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Brora 1977 Rare Malts 24 Year Old / 56.1%

Lot: 325007

Brora 1977 Rare Malts 24 Year Old / 56.1%

Winning Bid: £1,250

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Brora
Age: 
24 Year Old
Vintage: 
1977
Region: 
Highland
Bottler: 
Official
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
56.1%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
product Details

Brora 1977 Rare Malts 24 Year Old / 56.1%

The Rare Malts Selection was a historic selection of single malt whiskies from operational and lost distilleries that were released by Diageo between 1995 and 2005. As with the Flora & Fauna series, they were often from lesser-seen single malt distilleries.

Brora distillery (originally known as Clynelish) was built by the Duke of Sutherland in 1819. Prized by blenders, the distillery found itself in the hands of DCL in 1925 when they acquired shareholders, Ainslie & Heilbron and John Walker & Sons. DCL closed the distillery in 1967 after opening a new, larger Clynelish next-door, but re-opened the first site, now renamed as Brora the following year. Bottlings of the whisky it produced between then and its second closure in 1983 are now increasingly sought after. It was never bottled officially as Brora during its years of operation. In 2017 it was announced that Diageo planned to re-open this formerly lost gem.

Although an extensive series of annual releases was to follow, the Rare Malts Selection were the first official distillery bottlings to bear the Brora name.

This bottle was distilled in 1977 and bottled in October 2001.

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.

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