One barrel. Our choice.
Oak & Origin Barrel Picks

One barrel. Our choice.

Every bottle here came out of a single barrel or cask we chose ourselves. We taste the samples side by side, pick the one we want our name on, and it is bottled as its own release. When it is gone, that barrel is gone.

What a barrel pick is

Same distillery. Same recipe. One barrel that stood apart.

01

We taste

Samples from a run of barrels, poured side by side. They start life the same way, and no two finish the same. Warehouse position, char and time all leave their mark.

02

We choose

One barrel earns our name. Not the safest, not the one that fits a house style. The one with the most to say.

03

It is bottled as itself

No blending with other barrels. Each pick is its own release with its own character, and the run ends when the barrel is empty.

Members only

Picked for the membership.

Some barrels never go on general sale. These picks are for Whisky Wayfarers only. Everyone can see them. Members can buy them.

How to get access. Members only picks are open to anyone holding a Whisky Wayfarers membership, American Whiskey or Malt. Join, sign in, and the buy button appears on the bottle.

Membership

Get closer to the barrel.

Three ways in. Every one of them pays the member price on bottles marked with one.

American Whiskey

$200 a quarterPlus shipping

A Chapter every quarter, never offered outside the membership. Single barrels bottled for us, and bottles that barely reach Australia.

  • Members only barrel picks
  • First call on allocated bourbon and American whiskey
  • Member pricing on marked bottles
Join the Wayfarers
Malt

$200 a quarterPlus shipping

A malt a quarter. Never offered outside the membership.

  • Members only barrel picks
  • First call on allocated malts
  • Member pricing on marked bottles
Join the Malt Wayfarers
Oak & Origin membership

$15 a monthOr $150 a year

Access, not a box. For the drinker who wants to be in the room when the good bottles land, without a quarterly Chapter.

  • Member pricing on marked bottles
  • Access to new releases before the public
Become a member

Cancel any time, no lock in contract. Compare the memberships

Every barrel is a one off. When it is gone, it is gone.

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