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Ben Nevis 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask Celebrating Nikka's Ownership

Ben Nevis 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask Celebrating Nikka's Ownership
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Ben Nevis 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask Celebrating Nikka's OwnershipBen Nevis 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask Celebrating Nikka's OwnershipBen Nevis 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask Celebrating Nikka's Ownership

Lot number: 087-0077

Winning bid: £720

Situated at the base of, and named after Britain's tallest mountain, Ben Nevis was founded by 'Long' John McDonald and stayed in the McDonald family until the 1940s. It was then that Joseph Hobbs took over the distillery and revamped production by installing a Coffey still allowing them to experiment in both grain and malt whiskies. The distillery was bought by Nikka in 1989 and about three-quarters of the new make is shipped directly to Japan for use predominantly in Nikka Black.

This President's Cask bottle celebrates 25 years of Nikka's ownership of the Ben Nevis distillery.

Distilled: 28.09.1990

Bottled: 09.06.2014

Age: 23 Years Old

Cask Type: Fresh Bourbon Dump Hogshead

Cask Number: 2 / 1990

56.4% ABV / 70cl

Bottle Number: 217 / 227

Please note very minor marking to label.

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