- Owner
- Diageo
- Limited lines
- 2
- Editions tracked
- 14
Orphan Barrel. Picture from SipWhiskey.
About DiageoUnited States
Diageo is a drinks company with its headquarters in London, founded in 1997 when Guinness and Grand Metropolitan combined. It is not a single distillery: it owns around thirty Scotch malt distilleries, among them Lagavulin, Talisker, Mortlach and Clynelish, and runs visitor experiences at distilleries such as Glenkinchie, Clynelish and Cardhu. Its limited releases draw on old stock from these distilleries and from American whiskey. In 2014 it launched Orphan Barrel, a brand that bottles rediscovered, long forgotten barrels of aged whiskey in Tullahoma, Tennessee, and in 2020 it began Prima & Ultima, sets of eight rare vintage single malts chosen by its blenders, first by Dr Jim Beveridge OBE.
Limited lines
Each Diageo line in the book, with dates and shop stock.
| No. | Line | Age · strength | Last release | Next | Editions | Shop stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Orphan Barrel | 14 to 26 years · 46% ABV | 1 November 2026 | No estimate | 10 | In stock 1 shop |
| 002 | Prima & Ultima | No age statement | October 2023 | No estimate | 4 | In stock 1 shop |
Edition archive
14 editions across 2 lines, newest first.
| No. | Released | Edition | Line | Strength | Bottles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 1 November 2026 | Latverian Cask 20 Year Old (light whiskey, Avengers: Doomsday) | Orphan Barrel | 46% ABV | Not stated |
| 002 | June 2026 | Night Sage 25 Year Old (Canadian whisky) | Orphan Barrel | 45% ABV | Not stated |
| 003 | 1 March 2025 | Fanged Pursuit 17 Year Old (bourbon) | Orphan Barrel | 46% ABV | Not stated |
| 004 | April 2024 | Indigo's Hour 18 Year Old (bourbon) | Orphan Barrel | 45% ABV | Not stated |
| 005 | October 2023 | Fourth Release | Prima & Ultima | Not stated | 413 |
| 006 | May 2023 | Scarlet Shade 14 Year Old (rye) | Orphan Barrel | 45% ABV | Not stated |
| 007 | June 2022 | Third Release | Prima & Ultima | Not stated | 317 |
| 008 | 18 January 2022 | Muckety-Muck 25 Year Old (single grain Scotch) | Orphan Barrel | 45.5% ABV | Not stated |
| 009 | August 2021 | Second Release | Prima & Ultima | Not stated | 376 |
| 010 | 2020 | First Release | Prima & Ultima | Not stated | 238 |
| 011 | June 2019 | Forager's Keep 26 Year Old (single malt Scotch) | Orphan Barrel | 48% ABV | Not stated |
| 012 | November 2018 | Rhetoric 25 Year Old (bourbon) | Orphan Barrel | 45.5% ABV | Not stated |
| 013 | December 2017 | Entrapment 25 Year Old (Canadian whisky) | Orphan Barrel | 41% ABV | Not stated |
| 014 | 3 February 2016 | The Gifted Horse (American whiskey) | Orphan Barrel | 57.5% ABV | Not stated |
Sources
- Diageo Prima & Ultima Fourth Release, Whisky Advocate
- Orphan Barrel's New Whiskey Hypes Up Avengers: Doomsday, The Whiskey Wash
- Our History Since the 1700s, Diageo
- Diageo, Wikipedia
- PR: Diageo stellt Prima & Ultima-Serie vor - 238 Sets von acht Single Malts aus 1971 - 1994, WhiskyExperts
- Third Release of Prima & Ultima Diageo's Series of Rare & Collectable Vintage Single Malts introduced, Whisky Magazine
- Diageo Launches Orphan Barrel Whiskey Distilling Company to Share Rare Spirits, PR Newswire
- Orphan Barrel, Diageo (The Bar)
- Special Releases, Malts.com (Diageo)
- Lagavulin Distillery Exclusive Experience, Malts.com (Diageo)
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