Balmenach 1977 Gordon and MacPhail Spirit of Scotland / Flight No.9B 'Flying Cows'

Flying Cows is part of the ninth entry in the Juul's Vin & Spiritus Flying series, which has also included a Mortlach and Ardbeg, among others.

Juul's Vin & Spiritus is one of Denmark's most respected wine and spirits importer and retailers. They were established by Svend Juul in 1926 and the business has remained family run for three generations since. Located in Copenhagen, the shop boasts an impressive collection of whisky, and the contacts and strong relationships it has built over its near-100 year history have allowed it to produce a number of its own sought-after independent bottlings.

This is a 1977 vintage, single cask Balmenach. It was bottled by Gordon & MacPhail for Juul's in 2009.

Balmenach is a rarely seen single malt distillery in Speyside. It was built in the early 19th century and for the majority of the 20th it was owned by DCL (now Diageo). Its distinctive style made it highly prized by blenders, and little of it was spared for official distillery bottlings, or independents for that matter. The distillery was closed in 1993 during the Scotch market downturn, but was revived in 1997 by Inver House who purchased it and resumed production. The focus today is still on provision for blends, and Inver House are yet to release a distillery bottling. It is however the source of the popular Carounn gin.

This bottle is being sold from the Pat's Whisk(e)y private collection which, numbering in excess of 9,000 bottles and over 2,000 miniatures, is the single largest collection of whisky ever to be brought to auction. Pat's Whisk(e)y is the result of over fifteen years of passion and dedication to the goal of creating one of the most complete libraries of whisky and whiskey ever amassed by an individual collector. It contains bottles from over 150 different Scottish distilleries, as well as bourbon, rare Scotch releases from sought-after independent bottlers in Europe, and whisky from other distilleries across the globe. Whisky Auctioneer is delighted to have partnered with Pat's Whisk(e)y to offer this collection across a number of exclusive and spotlight auctions. For more information, please click here.