BRUICHLADDICH PROGRESSIVE HEBRIDEAN DISTILLERS

1977 DNA: THE ULTIMATE ESSENCE OF BRUICHLADDICH.

DISTILLED TOWARDS THE END OF AN ALTOGETHER MORE INNOCENT WHISKY ERA, BEFORE TODAY’S INDUSTRIALISATION, DISTILLERY RATIONALISATION AND CORNER-CUTTING THAT HAS DOMINATED WHISKY PRODUCTION EVER SINCE.

THIS SMALL BOTTLING, FROM THE CUSP OF THAT GOLDEN AGE, REPRESENTS SOME OF THE VERY LAST OF OUR SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES CASKS, A HANDFUL OF LITRES OF WHISKY FROM NEAR-EMPTY BARRELS MARRIED TOGETHER CREATING THE VERY ESSENCE OF BRUICHLADDICH: OUR DNA.

Distilled in two lots on 1st July & 26th October 1977 – the year Elvis died – it was matured on Islay for over 32 years in 100% American oak Bourbon casks. Such was the purity of this spirit when tasted from cask that legendary distiller Jim McEwan decided that such was the elegance, complexity and fruit of this noble spirit it was impossible to improve any further; consequently it has been bottled straight, “as is”.

MCMLXXVII IS EDITION TWO IN THE DEFINITIVE BRUICHLADDICH DNA SERIES.

SELECTED CASKS OF OUR RARE 1977 SPIRIT PROVIDE A GLIMPSE IN TO THE SOUL OF BRUICHLADDICH SINGLE MALT. THIS IS A SATISFYINGLY EXTRAORDINARY COMING TOGETHER OF RARE OLD SPIRIT AND FRESH AMERICAN OAK.

1977 – AGED 32 YEARS WHEN BOTTLED. MYSTERIOUS BLACK PRESENTATION WITH ROMAN NUMERALS (MCMLXXVII) TO ELICIT CURIOSITY. 2ND IN THE DNA SERIES EXPLORING THE VERY SOUL OF BRUICHLADDICH. A UNIQUE ONE-OFF RELEASE – UNREPEATABLE COMBINATION OF SPIRIT AND AGE. CLASSIC AMERICAN OAK MATURATION. ONLY 844 SEQUENTIALLY-NUMBERED BOTTLES. BOTTLED SEPTEMBER 2010 AT CASK STRENGTH OF 47.4% THE ULTIMATE INDULGENCE IN AN ERA OF AUSTERITY. NATURAL WHISKY: NON CHILL-FILTERED AND COLOURING-FREE. BOTTLED AT BRUICHLADDICH DISTILLERY USING ISLAY SPRING WATER. MCMLXXVII – A RARE LIMITED EDITION RELEASE.

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