Arran Devil's Punch Bowl Collection
Lot number: 0491314
Winning bid: £370
This lot contains all the three chapters(releases) of the Devil's Punch Bowl from Arran. From the birth of the series with the vatting of 24 casks to the fiendish finale of 21 casks. This lot will guide you through the path of the three releases. Each one a run of 6660 bottles.
Chapter I (1st Release)
The Devil’s Punch Bowl is the company's first whisky to combine peated and un-peated casks.
Limited to 6,660 (The Mark of the Beast, ooh err) bottles globally, the whisky is named after the glacial hollow Coire na Ciche on Arran. It has been drawn from 24 different Arran casks, including Sherry butts.
52.3% ABV / 70cl
Chapter II (2nd Release)
This is the 2nd edition of the acclaimed Devil's Punch Bowl from Arran, subtitled Angels & Devils. Each of the 27 casks used was chosen by master distiller James MacTaggart - the composition is 17 sherry casks, 6 unpeated bourbon casks and 4 peated bourbon casks ranging from 1997 to 2004.
Cask Type: Sherry, bourbon (peated and unpeated) casks
53.1% ABV / 70cl
Chapter III (3rd Release)
James MacTaggart, Master Distiller at Arran has crafted this final part of the Devil's Punch Bowl Trilogy to, "bring the curtain down in dramatic style." A careful blending of 21 casks, 8 Oloroso, 8 French Oak Barriques and 5 Bourbon Barrels this is James' favourite of the Trilogy.
Interestingly Chapter III features no peated whisky but does introduce French Oak into the mix.
Cask Type: Oloroso Sherry Butts, French Oak Barriques and Bourbon Barrels
53.4% ABV / 70cl
One of 6,660 bottles released