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Signatory Vintage Single Malt Miniatures Incl Glen Albyn 1964 (4x5cl)
49.8%5 cl
About this bottle
- Glen Albyn 25YO 1964 Distilled March 1964 - Bottled August 1989. Cask Nos. 942-943 (58% abv) 506 of 1200 bottles.
- Glenfarclas 20YO 1969 Distilled 12/02/1969 - Bottled August 1989. Cask Nos. 52-54 (58.2% abv) 718 of 1200 bottles.
- Tomintoul-Glenliver 18YO 1971 Distilled 17/09/1971 - Bottled May 1989. Cask Nos. 6923-6928 (40% abv) 525 of 1200.
- Rosebank 17YO 1974 Distilled 30/11/1974 - Bottled March 1992. Single Cask No. 5061 (43% abv) 214 of 2400 bottles.
Lot details
Specifications
- Bottler
- Signatory Vintage
- Distillery
- Glen Albyn
- Type
- Miniatures
- Cask number
- See Description
- Bottle size
- 5 cl
- Strength
- 49.8%
- Outturn
- See description bottles
- Shipping weight
- 2 kg
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.
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