1 bottle Port Ellen 12 Year Old. Bottled 1980 for the visit of the Queen on August 9th. No box. Plastic wrapper seal over stopper cork. 75cl. Strength unknown. Level above main label. Slight wear but overall good condition. This is both the only known bottling of Port Ellen produced while the distillery was active and the only known example distilled in 1967. It was decided that a bottling should be done for the occasion of the Queen's visit back in 1980. The whisky was selected and drawn from two 1967 Hogsheads by legendary warehouseman Iain 'Pinky' McArthur. The number of bottles produced was very limited, enough that one could be given to the Queen and to each of the councilors and senior staff present on the day. From our knowledge it is believed that only 36 bottles were filled. The bottling strength remains unknown but Iain McArthur insists it was bottled at cask strength without reduction. This particular bottle comes from an ex distillery worker who acquired the bottle over 20 years ago when he was actively working in the whisky industry and it has been stored in his attic until we collected it recently. This is the second time we have been fortunate to auction one of, if not the best whiskies in the world.
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