Staoisha 7 Year Old 2013 (cask 10444) Rebels - The Guerilla Casks (Brave New Spirits) | 700ML

Only 254 bottles of this single cask, single malt Scotch whisky from Bunnahabhain exist, bottled under the Staoisha name. This peaty Islay expression has spent seven years maturing in a first-fill Ecuadorian rum barrel between 2013 and 2021. After the characteristic, light rum personality had worked its magic, indie bottler Brave New Spirits snapped it up for its Rebels - The Guerilla Casks collection, which highlights cask maturations and finishes you don't see every day!

Staoisha 7 Year Old 2013 (cask 10444) Rebels - The Guerilla Casks (Brave New Spirits) | 700ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Maritime smoke mingles with fresh baked banana bread and muscovado sugar.

Palate: More herbal smoke, with estery bananas cooked over the BBQ, driftwood, crème caramel and peppery spice.

Finish: The vegetal smoke lingers, with spicy brown sugar.

Distillery Information

Bunnahabhain is a distillery situated on the north coast of Islay. The distillery was founded in 1881, and today it produces a variety of whisky styles. Bunnahabhain is best known for its unpeated whiskies, which are light and fruity in style. The distillery also produces peated whiskies, which are more robust and smoky in character. Regardless of style, all of Bunnahabhain's whiskies are renowned for their smoothness and balance. Deriving from the Gaelic for ‘mouth of the river’, Bunnahabhain was founded in 1881 by William Robertson and brothers James and William Greenless. A very smooth, easy-drinking Islay malt, Bunnahabhain (pronounced ‘BOO-na-HAven’) closed and reopened twice during the twentieth century and eventually production was limited to a mere few weeks annually following Edrington's 1999 acquisition of previous owners Highland Distillers. In 2003, Edrington sold Bunnahabhain to Burn Stewart Distilleries for £10 million. Included in this deal was the popular blend Black Bottle, whose contents feature a quantity of spirit from every distillery on Islay. Today, Bunnahabhain production stands at 2.5million litres a year. Of this, 21,000 casks are kept at the distillery for maturation and the resultant whisky will be used for the Black Bottle blend and for bottling as Bunnahabhain single malt. The rest of the outturn is sent for maturation elsewhere. In relative solitude, Bunnahabhain is the Northern-most Islay distillery. It sits in a large bay to the North East of the isle, drawing its water from the Margadale Spring.

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