Dallas Dhu 1974 - 13 years old

From the Signatory Vintage range. Distilled on 13.8.74 and bottled aged 13 on 15.9.97. Cask no 2597, bottle no0 24 of 280. 70cl and bottled at 59.8%Bottle no 24/230

Dallas Dhu Distillery produced whisky from 1899 to 1983. The first barrel was filled on 3 June 1899, and the last on 16 March 1983. In the intervening years, it had a chequered existence. During the First World War it was closed. After the War, Wright & Greig sold it to J. P. O’Brien & Co Ltd of Glasgow, but they went into liquidation in 1921, and Dallas Dhu was sold to Benmore Distillery.

The new owners invested heavily in developments to the site, including a new railway siding. But the Great Depression forced closure in the early 1930s. Soon after reopening production, the distillery was badly damaged by fire, on 9 April 1939. Production began again in 1947, but was finally closed in 1983, largely because of a water shortage caused by prolonged drought.

It was taken over by Historic Scotland and preserved as a museum of distilling.

This Signatory Vintage bottling was distilled on 13.8.74 and bottled 15.9.97. Cask 2597, bottle 24 of 230. 70cl and 59.8%