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Brora 1972 Douglas Laing 30 Year Old 75cl / The Plowed Society 'Brorageddon'

Lot: 337141

Brora 1972 Douglas Laing 30 Year Old 75cl / The Plowed Society 'Brorageddon'

Winning Bid: £5,300
(Reserve not met) This lot currently has: 42 bids

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Brora
Age: 
30 Year Old
Vintage: 
1972
Region: 
Highland
Bottler: 
Douglas Laing
Cask Type: 
sherry
Bottled Strength: 
50.8%
Bottle Size: 
75cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
product Details

Brora 1972 Douglas Laing 30 Year Old 75cl / The Plowed Society 'Brorageddon'

Douglas Laing & Co was established in 1948 by Fred Douglas Laing, affectionately known as “FDL.” The company started out as a blending business, but over time their focus shifted towards independently bottlings single malts. Fred died in 1982, leaving the business to his two sons, Stewart and Fred Jr, who eventually carved it up in 2013, with Stewart leaving to establish Hunter Laing. Fred Jr and his daughter Cara now run Douglas Laing, which continues to bottle single malt and has also revived its blending business. Additionally, the company has recently moved into distilling as well, announcing plans to construct the new Clutha distillery in Glasgow, and taking over Strathearn in Perthshire in 2019.

The Old Malt Cask series is one of the most established independent labels on the market. It was launched by Douglas Laing in 1998 and bottled by them until 2013 when the brand became part of the Hunter Laing portfolio instead.

A cask strength Brora, this was distilled in 1972 and bottled in February 2003 by Douglas Laing. Titled, Brorageddon, it was specially selected for The Plowed Society by The Whisky Shop in 2003.

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. Official bottlings of Brora did not appear until 1995, long after its closure, but independent bottlings like this were produced from the late 1980s.

When Brora was re-opened in 1969 it was to produce heavily peated spirit to make up for a shortfall of Islay whisky after a drought on the island. Brora vintages from 1973 onwards reverted to the lightly peated Highland style. Many of the bottlings of this brief period of heavily peated vintages are legendary.

One of 201 bottles.

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