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Caledonian 1988 Cadenhead's 33 Year Old

Lot: 5070055

Caledonian 1988 Cadenhead's 33 Year Old

Winning Bid: £110

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Caledonian
Age: 
33 Year Old
Vintage: 
1988
Region: 
Lowland
Bottler: 
Wm Cadenhead
Cask Type: 
ex-Bourbon
Bottled Strength: 
43.9%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
product Details

Caledonian 1988 Cadenhead's 33 Year Old

Caledonian is a lost grain distillery, built in Edinburgh by Graham Menzies & Co. It operated a single column still, once described by James Grant as the "greatest in Scotland," and later two pot stills which produced an Irish-style grain whisky. It became the seventh member of DCL in 1884. When DCL merged with Guinness in 1986 to form United Distillers, the company's enormous portfolio of distilleries required streamlining, and Caledonian was one of those that did not survive the cull, shut down for good in 1988. It has only twice been officially bottled as a single grain, once in its lifetime as a commemorative bottling for the 1986 Commonwealth games in its home city, and later under The Cally brand by Diageo. Thankfully, releases like this have appeared over the decades under independent labels.

This whisky was distilled in 1988 and laid to rest in a single ex-Bourbon Hogshead for 33 years.

Wm. Cadenhead is Scotland’s oldest independent bottler, founded in 1842 by George Duncan. His brother William Cadenhead joined the company in 1952, taking over after George’s death in 1958. The company got into the whisky bottling business after 1904, when his nephew Robert Duthie took over, and since its sale to J&A Mitchell in 1972, Wm. Cadenhead has become on of the most sought after names in whisky. Its Authentic Collection is the flagship brand, but the portfolio of the company has expanded in recent years with labels like this.

One of 192 bottles.

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