We are absolutely thrilled to reveal a very exciting trilogy of Scotch whisky exclusive to TheWhiskyBarrel.com. We have collaborated with the very talented illustrator, Jamie Coe, to create a bespoke set of labels to display on single cask bottlings of Tomatin, Glenrothes and St. Ola Orkney. You may be familiar with our series of 'black label' Apollo whiskies, celebrating the manned missions of the incredible NASA programme landing humans on the Moon during the 1960s and 70s. A hugely popular series of striking photography from the missions celebrating key moments captured on camera (at the time of writing we still aim to cover Apollo 12, 15 and 17 to complete the series). However, some of the missions contained perilous, exciting and simply hilarious moments that were not as clearly captured on film. So, we decided to use the creativity of Jamie to re-create these scenes again.
TWB with Jamie Coe presents an Apollo whisky trilogy:
Selling as a complete set only at TWB | TheWhiskyBarrel.com
Tomatin - SCE to AUX
APOLLO 12 Lightning Strikes Twice - Just after lift-off the Saturn V rocket was twice struck by lightning affecting telemetry measurements on the spacecraft. To avoid a potential disaster, EECOM engineer John Aaron in Mission Control suggested the pilot switch the Signal Conditioning Electronics to auxiliary. It worked and the mission was able to continue. To celebrate this perilous event, Jamie has recreated the scene for this bottling of a Tomatin 10 year old, 2010 vintage. Matured in a first fill Oloroso hogshead yielding 271 individually numbered bottles at 56.4%.
St Ola® (Orkney) - Miles and Miles and Miles
APOLLO 14 Golf on the Moon - Landing in the lunar Highlands, the third mission to land on the Moon. Commander Alan Shepard, using a makeshift fold up club, struck two golf balls which remain on the lunar surface to this day and proclaimed that the second Moon shot went "miles and miles and miles". The 6-iron resides at the USGA Museum in New Jersey, planet Earth. Funnily enough on the 50th anniversary this year, it was revealed the second shot only travelled about 70 yards from where Shepard 'teed off'.
The story remains part of the moon landings folklore and Jamie has captured the moment with his own interpretation with this bottle of Orkney whisky from Kirkwall in the the Parish of St. Ola - where a large distillery resides - aged 15 years old, 2005 vintage. A first fill Pedro Ximenez hogshead yielding 316 individually numbered bottles at a huge 61.8%
Glenrothes - Get That Unusual One
APOLLO 15 The Genesis Rock - Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin travelled to the Spur crater designated Geology Station 7 using the lunar rover vehicle. On the rim of the crater the Astronauts collected the Genesis Rock sample amongst 77kg of lunar samples returned to Earth. The Genesis Rock was named by observers back home given the initial flurry of excitement that this was the sample to reveal much about the history of the Moon. Though it proved to be less of a revelation than hoped, it represented the hope and ability of the mission to successfully traverse and explore areas of the moon.
Jamie has depicted this moment that was not clearly shown on film on a bottle of fantastic Glenrothes 12 years old, 2009 vintage. A first fill Oloroso hogshead yielding 312 individually numbered bottles at 61.1%.
I think you can agree the set of whiskies and labels look fantastic. Our huge thanks to the superb Jamie Coe for creating these on our behalf.
The Whisky Barrel Apollo Trilogy available to buy only at TWB | TheWhiskyBarrel.com
