Monkey 47 Distiller's Cut Vertical (2010 - 2021)
Nearly every year since 2010 the team at Monkey 47 have released a limited edition called the Distiller’s Cut - also known colloquially as 'Monkey 48'.
The idea behind it is simple but effective - to select and add one additional ingredient each year to their existing recipe of 47 botanicals.
Over the years its popularity has grown among fans and collectors, to the point that it is now sold by a lottery system in Europe.
Often, but not always, the 48th ingredient - or 'species rara' - is sourced from the Black Forest in Germany where the distillery itself is located.
Other examples have come from the mountains of Switzerland (2017), subterranean London (2018) and UAE (2019).
The 48th ingredients by year of release:
2010 - Piper borbonense 'Voatsiperifery pepper', small batch
2011 - Piper borbonense 'Voatsiperifery pepper', small batch
2012 - Picea abies ’Norway Spruce’, 3000 bottles
2014 - Oxalis triangularis 'Purple Shamrock’, 4,000 bottles
2015 - Meum athamanticum ’Spignel’, 4,000 bottles
2016 - Honey dew from Abies alba 'Silver Fir', 4,000 bottles
2017 - Achillea moschata 'Iva', 4,000 bottles
2018 - Brassica juncea 'Red Mustard Cress', 4,000 bottles
2019 - Myristicae arillus 'Macis', 4,000 bottles
2020 - Quercus crispula 'Mizunara' barrel, 4,000 bottles
2021 - Monarda didyma 'Bee Balm', 4,000 bottles
The set comprises one bottle of each from the list above complete with the original gift boxes.
Bottle size: 50cl
Alcohol: 47%
Shipped weight: 44kg
