Friends, today would have been the time to proudly tell you about my new Spirit Traveller.
A 24-year-old Panama cask, bottled at cask strength of 52.7% ABV.
Pure bourbon barrel aging.
The problem with the old barrels: There really isn't much left in them.
Therefore, only 226 bottles were released – for an incredible price of €99.
I deliberately limited the purchase to one bottle per customer so that as many people as possible could get a bottle.
Nevertheless, the bottles are already sold out.
How it works for us when we release a new bottling:
The first to hear about it are the members of the Wagemut Members Club.
Then the newsletter subscribers .
Then the FB group “Wagemut Taste Academy ”.
Then publicly on social media (blog, YouTube , Insta, etc.).
The Spirit Traveller has another special feature:
Part of our membership is that you get a small sample from each Spirit Traveller sent to your home free of charge and you can easily order in advance using a QR code.
Things are constantly changing here – and quickly.
On YouTube, we've now grown into Germany's most popular spirits channel, with well over 1 million views per month—that's 10 times the gap to second place. Wow!
As you can probably imagine, this is creating a very high demand for our products. With a lot of effort, we're managing to quickly supply everyone with our standard range. However, the special releases are now escalating completely.
This is one of the reasons why I have received many inquiries about when the Members Club will reopen.
I would like to explain a few points here:
As a member you get the following for 195 € per year:
- 1× Wagemut Members Only bottling
- 1× Daring PX Cask
- 1× Daring Special Edition (end of October)
The top three bottles alone are worth the value of the membership.
Everything I am listing now is free on top:
- Access to the Wagemut Summer Festival
- Every TST bottling as a free sample to your home
- Generally everything from above is free of shipping costs
- Right of first refusal on everything we release
- The great feeling of being part of the best rum community in the world
- Lots of karma points for supporting a small, passionate company
We had to close the Members Club to new registrations for two reasons:
Demand was so high that all 700 Members Only bottles are already sold out, and we are fully booked for the summer festival.
Since we are still receiving so many inquiries about the club, where dear customers of ours would like to secure their place for 2026, I have thought of the following:
I have hereby reactivated the club and you can now book your membership again.
https://wagemut.com/collections/wagemut-members-club
But this is primarily intended to ensure that you can secure your place.
Means:
There is no access to the summer festival this summer.
Your membership will only take effect on July 1st and will then automatically renew on January 31st, 2026 .
So you're in and have also secured the Wagemut Special Edition at the end of the year (the last bottlings were sold out within 4 hours).
From July 1st, you will of course also receive the TST samples and can thus at least secure future bottlings.
The only thing missing is the solution for the out-of-stock Members Only bottling:
The value of the bottle is approximately €85.
Now I realize that the emotional value is somewhat higher due to the enormous scarcity.
Therefore, I would like to offer you an alternative bottle from our Aficionado Collection worth €120.
Deal?
You can secure your spot here , and I'm really looking forward to seeing you at the summer festival in 2026—we'll be in our new hall then, too, and have enough space on the grounds for everyone!
We always plan the bottlings for the Spirit Traveller in advance. So, the next bottling at the end of June will be a bit short on stock – but at least all members should be guaranteed to get one by the end of August.
I dare not make any further statement, since so much is developing so quickly.
I'm really looking forward to welcoming you to our close circle very soon and sharing many more wonderful moments with you!
Your Nicolas
