decanter","provider":"The Whiskey Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}