The Angel’s Share and Angel’s Envy

Whisky education from Whisk(e)y Advent 2025 (2025-12-25). Summary below; full write-up with sources and images: calendar/2025-12-25.qmd.

The ~5% of spirit lost to evaporation each year is the ‘Angel’s Share.’ Angel’s Envy (founded 2010) is named for the joke that its finished whiskey struck a better deal than the angels; known for port, rum, sherry and Mizunara finishes.