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Dumbarton 1997 22 Year Old Infrequent Flyers

Dumbarton 1997 22 Year Old Infrequent Flyers
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Lot number: 111-02935

Winning bid: £100

In 1936, George Ballatine & Sons was bought by Hiram Walker-Gooderham and Worts; although this made them into a big name in the industry, they had no distilleries and specifically no source of grain whisky. Therefore, Dumbarton distillery was built at the old MacMillan shipyard on the River Leven. Dumbarton was best known for producing the grain base for Ballatine's Inverleven blend. To protect the whisky stocks from any intruders, Hiram Walker employed a hundred white geese named the 'Scotch Watch'. The distillery was closed in 2002 and the remaining geese were later retired to Glasgow Green.

This Dumbarton single grain was bottled for the Alistair Walker Whisky Company in Grangemouth which was established in 2018.

Distilled: 24.09.1997

Bottled: 03.2020

Age: 22 Years Old

Cask Type: Virgin Oak

Cask Number: 178

55.3% ABV / 70cl

Bottle Number: One of only 202 bottles released

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