Bruichladdich 1989 Black Art 19 Year Old 1st Edition

Like its island neighbour Bunnahabhain distillery, Bruichladdich has traditionally been an un-peated single malt, mostly owing to its requirements by the blenders who owned it. The last of these was Whyte & Mackay, who eventually shut it down in 1995, deeming it surplus to requirements. They sold the distillery to Murray McDavid in 2001, who launched the peated Port Charlotte and heavily-peated Octomore single malts in 2006 and 2008. A recommissioned Lomond still also now produces the popular Botanist gin there.

Bottled in 2009, this is the first release of the Black Art, a unique marriage of casks or finishes kept secret by then-master distiller, Jim McEwan.

One of 6000 bottles.