SMWS 42.73 Ledaig 1995 25 Year Old
Lot number: 182-01492
Winning bid: £260
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society was founded in Edinburgh in 1983 by Phillip ‘Pip’ Hills who, while travelling around Scotland in the 1970s, fell in love with whiskies drawn straight from the cask. After he expanded his syndicate the Society was purchased by Glenmorangie PLC in 2004.
In 2015, the Society was sold back to private investors. In June 2021, the private owners floated the holding company The Artisanal Spirits Company plc on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange. It has a unique code system where the first number refers to the distillery and the second refers to the cask from which the bottle comes. SMWS also offers the largest range of distilleries of any independent bottler. These curiously named drams really do have something for every whisky lover!
The Thing
Distilled: 22.11.1995
Age: 25 Years Old
Cask Type: 1st. Fill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead
49.7% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: One of only 187 bottles released
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