Ben Nevis 1998 15 Year Old Single Cask #568
Lot number: 092-9194
Winning bid: £200
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.
Distilled: June 1998
Bottled: October 2013
Age: 15 years old
Cask Type: Sherry Cask
Cask Number: 586
56.1% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: 25 / 595
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