This single cask bottling of a 26-year-old Banff single malt was produced by independent bottler Ian Macleod as part of the Chieftains series. The whisky was distilled in 1978, matured in an ex-sherry cask and bottled in 2004 in 462 bottles.
Banff was a distillery in Inverboyndie near Banff, Banffshire, Scotland, which was founded in 1863 as the Inverboyndie Distillery by James Simpson Jr. The main building burnt down as early as 1877, the distillery was badly damaged in a German air raid in 1941 and soldering work caused a devastating explosion in 1959. The distillery was closed in 1983, partly demolished in 1985 and the remains finally destroyed by fire in 1991.
Scotland and Scotch whisky is a global trend, a development that has led to a flourishing whisky scene in Scotland. There is hardly a week that goes by in which there is no news about another new distillery being built or the reopening of a distillery that has been closed for a long time.
Scotland, together with Ireland, is today considered the motherland of whisky, whose roots there go back to around 1500 AD.
This single cask bottling of a 26-year-old Banff single malt was produced by independent bottler Ian Macleod as part of the Chieftains series. The whisky was distilled in 1978, matured in an ex-sherry cask and bottled in 2004 in 462 bottles.
Banff was a distillery in Inverboyndie near Banff, Banffshire, Scotland, which was founded in 1863 as the Inverboyndie Distillery by James Simpson Jr. The main building burnt down as early as 1877, the distillery was badly damaged in a German air raid in 1941 and soldering work caused a devastating explosion in 1959. The distillery was closed in 1983, partly demolished in 1985 and the remains finally destroyed by fire in 1991.
Scotland and Scotch whisky is a global trend, a development that has led to a flourishing whisky scene in Scotland. There is hardly a week that goes by in which there is no news about another new distillery being built or the reopening of a distillery that has been closed for a long time.
Scotland, together with Ireland, is today considered the motherland of whisky, whose roots there go back to around 1500 AD.
