New Zealand Releases First 25 Year Old Whisky Outside Europe and Japan

By Richard Thomas

In a milestone for the spread of whiskey-making outside the traditional five regions of Canada, Ireland, Japan, the United States and Scotland, The New Zealand Whisky Collection has released a 25 year old whisky. This release is the first time a 25 year old whisky has come from a outside Japan and Europe.

The New Zealand Whisky Collection is a bottler, dealing in stock from the defunct Willowbank Distillery in Dunedin. This Kiwi single malt was aged in ex-bourbon barrels and bottled at 46% abv, with a production run of 484 bottles.