2007

2007 Caol Ila 8 years by IB SPIRITS SHOP SELECTION 東方命 Dong Fang Ming: with Box

distilled 2007

bottled 2015

179 bottled

Bourbon Cask

70cl 52.9%

SPIRITS SHOP SELECTION 東方命 Dong Fang Ming

With friends all over the world, Eric Huang’s company, Spirits Shop’ Selection, sources, bottles, and distributes premium spirits from all over the world.

Spirits Shop’s Selection is founded by Eric Huang, one of the foremost whisky experts in Asia. Eric is the only Asian judge of WWA (World Whisky Award), and is also the chairman of the Taiwan and Hong Kong Single Malt Whisky Association (SMWS).

These limited release series is a product of art in terms of taste and presentation. Special artworks by renowned artists are used to adorn each bottle as an expression of its unique taste and character. The labels are of Japanese art individually selected by Eric for each bottling.

Each individual cask is selected by Eric from the Distillers, and bottled as “Spirits Shop Selection” with limited quantities for sale to either friends or close customers. Some of the rare bottlings that are hard to find can currently be found only through auctions.

Darsa 9 Year Old 2007 Guatemalan Rum, Kill Devil (by Hunter Laing) 46%, 70cl

A 9 year old rum from the Darsa distillery in Guatemala, distilled in July 2007 and independently bottled by Hunter Laing for the Kill Devil range (which takes its name from a term used on the Caribbean islands to describe distilled spirits in the 17th and 18th century). 322 bottles were produced.