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Banff 1976 - 23 years old

Banff 1976 - 23 years old
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Banff 1976 - 23 years oldBanff 1976 - 23 years old

Lot number: 013120

Winning bid: £155

From the Signatory Vintage Range. Distilled 2.8.76, bottled 20.3.2000 at 55.5%. Cask no 2249, bottle no 225 of 268. 70cl

From www.whisky-distilleries.info: The history of the Banff distillery is a succession of destructions and reconstructions.

The distillery was settled just a mile outside the town Banff, on the seaside North of Speyside. It was founded in 1824 by James Mc Killigan. Its first name was Mill of Banff then Inverboyndie Distillery.
Closed in 1863, it was rebuild on another site in Inverboyndie.
Destroyed by fire in 1877, it was the target of a bombing in August 1941. In 1953, an explosion in the still room damaged the distillery once again.
The last building of the distillery was destroyed by a fire in 1991.