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Strathisla 1963 Gordon and MacPhail 48 Year Old 'Book of Kells' / The Whisky Fair

Lot: 269886

Strathisla 1963 Gordon and MacPhail 48 Year Old 'Book of Kells' / The Whisky Fair

Winning Bid: £1,650

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Strathisla
Age: 
48 Year Old
Vintage: 
1963
Region: 
Speyside
Bottler: 
Gordon & MacPhail
Cask Type: 
First Fill Sherry Butt
Bottled Strength: 
51.8%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Strathisla 1963 Gordon and MacPhail 48 Year Old 'Book of Kells' / The Whisky Fair

A single cask bottling, this is part of their iconic Book of Kells Series, bearing label art based on the mediaeval, illuminated manuscript for which the series is named. 

Speyside's oldest operating distillery, Strathisla was founded in 1786 as Milltown, and later renamed Milton in 1890. The distillery was an early advocate of its single malt, which it sold under the brand name, Strathisla, after the river that runs past the site. Strathisla single malt was bottled as early as the late 19th century, and proved very popular. None-the-less, by the 1940s it was struggling, needing rescued by Canadian giants, Seagram, who bought it in 1950, renaming it Strathisla the following year, and tasking it as a key contributor to its Chivas blends. Despite this, the single malt brand remained a core part of the business, and remains so to this day.

As Strathisla was one of the distilleries that licensed its brand to Gordon & MacPhail to produce official releases in the 1970s and 1980s, this good standing with the distillery has furnished the Elgin-based independent firm with a steady supply of high quality casks, and subsequently, high quality releases.

This whisky was distilled on 21st February 1963 and laid to rest in 1st fill sherry butt #576 for 48 years before being bottled on 24th March 2011.

Bottle exclusively for the Whisky Fair in Limburg, Germany.

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