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McGuiness Gold Tassel 1963 & Imperial Distinguished Canadian Whisky 1977 71cl

McGuiness Gold Tassel 1963 & Imperial Distinguished Canadian Whisky 1977 71cl
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McGuiness Gold Tassel 1963 & Imperial Distinguished Canadian Whisky 1977 71clMcGuiness Gold Tassel 1963 & Imperial Distinguished Canadian Whisky 1977 71clMcGuiness Gold Tassel 1963 & Imperial Distinguished Canadian Whisky 1977 71clMcGuiness Gold Tassel 1963 & Imperial Distinguished Canadian Whisky 1977 71clMcGuiness Gold Tassel 1963 & Imperial Distinguished Canadian Whisky 1977 71cl

Lot number: 064-0322

Winning bid: £45

McGuiness Gold Tassel

Lawrence J. McGuinness started in the wholesale liquor business in Toronto in 1905.

During the 1920s, McGuinness formed a partnership with brothers H.W. "Harry" and Herbert Hatch to acquire distilleries, starting with Gooderham and Worts.

In 1933 McGuinness sold his shares in Hiram Walker-Gooderham and Worts, and founded a new distillery. The success of this business led to construction of the Mimico operation, where the distilling, blending, bottling and warehousing of liquor was done.

His son, L.J. (Larry) McGuinness Jr. took over the family business in 1951 and ran it until it was sold to Standard Brands in the 1970s. Cory Distilleries Ltd. bought the company in 1987, and the distillery operation was closed soon after.

Gold Tassel has no stated ABV or volume.

Imperial Distinguished Canadian Whisky

Canada’s distilling industry was pioneered in the 1850s by J.P. Wiser, Henry Corby and Hiram Walker. Towns sprang up around their distilleries, including Walkerville, Ontario, which is now part of Windsor and still home to the Hiram Walker manufacturing facility.

Hiram Walker & Sons is the only “grain to glass” operation in Ontario and boasts the largest distillery capacity in North America with 37 fermenters.

This bottling is from 1977

71cl with no stated ABV

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