TRIPLE PRODUCT RELEASE

We are launching Whisky Sponges Edition 96 and 97 together as a pair of bottlings that celebrate two of our favourite and most beautiful Whisky islands: Islay and Jura. We wanted to find two examples such as these which were both unpeated and – most crucially – had both spent their entire lives maturing at their respective distilleries on their islands of origin. We spent quite a long time working on this mini project and searching for casks that ticked all these boxes. We are super happy with the results and have bottled both as they arrived, at natural cask strength.

WHISKY SPONGE ED.96 BRUICHLADDICH

The Bruichladdich is a 2005 1st fill barrel, it’s a wonderfully rich, creamy and powerfully maritime example. Waxy, peppery, robust, full-bodied and hugely characterful with loads of distillery and Island character.

WHISKY SPONGE ED.97 JURA

The Jura is a 1994 refill hogshead and it is classic, long-aged refill matured Jura, very complex, elegant, waxy, oily, mineral, herbal and coastal. Evocative and beautifully detailed old Island single malt.

These two bottlings represent the start of the final run of Whisky Sponge bottlings on our way to Edition No.100 and the end of our Whisky Sponge series. All the bottlings in this final run are whiskies which represent distilleries, profiles and characteristics that we adore and sit very close to our hearts.

WHISKY SPONGE 6TH SECRET EDITION WILLIAMSON 10 YEAR OLD

This is the sixth, and final, ‘Secret Sponge’ bottling. It’s a 2014, 10 year old Williamson single malt. This one is actually a small batch whisky we’ve been watching carefully for a few years now. Over two years ago, we combined two hogsheads of this Williamson single malt and married that mix into an ex-Laphroaig refill butt. This is the first, small controlled bottling we’ve taken from this cask, the rest we will likely bottle between 15 and 18 years of age. This is a special, small bottling at 57.1% and is a deeply powerful, pure and expressive example of this Islay make.