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Port Dundas 1980 SMWS 38 Year Old G6.9

Lot: 5090800

Port Dundas 1980 SMWS 38 Year Old G6.9

Winning Bid: £200

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Port Dundas
Age: 
38 Year Old
Vintage: 
1980
Region: 
Lowland
Bottler: 
SMWS
Cask Type: 
See lot description
Bottled Strength: 
46.5%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
product Details

Port Dundas 1980 SMWS 38 Year Old G6.9

'Listening to the frog chorus'

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 3rd December 1980 and filled into an ex-bourbon hogshead. It was then finished in a second fill toasted hogshead before yielding 147 bottles.

Built in 1811 at the highest point of the city of Glasgow, Port Dundas grain distillery was a true giant of its day. It became a founding member of DCL in 1877, and over the years has been key component in many of its blends, including Johnnie Walker and White Horse. By the end of the 19th century it was the largest distillery in Scotland, armed with three Coffey and five pot stills, the giant was producing well over two million gallons of spirit a year. Having survived two fires in the early 20th century, the distillery’s story came to an end in 2010 when Diageo the modern iteration of DCL, closed it down to consolidate its grain production at the newly expanded Cameronbridge.

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