{"title":"Bhakta Spirits","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"bhakta-armagnac-1973-750-ml","title":"Bhakta Armagnac 1973 750 ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eBhakta Armagnac 1973 is a single-vintage Armagnac from BHAKTA Spirits, distilled in Gascony, France in 1973 and aged there for 52 years before bottling — part of the brand's 50-year “Golden Anniversary” release. It's bottled at 107.8 proof, well above the usual 80-proof cognac or armagnac pour, so the decades of barrel time come through undiluted. Expect stewed fruit and brown sugar on the nose, cinnamon, nutmeg, and white pepper on the palate, and a long, oak-driven finish. This is a collector's bottle more than a mixing spirit, built for anyone who wants to taste what half a century in a French oak barrel actually does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to drink Bhakta Armagnac 1973\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePour it neat in a tulip glass and give it a few minutes to open up — at 107.8 proof, a splash of water isn't a bad idea if the heat gets in the way of the fruit. This isn't a cocktail spirit; it's built for slow sipping and comparing notes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bhakta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44405421637850,"sku":"VWS200429749","price":400.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/9972\/2044\/files\/bhakta-1973-armagnac-750ml-476251.png?v=1712217647"},{"product_id":"bhakta-brandy-27-07-750-ml","title":"Bhakta Brandy 27 07 750 ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eBhakta 27-07 is a brandy blend from BHAKTA Spirits — roughly 90% Calvados and 10% Armagnac, averaging 18 years old with components ranging from 7 to 27 years, then finished in Islay whisky casks. It's the more accessible sibling to the brand's flagship 50-year Armagnac, bottled at 90 proof. The Islay finish brings a gentle smokiness to what's otherwise an apple-and-oak Calvados base, with autumnal, floral notes on the nose and cinnamon, clove, and dark fruit on the palate, finishing on a balance of apple and smoke. It's an unusual bottle for anyone who likes Calvados but wants a little peat in the mix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to drink Bhakta 27-07\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePour it neat in a tulip glass to catch both the apple-forward Calvados base and the Islay smoke on the finish. It's a sipping brandy through and through — save the mixing glass for something else.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bhakta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413471293658,"sku":"VWS200429779","price":78.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/9972\/2044\/files\/Bhakta-Brandy-27-07.png?v=1712217657"},{"product_id":"bhakta-vintage-sampler-set-of-4-pack-50-ml","title":"Bhakta Vintage Sampler Set of 4 pack 50 ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Bhakta Vintage Sampler gathers four 50 ml pours from the California spirits house, each a different aged expression: a 2013 straight rye finished in Calvados casks, a nearly 10-year 2013 bourbon finished in French oak with Armagnac, a 1973 vintage Armagnac, and a 1990 Jamaican rum blended from column- and pot-still stock aged in bourbon and rye barrels. It's built as a tasting flight rather than a single spirit, letting you compare four very different barrel-aged styles side by side without committing to four full bottles. A good pick for whiskey, brandy, and rum drinkers who want to taste vintage-dated spirits from different traditions in one sitting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to drink the Bhakta Vintage Sampler\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaste each 50 ml pour neat in a small tulip or Glencairn glass, working roughly from the rye and bourbon toward the Armagnac and rum so the lighter pours aren't overwhelmed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bhakta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45895526809818,"sku":"VWS200431914","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/9972\/2044\/files\/Bhakta-Drink-Vintage-Sampler-Set-LoveScotch-2_grande_0a2e97dd-8dcc-4ceb-891e-5625dff909bc.png?v=1729585619"},{"product_id":"bhakta-limited-edition-armagnac-cask-finish-bourbon-whiskey-2025-750-ml","title":"Bhakta Limited Edition Armagnac Cask Finish Bourbon Whiskey 2025 750 ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eBhakta Limited Edition Armagnac Cask Finish is a 2025 release of straight bourbon whiskey given a second maturation in Armagnac casks. Armagnac is the older, more rustic of France's two great brandies, and its casks bring something bourbon barrels cannot: dried grape, prune and a dusty old-cellar note that sits on top of the corn sweetness underneath. The nose opens with dried plum, caramel and old oak. The palate carries dark stone fruit and brown sugar over a leathery bourbon core, and the finish runs long, grapey and dry rather than syrupy. Pour it neat in a copita and give it ten minutes in the glass before you judge it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bhakta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46832804692186,"sku":"VWS200433671","price":1125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/9972\/2044\/files\/BhaktaLimitedEditionArmagnacCaskFinishBourbonWhiskey2025.png?v=1789022458"}],"url":"https:\/\/liquorverse.com\/collections\/bhakta-spirits.oembed","provider":"LiquorVerse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}