King George IV 75cl
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Lot number: 182-02197
Winning bid: £45
King George IV became the first reigning monarch to visit Scotland for nearly 200 years when his ship docked at the Port of Leith in 1822. Thanks to Sir Walter Scott, who managed the whole event, it helped forge the whole tartan-clad highlander image of Scotland that became so important to the Scotch whisky industry in the Victorian era.
King George IV was also the monarch who formally passed the 1823 Excise Act, which introduced the first licences to legally distil whisky in Scotland.
Named in his honour, the King George IV brand was registered in the 1880’s by Edinburgh-based Distillers Agency Ltd, which had recently been established as an export branch for the Distillers Company Ltd (DCL). It was run as a separate company with its own blending, bottling and warehousing in South Queensferry. Created predominantly for export, King George IV was still being produced well into the 1970’s.
40% ABV / 75cl
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