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The Aberfeldy 1975 25 Year Old Cadenhead Bond Reserve Welcome back to another installment of ScotchWhiskey Legends. This week, we are taking a look at a rather underrated Highland distillery: Aberfeldy. The bottle in question is a true rarity from independent bottler, Cadenhead. John Dewar’s sons, John Jr.
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Since 2019, Nick Offerman has actively collaborated with the distillery to create the limited Lagavulin Offerman releases, selecting samples and designing packaging. In 2019, the first Lagavulin Offerman limited edition was released, exclusively available to the US market and distillery visitors.
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Following the expression’s revival, The Glendronach 15 Year Old has proven to be a multi-award-winning release, including a gold medal from the International Wine & Spirit Competition (2019), and the accolade of ‘Best in Show’ whisky category winner at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition (2020).
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Production began in October of that year and the distillery opened to visitors in 2019. They remained so until 2001 when a group of Islay landowners and a London wine merchant pooled resources to purchase the distillery for £6 million. Ardnahoe Founded: 2018 Owner: Hunter Laing & Company Capacity: 0.9
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The cask used for finishing will usually have previously held a different type of spirit, wine, or other liquid. This first step usually covers the majority of the whisky’s maturation. After the initial maturation, the whisky is moved to a different cask type.
Their Sherry Cask, Rum Cask, Grand Cru Wine Cask (Paul Lanois), heavily peated single barrels, unpeated single barrels, exceptional ex-bourbon casks release – it has all been rather stunning and extremely transparent with their cask selections and vintages of their whiskies.
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That is still the objective and The Macallan now has a “library” of old and rare vintage releases to match some of the finest wines.” Only 200 bottles were produced, and the current auction record stands at £70,000, achieved at Scotch Whisky Auctions in August 2019.
Then I get fresh seashells like ormers or clams, all kinds of dried fruits (no need to list them all), beeswax, old furniture, old wine, espresso coffee, chocolate, butter caramel, old orange liqueur… Stunning development! The last record auction sale of this whisky was in October 2019, when it sold for an astonishing £42,000 (ex.
It was founded in Aberdeen in 1989 as Kingsbury Wine & Spirits Co. The auction record for this bottle is £25,024 , achieved in January 2019. One such bottle is the Ardbeg 1967 29 Year Old Kingsbury from cask #922. Kingbsury is one of Japan’s most famous independent bottlers. owned by Katsuhiko Tanaka.
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A multi-award-winning release, The Glendronach 18 Year Old’s accolades include a silver and ‘silver outstanding’ medal from the International Wine & Spirit Competition (2013, 2014), and a gold medal from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition (2022). at Gordon’s Fine Wine and Liquors, Waltham.
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