Brewgooder, Vault City and Bruichladdich have joined forces to create a whisky sour beer with a purpose.
The collaborative ‘whisky sour’ beer is aiming to become one of the most expensive bottles of beer ever auctioned, with all the proceeds going towards supporting clean water charity projects.
Brewgooder has joined forces with sour beer heroes Vault City and B Corp distillers Bruichladdich to create the whisky sour beer, inspired by the iconic whisky sour cocktail. All proceeds from the auction will raise funds for charity: water, an organisation which has already unlocked more than 100m litres of clean drinking water in developing countries.
The first four bottles from the project, which were hand sampled and personally labelled and signed by Vault City’s head brewer, will be auctioned by Whisky Auctioneer, the world’s leading online platform for buying and selling whisky and spirits at auction.
The 11% ABV brew has been aged for nine months in Bruichladdich casks prior to bottling. This collaboration also marks the first time that the Classic Laddie casks have left Islay to be used for beer maturation as part of a joint project directly between distillery and brewery.
Alan Mahon, founder of Brewgooder, said: “This beer is not only innovative, unique, and delicious, it also has the potential at auction to be the most impactful beer ever made for a good cause, producing literally thousands of litres of water for those who need it.
“The craft and love that went into this beer from Vault City and Bruichladdich is evident from the finished product and we know that this lot will make one lucky beer and whisky enthusiast, and possibly hundreds of other less fortunate people very happy.”
