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Limited Releases 2026: What’s Coming from Dead Reckoning This Year

Every year at Dead Reckoning, we plan a small number of limited releases — single-cask or very limited-batch expressions that represent the pinnacle of what’s in our warehouse. These releases sell out quickly, and for good reason: each one is a genuinely unique, unrepeatable expression that will never be made again.

What Makes a Limited Release?

Our standard portfolio expressions are blended to consistency — so that every bottle of our Barbados PX, for example, tastes the same regardless of when you buy it. Our limited releases are the opposite philosophy: single casks or very small batches that celebrate the natural variation of rum maturation.

When a single cask produces something extraordinary — an unexpected flavour combination, an unusual depth of character, a finish that goes on and on — we bottle it as a limited release rather than folding it into our standard blend. These are our most personal, most expressive bottles.

2026 Preview

  • Single Cask Barbados 12 Year — Our oldest Barbados expression yet, matured in a single ex-bourbon hogshead and finished in a rare Australian tawny cask. Limited to 180 bottles.
  • South Pacific Cask Strength — An uncut, unfiltered expression from our South Pacific stock. At natural cask strength, this is the most intense rum we’ve ever bottled. 240 bottles only.
  • Australia Fortified Wine Series Vol. 2 — The follow-up to our sell-out first volume, this time featuring a different South Australian fortified wine style. Details to be announced.
  • Dead Reckoning × Guest Distillery Collaboration — We can’t reveal the partner yet, but this is our most exciting collaboration to date. Watch this space.

How to Get Them

Limited releases are available exclusively through our website and our small network of specialist retailers. To be notified first when new releases drop, sign up to our newsletter. Previous limited releases have sold out within hours — we recommend acting quickly when the announcement comes.

These aren’t marketing gimmicks — they’re genuine one-of-a-kind bottles. When they’re gone, they’re gone forever.

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