Speciality Drinks adds 'Elements of Islay' whiskies

Speciality Drinks Ltd is pleased to introduce ‘The Elements of Islay', a new range of Single Islay Malt Whiskies that draws its inspiration from traditional medical laboratory labels and packaging - even the bottle used is called ‘pharmacy'.

The Elements range is bottled from individual batches of between 5 and 20 carefully selected casks from a single distillery.

Each label depicts the distillery's ‘Element' symbol alongside a batch number (eg Lp1).

An important feature of the Elements range is the absence of vintage or age statements on the label.

This enables us to marry casks of different ages together to create a unique taste profile for each batch - we believe that age and vintage statements are less important than creating a top quality malt whisky that truly expresses the character of the distillery that made it.

To underscore this, we have asked respected industry figures to endorse each batch. We are delighted that the famous whisky writer, raconteur and bon vivant Charles MacLean has agreed to endorse our inaugural release, which encompasses truly elemental full-proof single malts from three wonderful Islay distilleries.

Ar1: A phenomenal Southern Islay single malt bursting with peat but with a delicious compensating sweetness.

Cl1: A big-boned single Islay malt from a big-windowed distillery with a good view of the Paps. This is a hefty, uncompromising dram, easily tamed with a drop of water.

Lp1: A coalsmokey Southern Islay malt from a distillery with many friends. Exuberant, up-front bonfire character, with citrus and brown sugar notes - this is a must for peatheads.

Available to the trade from: Specilaity Drinks Ltd +44 (0)20 8838 9444

The Elements of Islay will soon also be available in Japan, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, The Netherlands, Austria, Denmark and Taiwan.

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