Bell’s 8 Year Old Millennium Bottling

Perth-based Arthur Bell began vatting malt whiskies together to provide greater consistency from 1851, going on to combine malts and grains to create his own blended Scotch. In 1895 the ‘Extra Special’ trademark was registered, and was first used alongside Bell’s name in 1904. This was effectively Bell’s first branded blend. 

By 1970 Bell’s was Scotland’s leading blended Scotch, and in 1978 it became the best-selling blended Scotch in the UK, having seen sales grow in value by some 800% between 1970 and 1979, though it did briefly lose its number one status to The Famous Grouse in 1980. Remarkably, by that year Bell’s could boast around 35% of the market share for standard blended Scotch in Britain.

One major change to the actual Bell’s blend took place in 1994, when an 8-year-old age statement was added. This was a time when there was a surplus of mature Scotch whisky, so the move to give a perception of additional quality and kudos was understandable.

Bottled to celebrate the Millennium.

Age: 8 Years Old

40% ABV / 70cl

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