SMWS 33.58 Ardbeg 1998 7 Year Old
Lot number: 0492495
Winning bid: £130
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society was founded in Edinburgh in 1983 by Phillip 'Pip' Hills who, while traveling around Scotland in the 1970s, fell in love with whiskies drawn straight from the cask. After convincing some friends to buy a cask of Glenfarclas he expanded his syndicate and in 2004 the Society was purchased by Glenmorangie PLC.
They have a unique code system where the first number refers to the distillery and the second refers to the cask from which the bottle comes from. They are also the largest range of distilleries of any independent bottler.
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Distilled: May 1998
Bottled: June 2005
Age: 7 years old
58.4%ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: One of only 268 bottles released
Please note that there are tasting notes taped on the back.