Ben Nevis 1966 Douglas Laing 45 Year Old Director's Cut

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.

Distilled June 1996, this Ben Nevis was matured in sherry hogshead #8194 and and was bottled by Douglas Laing in April 2012.

This bottling is part of the discontinued Director's Cut range, once reserved for casks considered the Laing "family jewels." The series was replaced by the Xtra Old Particular brand (XOP) in 2013.

One of 136 bottles.