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Clynelish 2012 SMWS 9 Year Old 26.198

Lot: 5084386

Clynelish 2012 SMWS 9 Year Old 26.198

Winning Bid: £95

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Clynelish
Age: 
9 Year Old
Vintage: 
2012
Region: 
Highland
Bottler: 
SMWS
Cask Type: 
first-fill ex-Bourbon
Bottled Strength: 
61.9%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Clynelish 2012 SMWS 9 Year Old 26.198

'A big waxy apple'

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 whisky was distilled on 23rd October 2012 and aged in a first-fill ex-Bourbon cask for 9 years.

Clynelish distillery as it is recognised today, was built in 1967 to replace the smaller distillery next-door, which was the original site of that name. The first distillery was closed, but later re-opened, changing its name to Brora (but that’s another story). Clynelish is part of the Diageo stable, having been taken over by DCL in 1912. Despite being an important part of the Johnnie Walker blends, it has long been bottled as a single malt.

One of 241 bottles.

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