Category Single Malt Distillery Bunnahabhain Bottler Signatory Vintage (SV) Bottling serie Sea Shepherd Vintage 28.05.2012 Bottled 28.02.2024 Calculated Age 11 years old Cask Type 1st Fill Sherry Butt Casknumber 900791 Number of bottles 850 Strength 46.0 % Vol. Size 700 ml + Islay Blended Malt Whisky (Into the Bleak) - Sea Shepherd Description Charitable Islay whisky: Blended malt from Bowmore & Co. for Sea Shepherd They've done it again - for the oceans and for enjoyment: Accompanied by cold, rain, fog and navigational challenges, Alex and Nick Ravenhall swam from one shore to the next equipped with whisky. As the weather conditions suggest, the New Zealand brothers ended up in Scotland for their fundraising campaign: on the Hebridean island of Islay. Its iconic distilleries Bowmore and Bruichladdich lie opposite each other on the edges of Loch Indaal and marked the starting and landing points for the charitable open water swimmers. Each of their swims through the bay was accompanied by Bowmore single malt from Oloroso sherry casks. On the other side, an Islay single malt refined in Pedro Ximénez sherry hogsheads was waiting to be "teaspooned" with the Bowmore. Only a teaspoonful of the “mystery malt” was mixed in. At this point, connoisseurs can guess which of the celebrated Islay single malts makes up the majority of the blended malt Into the Bleak. One thing is certain: every bottle of the limited edition sold supports the marine conservation organization Sea Shepherd.