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Ben Nevis 1967 Single Sherry Cask 41 Year Old #1281 / Alambic Classique

Lot: 325018

Ben Nevis 1967 Single Sherry Cask 41 Year Old #1281 / Alambic Classique

Winning Bid: £1,451

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Ben Nevis
Age: 
41 Year Old
Vintage: 
1967
Region: 
Highland
Bottler: 
Official
Cask Type: 
Sherry
Bottled Strength: 
49.4%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Ben Nevis 1967 Single Sherry Cask 41 Year Old #1281 / Alambic Classique

Ben Nevis distillery was built by "Long" John MacDonald in 1825, and was so popular by the end of the 19th century that at one point the estate employed over 200 people. After a series of closure and re-openings at the beginning of the 20th, it was eventually bought by former Canadian bootlegger, Joseph Hobbs. He installed a coffey still there in 1955, making Ben Nevis Scotland's first dual-operation distillery, and began to blend its malt and grain before filling it to cask. Sporadic closures again followed Hobb's death, with stability finally ensured in 1989 when it was bought by long-term customers, Nikka Whisky of Japan. Its turbulent history means there were few distillery bottlings until the launch of this 10 year old single malt in 1996.

This single cask Ben Nevis was distilled in April 1967 and matured in sherry cask #1281. Bottled at cask strength in January 2009 exclusively for German wine and spirit merchants, Alambic Classique.

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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