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$584.99
Whisky Sponge Edition 96 and 97 were released together to celebrate two favourite whisky islands (See Whisky Sponge Edition 97 for the other half of this pair). This 2005 vintage Bruichladdich was bottled after 19 years in a First Fill ex-Bourbon Barrel at 55.8%. 88.56pts Whiskybase & 88pts Whisky Fun.
Producer Description:
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.
700 ml Low StockProducer Tasting Notes:
Nose: fatty, peppery and waxy, with some evident creaminess from the cask along with stunning brightness and coastal elements. White coastal flowers, sea greens, beach pebbles, robust mineral qualities and even subtle farmy and olive oil notes. Amazing power and sense of texture!
Palate: thick, peppery, oily, waxy and creamy once again. Getting medicinal, herbal, richly oily and superbly textural. Perfect balance of marine and mineral qualities with creamier, sweeter tones.
Finish: long, warming, still very peppery, waxy, floral, herbally medicinal and complex.
88pts Whisky Fun
"One of the last whiskies under the Whisky Sponge label, though we’ll soon be tasting new releases under the name ‘WhiskyLand’. This is one of the early vintages of The Laddie under the former ‘new regime’, though I believe they had already moved away from using the very lightly peated barley of the early 2000s. Colour: white wine. Nose: at first, it’s very much like the official bottlings (green apple, gooseberries, melon), but with more almonds and macadamia nuts, along with whiffs of fresh white tea leaves and lemongrass. A hint of mango too, possibly from the first fill barrel. With water: an oilier nose emerges (peanut oil), alongside grapefruit, passion fruit, and melon rind. It really loves water. Mouth (neat): and boom, there’s that limoncello again, but also a touch of natural rubber and sage, maybe even fresh basil. Some jelly babies and another splash of lemon balm water. There’s a certain richness, probably from the barrel. With water: beautifully developing once more, almost reminiscent of Rosebank. That richness is back too. Finish: rather long, almost waxy this time, with a clean, crisp note right at the end. Comments: a rather magnificent modern Bruichladdich, rich and almost opulent, yet still fresh. SGP: 561 – 88 points."
$229.99
This is Whisky Sponge Edition No.100. It’s a 2016 and 2017, 7 year old Ardnamurchan small batch made with both peated and unpeated malt, and a fair bit of sherry... 57.1%. This is the final Whisky Sponge release, No.100!
Producer Description
"It’s a potion that Angus cooked up in collaboration with the good folk at Ardnamurchan Distillery. It’s a mix of 1st fill and 2nd fill, peated and unpeated sherry octaves. We mixed them all together and married them in a refill sherry butt for over six months until the whole potion turned 7 years old, then we bottled it with slight reduction at 57.1%. For those of you that deify transparency, here’s the recipe...
"We wanted to celebrate and mark the final edition of Whisky Sponge with a whisky that was excellent quality, one that was collaborative and that we’d had a role in creating and making unique to us, and that was modern in the best sense and looked to the future. We feel we have succeeded in this – we hope you agree. Now, please buy a bottle of this whisky, place it into your rucksack, put on a sturdy pair of brogues and walk to the far West Highlands of Scotland, whereupon you will spend the rest of your days communing with nature and enjoying erotic woodland rituals with whoever will agree to participate. Good luck and farewell!
"Whisky Sponge. Xxx"
$959.99
The second from final release in the Whisky Sponge range is a multi-vintage Glen Moray, marrying a 1990 refill hogshead with a 1992 2nd fill sherry hogshead, bottled at 32 years and a cask strength of 51.8%. 89.83pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"This is Whisky Sponge Edition No.99: the Penultimate Sponge! Like Edition No.1, it’s a sexy old Glen Moray. However, for this one, we did some well-honed Decadent Drinks cask mixology and muddled together a refill hogshead of 1990 Glen Moray with a 2nd fill sherry hogshead of 1991 Glen Moray. We left that brew to stew inside the sherry hoggie for several months, then bottled the mix at natural cask strength. It’s fruity, opulent, decadent and tastes like the set furniture from 2001 Space Odyssey draped with all the cardigans in rural Englandshire. Please enjoy this whisky while trawling this website and reading every single rear label on every single bottling we ever did. The first person to spot the cheekily concealed secret to quantum fusion technology contained within will win a t-shirt and a bespoke insult from the Sponge."
$344.99
This 15 year old Bruichladdich, distilled in 2008, was matured in an ex-Bourbon Barrel (cask 2589) before bottling at 55.6%. 89.03pts Whiskybase - Limit 1 Per Customer!
On the label of this Fishes of Samoa bottling is an Antennarius Phymatodes published over 150 years ago in Journal des Museum Godeffroy.
$229.99
This is the first core release of 18 year old Bruichladdich, produced after the distillery reopened. It has been bottled at 50%, from spirit matured on Islay in primarily ex-Bourbon casks, but also Sauternes and Port casks. Limit 1 Per Customer / 88.67pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"Matured exclusively on Islay, primarily in ex-Bourbon casks and a small number of wine casks, The Bruichladdich Eighteen is the epitome of Bruichladdich's signature unpeated house style.
"Full bodied and beautifully fragrant, notes of honey, butterscotch, and citrus orange open on the nose, with a medley of tropical fruits and toasted mellow oak lingering on the palate."