BEN NEVIS
Location : | Ben Nevis, Fort William (Lies at the foot of Scotland's highest mountain), Inverness-shire. Highland Region. Situated two miles north of Fort William -on the A82. |
Region : | Highland – Inverness |
Country : | Scotland |
Type : | Malt – Scotch Highland Western. |
Distillery : | ? |
Founded : | 1825 by "LONG JOHN" MacDonald. |
Owner : | Nikka Company (Japan) |
Producer : | Nikka Company (Japan) |
Water : | Allt a' Mhuilinn (The Mill Burn), which flows from two small lochans, Coire Leis and Coire na' Ciste, situated at over 3,000 ft up Ben Nevis. |
Remark : |
Ben NevisFounded by "Long John" Macdonald in 1825. Owned by various Macdonalds until bought by Seager Evans in the 1920s. Taken over by Ben Nevis Distillery (Fort William) Ltd. who installed a coffey still. Four pot stills. Sold by the Whitbread group to the Japanese company, Nikka, early in 1989. A cask of Ben Nevis was presented to Queen Victoria on her visit to Fort William on 21 April 1848. The cask was not to be opened until the Prince of Wales reached his majority 15 years later. From the book 'The Scottish Collection' Classic Malts by Carol P. Shaw : |
Ben Nevis Bottlings
Ben Nevis 10 years old |
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Age : | 10 years old. |
Vol : | ?% |
Type : | Single highland malt |
Price : | ? |
Taste : | ? |
Remark : | Sorry no Ben Nevis remarks at present time. |
Age : | 24 Years Old or 13 Years Old. Also availible as Ben Nevis 13 cask |
Vol : | 24=46% / 13=63,1% |
LINKS………. | to official Ben Nevis or related web pages. |
URL : | None at present time. |
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