Ballechin 2005 15 Year Old Whisky Sponge Edition No.36C Second Fill Sherry Hogshead (70cl, 57.3%)

A 15 year old Highland single malt from Ballechin, distilled in 2005 at Edradour and bottled by Whisky Sponge at a natural cask strength of 57.3%, in a 70cl bottle. It matured for its full term in a second fill sherry hogshead, and 266 bottles were produced. It is part three of the Spongetopia Trilogy, titled The Secondary Darkness, a series styled as old school pulp sci-fi novels with a first paragraph on each rear label. It is described as pure sherry and peat: dark, thick and leathery, with industrial smoke, bitter chocolate, tobacco, smoked chilli and oily, syrupy peat.