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Longmorn 1968 SMWS 37 Year Old / Whisky Magazine Live!

Lot: 321321

Longmorn 1968 SMWS 37 Year Old / Whisky Magazine Live!

Winning Bid: £1,308

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Longmorn
Age: 
37 Year Old
Vintage: 
1968
Region: 
Speyside
Bottler: 
SMWS
Cask Type: 
Sherry Butt
Bottled Strength: 
56.9%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Longmorn 1968 SMWS 37 Year Old / Whisky Magazine Live!

'An absolute stoater'

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) was founded in 1983 by a group of friends lead by tax accountant Phillip ‘Pip’ Hills as a private members club. The concept behind the society was to source casks from all over Scotland which would then be bottled and made available exclusively to its members. Perhaps the most famous feature of these bottles are the unique codes. Each distillery is represented by a different number and the following digits indicate that particular release. That same year, the SMWS set up its first location in Leith’s Vault buildings in Edinburgh where it still stands today.

This bottle was provided by the SMWS for Whisky Magazines 2006 Whisky Live! event which took place in Tokyo. 

The bottle states... "This distillery's name means 'place of the holy man". That would make this whisky a Longmorn.

Longmorn is a popular Speyside distillery, and an essential component in many blends over the years. As such, much of its production is reserved for this purpose and although distillery bottlings first appeared in the 1980s, it was rarely seen before the 15 year old expression was relaunched in 1993. The distillery has long been prominent on the independent scene however, and has cult following in Japan, perhaps in no small part to its connection with Nikka founder Masataka Taketsuru, who modelled the stills at Yoichi on those at Longmorn.

The whisky was distilled in February 1968 and laid to rest in single sherry butt #903 for 37 years and 10 months. It was bottled in December 2005.

Bottle number 74 of 120 that have been signed by Dave Broom and the late whisky writer Michael Jackson.
 

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