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Arran Malt & Music Festival 2013

Arran Malt & Music Festival 2013
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Lot number: 096-04868

Winning bid: £150

Situated in the Firth of Clyde, the island of Arran was once a hotbed of illicit distillation and smuggling. Eventually though the dreaded Excise men got the best of Arran's renegade stillmen, and the island was without a working distillery from 1837. That all changed in 1995 when the Arran distillery at Lochranza started production.

Although it is a relative youngster, Arran's investment in quality casks has paid dividends, and its popularity continues to soar like the Golden Eagles that nest nearby. This quick success, combined with high visitor numbers at the Lochranza distillery, have enabled the company to construct another distillery at Lagg, on the south of the island, that will focus on creating peated whisky.

At their 2012 Distillery Open Day a masterclass was held to select the
cask which would become the 2013 Festival Bottling. Cask number 519 was a first fill Sherry Hogshead and was deemed to posses the perfect balance of fruit, sweetness and spice that are the hallmarks of The Arran Malt.

Distilled: 07.04.1997

Bottled: 06.06.2013

Cask Type: Sherry Hogshead

Cask Number: 519

50.2% ABV / 70cl

Bottle Number: 90 / 232

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