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Bottle Details
Bonnington 2020 Fruitful Spirits Heavily Peated First Release
John Crabbie & Co traces its roots back to 1801 when Miller Crabbie established himself as a merchant in Edinburgh. Under the guidance of his son, John, the company became a force in the whisky blending business, operating the Haddington grain distillery int he mid-19th century. John Crabbie was intrumental in the building of the North British distillery in Edinburgh, and acted as it first chairman. Like so many others, John Crabbie & Co eventually became part of DCL, in 1963, before passing to Macdonald & Muir, under whom its whisky portfolio became dormant. In 2007, Halewood International purchased the brand, and ten years later revived its interest in whisky. In the same year, the acquired land near the original John Crabbie offices, and construction of the Bonnington distillery commenced. Works were completed in December 2019, and production of its new Edinburgh single malt began. The distillery operated bespoke Ogee stills from Speyside Copper Works, and has a capacity of 500,000 litres per year.
This peated Bonnington was distilled in August 2020 and matured in single heavily-charred virgin oak barrel #0779. It was bottled by Fruitful Spirits in August 2023.This single cask was the first heavily-peated single malt from the distillery.
One of 246 bottles.
Bonnington
A single malt Scotch whisky distillery opened in Edinburgh in 2020 by Halewood Artisanal Spirits, the first to open in the city's historic Leith district for nearly 100 years. It primarily produces non-peated single malt, however some runs of peated spirit are also distilled.
Fruitful Spirits
A London-based cask broker and independent bottler, founded in 2021 by Saul and Shoshana Kelly. It releases its own bottlings under the Exceptional Cask Selection banner, as well as brands such as The Bar Mitzvah Whisky Co.
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