Tasted at Saratoga Whiskey Club Tasting # 101 - Milk & Honey. Matured at the lowest point on earth, The Dead Sea experiment started in October of 2018, when M&H Distillery placed 20 ex-bourbon, ex-red wine, and ex-STR (Shaved/Toasted/Re-charred) casks on the rooftop of a hotel at approximately 1,387-feet (423 meters) below sea level. The casks matured in the Dead Sea region for an entire year before being returned to the Tel Aviv warehouse and bottled in July of 2021. The final result is a unique whisky that is said to capture the Dead Sea’s distinct characteristics, including low annual precipitation, an arid and dry desert climate that can reach 122°F in the summer and a salt content 9.6 times that of the ocean, resulting in “angel’s share” of up to 25% per year, compared to only 2% in Scotland.