My secular views on Christmas tend to distill the entire occasion down to two points above all others: the giving of gifts and the imbibing of various spirits. And given my fondness of Scotch whisky, the evocative fruits of David Dyment’s Glenfiddich Residency seemed the ideal work to highlight a couple drinks into a quiet Christmas Eve.
David Dyment, A Drink To Us (When We’re Both Dead), 2008
Launched this past Sunday at MKG127, Dyment’s A Drink To Us (When We’re Both Dead) is a conceptual undertaking that speaks to the many things I love about the beverage - the time invested in its making and the sharing of that legacy across generational divides. Dyment has hyperbolized that process by burying a reinforced cask in Glenfiddich’s Warehouse 8, not to be excavated until 2108. However, this one-hundred-year distillation of the scotch is currently available for purchase for the enjoyment of your future descendants - pending any transhumanist sleights of hand, no one alive today will be around to drink this stuff.
David Dyment, A Drink To Us (When We’re Both Dead), 2008
For the present-day, however, buyers of this work (available in an edition of 25) also receive an extruded wooden cask in anticipation of their purchase, a map of Warehouse 8, a diary documenting the project and a contract to be passed on to your chosen descendant to collect the scotch in 2108. Provided the angel’s share hasn’t taken up the entire cask by then, I’ll wager that’s gonna be one exceptional whisky.
For more info about Dyment’s project, drop by his dedicated site. In the meantime, season’s best wishes and a healthy dram to you and yours.
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