Goodbye Popeye!

Three years back we released American Werewolf in Paris—a single cask whisky built around the best of both French and American oak. It kicked off what we started calling our French Connection series. Then came L’Americain. Now, two years on, we’re continuing the trilogy with Goodbye Popeye.

As always, we start with a solid rest in American oak—enough time to let the spirit soften, sweeten, and settle into itself. Then we move it into something else special.

For Goodbye Popeye, that meant 17 months in a 100L Rye cask straight out of an organic distillery in the US—still fragrant, still full of that hay spice and sweetness. After that, it spent another 18 months in a small-format Rutherglen Tawny cask. This Victorian fortified wine is a bold Australian interpretation of European port: sticky, dark, and rich with dried fruit and old wood. And you can taste it here.

This one’s big. Full of jammy fruit, Easter chocolate, and flashes of burnt orange and smoke.

The French side of the connection pulls a little stronger this time. It will appeal to those who enjoy a port-finish but equally fans who have always loved the bold, unapologetic character of Sam and Chantal’s Kinglake Single Malt.

We say it every time (because it keeps being true), but this might just be our favourite release yet.

500ml, 50% ABV