Doctor’s Special Circa 1970’s 37.5cl

A long-established blend created by the Glasgow merchant Robert MacNish & Co, and now owned by Chivas, the health-giving properties of Scotch as a cure for flu, colds and life in general have been pushed by plenty of whiskies over the years, not least Laphroaig which enjoyed legitimate US sales as a ‘medicinal spirit’ during Prohibition.

Robert MacNish set up shop on Glasgow’s Hope Street in 1863 selling tea from India and China, Virginia tobacco and Scotch whisky, while his sons went on to develop exports and open an office in London.

The firm’s most enduring blend, the Grand MacNish, has been in continual production since the start, and was lauded by Ernest Hemmingway in an interview with Look Magazine in 1954.

It is unclear when the firm first released Doctor’s Special, but early adverts, when it was labelled ‘Special Liqueur Cream old Scotch whisky’ suggest it may date from the Edwardian era. It later defined itself as the ‘Aristocrat of Fine Scotch whiskies,’ and was by appointment to King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden, who ruled from 1950-73.

…this is one prescription we’ll happily follow. We estimate this was bottled circa 1970’s.

43% ABV / 37.5cl

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