The Glenfiddich 50 Year Old liquid takes whiskies from three different American Oak refill casks, all matured in the same warehouse before being married together and finished in an American oak refill cask for two years. There are 220 decanters of the liquid in the release.

Many factors affect whisky maturing in the cask, including climatic conditions: air pressure, temperature and humidity. The nature of maturation changes with these conditions. Hot summers speed up the maturation process and cold winters slow it down – dramatically affecting the outcome of the liquid. These climatic conditions are unique to that time and day, they can never be replicated. The development of the oak character, in combination with these climatic conditions, gives the whisky its unique taste. The outer casing is an artistic representation of the climatic data that created the whisky.

"Manuel Jiménez García, a computational architect, decrypted the meteorological data into an algorithm, and generated a physical design language to build the structure’s bespoke form bringing life to every second of every day, of every month of those fifty years," the company says.

Nose: Rich orange peel and clementine meet complex notes of Madeira cake and muscovado sugar. Maturing over time into the dewy petrichor of a Dufftown morning, mingling with flowering geranium.

Taste: A lingering sweetness softens into deep, silky smooth oak tannin and sun-dried vanilla.

Finish: Oaky, sweet and incredibly long-lasting.

Colour: Antique Gold.

ABV: 43,8%

Sizes: 70cl, 75cl

Bottles: 220 bottles released

Launched: 2022