11 June 2025

    • Ben Nevis 21 Years Old 1996

    Single Cask No.1407

    Winning Bid
    £210
    RESERVE MET
    Ben Nevis 21 Years Old 1996
    Single Cask No.1407
    Lot #1350132
    FINISH DATE
    17 February 2025

    Distilled at Ben Nevis in 1996 (famously a great vintage from this distillery), and matured for 21 years in a single private cask before being bottled at cask strength. This private cask has been well reviewed, including a 90/100 score on whiskyfun.com, described by Angus MacRaild as a whisky of 'wonderful quality'.

    Ben Nevis

    This Highland survivor in Fort William is home to many bizarre tales of experiments and colourful owners. Today, it is owned by Asahi Group, who has used much of its production for its blending requirements in Japan. What Ben Nevis is released domestically is highly sought after and of very good quality. Established in 1825 by ‘Long’ John Macdonald on the foot of the slopes of Ben Nevis, the UK’s highest mountain. The whisky proved to be very popular and prompted a second distilling site to help with demand. In the 1950’s, a Coffey still was installed allowing the distillery to produce grain and in doing so, Ben Nevis became the first Scottish distillery to produce both types of whisky on the same site. The 1970s and 1980s were extremely hard times for the distillery with bouts of closures, before the arrival of Japanese owners and thereafter Ben Nevis has continued to prosper.

    Lot Features
    • BOTTLER
      Official Bottling
    • DISTILLERY
      Ben Nevis
    • TYPE
      Full Size
    • SIZE
      70 cl
    • STRENGTH
      48.8%
    Region
    Scotland, Highlands
    Scotland, Highlands

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