Bruichladdich 1991 Yellow Submarine 14 Year Old / WMD II

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.

This is a 2007 limited edition bottling of Bruichladdich, released to commemorate the finding of a small yellow submarine on Islay which apparently belonged to the Ministry of Defence.

The whisky was distilled in 1991 and bottled as a 14 year old after finishing in Rioja wine casks.