14 May 2025
RESERVE NOT MET
FINISH DATE
30 November 2024

    • Glen Albyn 17 Years Old 1979

    SMWS 69.4

    Highest Bid
    £300
    Glen Albyn 17 Years Old 1979
    SMWS 69.4
    Lot #1320990

    Distilled at Glen Albyn in June 1979, matured in a single cask, before being bottled in June 1996 by The Scotch Malt WhiskY Society.

    Glen Albyn

    One of the lost trio of Inverness distilleries, Glen Albyn stood in the Muirtown area of the city alongside the Caledonian canal and Muirtown Basin. Founded in 1846 by James Sutherland, it was soon converted into a flour mill before returning to whisky in 1884. A key figure at this time was the distillery manager, James Birnie, who was credited with reviving the distillery before leaving as his contribution wasn’t being recognised by the owners. His answer was to build a new distillery (Glen Mhor) across the road from Glen Albyn. Glen Albyn continued to produce before eventually being purchased by the owners of Glen Mhor. Thereafter they were run as separate entities with some rivalry between the distilleries. They were both entirely different whiskies with Glen Albyn being lighter and destined for blends. Eventually, both distilleries were purchased by DCL in 1972 to help provide Highland malt for their own blending needs, before being closed in the widespread cuts of 1983.

    Lot Features
    • BOTTLER
      SMWS
    • DISTILLERY
      Glen Albyn
    • TYPE
      Full Size
    • SIZE
      70 cl
    • STRENGTH
      63.8%
    Region
    Scotland, Highlands
    Scotland, Highlands

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