According to Drink Business Review, Scotland’s independent distilleries have jointly made limited edition Spirit of Unity, a new whiskey to raise funds for the disaster relief effort in Japan. Each of the Scottish distilleries have donated a cask of single malt to create a limited edition whiskey.
The Spirit of Unity limited edition 2,000 bottles that were expected to be produced have been pre-sold ahead of its planned bottling by mid-May. The sale of this new scotch whiskey is expected to raise a fund of 80,000 Euro for Japan disaster relief.
Behind the collaboration are distillers Arran, BenRiach, Bladnoch, GlenDronach, Mitchell’s Glengyle, Kilchoman and Springbank. 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.
Arran Distillers Isle managing director Euan Mitchell said on seeing the scale and horror of the problems they are facing the company was moved to help and other craft distillers immediately came on board. “Not a penny of profit will be taken from this project by any of the parties involved, with the packaging being donated free of charge,” said Mitchell.
The Spirit of Unity is being handled by two online whiskey retailers, Royal Mile Whiskies and Loch Fyne Whiskies, and in their respective shops in Edinburgh and London, and Inveraray.
