Spirit of Unity Whisky

[SBpete]

A group of distilleries have got together in an exciting way to raise money for the Japan and New Zealand earthquakes.
If I was ever to recommend buying a bottle of whisky it would be this one, as all money (except duty & VAT - £10 per bottle) will go to the victims of these disasters.

http://springbankdistillers.com/tasting-room/

[Pans Lass]

A group of distilleries have got together in an exciting way to raise money for the Japan and New Zealand earthquakes.
If I was ever to recommend buying a bottle of whisky it would be this one, as all money (except duty & VAT - £10 per bottle) will go to the victims of these disasters.

http://springbankdistillers.com/tasting-room/

What a thoughtful idea ,just bought 2 bottles for my collection , don't drink the stuff but its a special one to have And proceeds to a good cause Thanks for sharing this Pete .

[Kintyre Forum News]

Great post Peter - thanks.

Here is the full news release

Spirit of unity - Craft Distillers support Japan

A group of independent Scottish Distilleries have agreed to collaborate to produce a unique whisky and donate all proceeds to the disaster relief effort in Japan.

Each of the seven distilleries, representing the best craft producers in the Scotch whisky business, will donate a cask of their single malt that will be expertly blended to create a limited edition whisky, appropriately called the Spirit of Unity, which will never be produced again.

The connections between the malt whisky industry and Japan are strong as few consumers are as passionate about malt whisky as the Japanese and it has been a major export market for many years.

The idea came from Euan Michell, managing director of Isle of Arran Distillers. Mitchell explained: “Many in our industry, like me, travel regularly to Japan and have made friends and contacts with Japanese whisky enthusiasts.

“On seeing the scale and horror of the problems they are facing we were moved to help and other craft distillers immediately came onboard.”

The distillers are Arran, BenRiach, Bladnoch, GlenDronach, Mitchell’s Glengyle, Kilchoman and Springbank. Each of them is a multiple award-winning independent business. They have never collaborated in this way and are never likely to again.

The combined contribution will produce approximately 2,000 bottles with 1,200 available in the UK. The remainder will be shipped to Japan with some being donated for sale in New Zealand to assist with relief in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake. It is expected that the release will be oversubscribed as soon as it is made available.

With the support of suppliers and partners, including retailers, a conservative estimate is that at least £50,000 will be donated to the relief effort.

Independent whisky expert David Broom comments “"This is a marvellous and compassionate response to the dreadful tragedy which has befallen Japan and is a beautifully symbolic gesture of how the craft distillers of Scotland are working together to help their friends in that country."What's more, with the pedigree of the distilleries involved I know that this will be a superb whisky. Nothing like this has been produced before and whisky lovers around the world will be clamouring to own and taste this one-off bottling. In doing so, they will be helping aid the Japanese people."

For whisky fans the leading producers each represent acclaimed malt whisky regions in Islands, Speyside, Highland, Islay, Campbeltown and Lowland.

The producers will offer the limited bottling available through two leading online whisky retailers; Royal Mile Whiskies and Loch Fyne Whiskies, and in their respective shops in Edinburgh & London and Inveraray

Not a penny of profit will be taken from the project by any of the parties involved with the packaging being donated free of charge by Chesapeake Branded Packaging. The Spirit of Unity will be available in store and for despatch by the end of April with details being posted on the websites of the distillers. Pre-orders at £59 per bottle (+p&p) are now being taken at http://www.royalmilewhiskies.com and http://www.LFW.co.uk

[oorly gourlay]

Great idea, very similar to the Islay Malt Pillage where a barrel is made up from whiskies from the Islay and Jura distilleries and more recently, I think, Bushmills in Northern Ireland. The pillage is done by a team of rowers who visit each distillery in an open boat. The result is highly collectible and sought after and raises thousands of pounds for charity.

Having recently had a tasting of the new Kilchoman malt, I hope that this will be the least content of the Spirit of Unity. I think that this was the first time I was speechless as my toe nails melted

[Lyle from Dallas]

I'm puzzled about the conventions on this forum

SBPete provided a very neat and fully informative post, giving a link to further information.
Pans Lass then quoted SBPete in full - despite being the first following post. Why?
KFN then copied and posted the text contents of SBPete's link. Doesn't that slightly undermine the concept of the Internet?
What about the two links within the text of KFN's post - does someone else now have to copy and paste the contents of these in to a further post?

L f D

[Admin3]

[Govangirl]

When Pete posted this, I tried everywhere to buy a bottle but it was all sold out. Today my hubby received a parcel from customers in Japan to thank him for work he had done - and it was this whisky! He's absolutely delighted!!!!

[WC1]

He will enjoy it, GG. The tide is well out in my bottle, and when I asked the guys in the whisky shop in Inveraray last week in the hope of getting another one they had none left