Ben Nevis 1996 Wu Dram Clan 24 Year Old

Ben Nevis distillery was built by "Long" John MacDonald in 1825, and was so popular by the end of the 19th century that at one point the estate employed over 200 people. After a series of closure and re-openings at the beginning of the 20th, it was eventually bought by former Canadian bootlegger, Joseph Hobbs. He installed a coffey still there in 1955, making Ben Nevis Scotland's first dual-operation distillery, and began to blend its malt and grain before filling it to cask. Sporadic closures again followed Hobb's death, with stability finally ensured in 1989 when it was bought by long-term customers, Nikka Whisky of Japan. Its turbulent history means there were few distillery bottlings until the launch of the 10 year old single malt in 1996, but casks had long been making their way to independent labels, and many of them are very highly praised.

This whisky was distilled on 18th October 1996 and aged in single hogshead #1408 for 24 years. It was bottled in June 2021 by Wu Dram Clan. It was aslso jointly bottle with Duckhammer's, The WHisky Kingdom and Kyoto Fin eWine and Spritis.

One of 290 bottles.