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BANFF

16 years old

40%

CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distilled 1974
Bottled 1990
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

Goudkleurig. Medium body. Rokerig, iets zoet. Schoon van smaak met iets van gember in de afdronk.

BANFF

15 years old

61,7%

Distilled Feb 77
Bottled Mar 92
Society Cask No. code 67.3
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society,
The Vaults, Leith, Edinburgh

Bleek van kleur. Zoete heel aromatische neus. Verfrissend en heel indringend. Lange afdronk.

BANFF

23 years old

40 %
CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distilled 1974
Bottled 1997
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

BANFF

18 years old

58,8 %
SILENT STILLS
Distilled 21.12.78
Bottled 28.10.97
Cask No. 4618
260 bottles
Slater Rodger & Co, Ltd
Signatory Vintage
Scotch Whisky Co, Ltd, Edinburgh

BANFF

26 years old

40 %
CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distilled 1976 - Bottled 2002
Proprietors: Slater, Rodger Ltd,
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

BANFF

21 years old

58,2 %
CADENHEAD'S
AUTHENTIC COLLECTION
Highland Individual cask
Cask Strenght
Distilled August 1976
Bottled February 1998
Not diluted, No Chill Filtration
No Colouring, No Additives
Wm. Cadenhead, Campbeltown

BANFF

18 years old

43 %
CHIEFTAIN'S CHOICE
Distilled 1980
Ian MacLeod & Co, Ltd, Broxburn

BANFF

21 years old

43%
CHIEFTAIN'S CHOICE
Distilled 1978
Ian MacLeod & Co, Ltd, Broxburn

BANFF

23 years old 55,5 %
VINTAGE 1976
Distilled 25.8.76
Bottled 20.3.2000
Cask No. 2249
Genummerde flessen
268 bottles
Natural Colour
Signatory Vintage
Scotch Whisky Co, Ltd, Edinburgh

BANFF

34 years old

52,3%

RAW CASK
Distilled 16th November 1966
Bottled August 2001
Single Sherry Oak Butt No. 3438
Cask Strenght
539 bottles
No added Colour
No chill filtration
Blackadder International

Blackadder Raw Cask is carefully bottled as it is drawn from the cask retaining all its natural Cask Sediments as well as all its natural Oils and Fats, thus ensuring the maximum possible Natural Flavour in every bottle.

BANFF

24 years old

55,8 %
Vintage 1976
Distilled on 25.8.76
Bottled: 18.7.2001
Cask No. 2251
Cask Strenght
284 Bottles
Genummerde flessen
Natural Colour
Signatory Vintage
Scotch Whisky Co, Ltd, Edinburgh

BANFF

34 years old

45,8%
THE OLD MALT CASK
Special Cask Strenght
Single Cask Bottling
Distilled February 1966
Bottled April 2000
408 bottles
No Chill Filtration
No Colouring
Bottled at Natural Cask Strenght
Douglas Laing & Co, Ltd, Glasgow

BANFF

21 years old

57,1%

RARE MALTS SELECTION
Distilled: 1982
Bottled: 2004
Natural Cask Strenght
Limited Edition
Numbered Bottles
Scottish Malt Distillers, Elgin

Banff comes from a now closed distillery originally founded in 1824

a mile outside the old royal town that Alfred Barnard later thought

the most fashioable seaport in the North of Scotland.

This bright gold, soft bodied Highland 21 years old starts clean,

and nutty on the nose then yields creamy, digistive biscuit flavours

that dry slightly into a sharper, medium lenght finish, all oat cakes,

bitter walnuts and ginger marmalade

BANFF

Aged 31 years

43 %
SIGNATORY VINTAGE
CASK STRENGHT COLLECTION
Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distilled on: 12/11/1975
Matured in a Hogshead
Cask No: 3343
Bottled on: 04/10/2007
261 Numbered Bottles
Natural Colour
Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky Co, Ltd, Edinburgh

BANFF

Aged 33 years

49.2 %
1 9 7 5
Highland
THE EXCLUSIVE MALTS
Fine Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distilled 24th April 1975
Cask no. 1489
One of 238 Bottles
No colouring
No chillfiltering
The Creative Whisky Co, Ltd, Hamilton

BANFF

32 years old

43 %

CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT
SCOTCH WHISKY
Distillation date 1976
Cask type Refill Sherry Casks
Bottling date 2008
Proprietors: Slater, Rodger Ltd
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

Nose: Sweet and fruity with floral notes

Palate: Sweet, smoky –ash and burnt fruits

Body: Rounded

Finish: Sweet and subtle

BANFF

Banff, Banffshire. Licentiehouder: Slater, Rodger Limited. Eigendom van The Distillers Company Ltd. (D.C.L.). In1983 gesloten en ontmanteld.

De distilleerderij werd gesticht in 1824 door Major James McKilligan bij Mill of Banff, vlakbij Colleonard Farm.

Major James McKilligan overleed in 1837.

Zijn opvolger was Alex Macaky en in 1852 werd James Simpson eigenaar samen met zijn zoon James Junior.

In dat zelfde jaar bouwde James Junior een nieuwe distilleerderij te Inverboyndie, een mijl ten zuid-westen vanBanff gelegen, naast de spoorlijn die in 1859 was geopend.

Op 9 Mei 1877 werd de distilleerderij totaal door brand verwoest, met uitzondering van de lagerpakhuizen en de mouterij. Er werd snel herbouwd en in Oktober kon men al weer produceren

In 1885

stonden er zes ketels.

In November 1898

werd Banff een Limited company

met een kapitaal van £ 72.000.

In 1921

werd de te Londen gevestigde

Mile End Distillery Company,

een dochter onderneming van de

bierbrouwersTaylor Walker een grote

aandeelhouder.

Eén van de lagerpakhuizen werd

verbouwd tot een blending en bottel

fabriek.

Maar de magere jaren rond 1920 waren zo slecht voor Banff dat de distilleerderij in liquidatie ging in Maart 1932 en Banff werd overgenomen door The Distillers Company Ltd voor £ 50.000.

Op 16 Augustus 1941 werd Banff gebombardeerd door een alleen vliegende Duitse Junkers JU 88 bommenwerper.

Lagerpakhuis nummer 12 werd getroffen en honderden vaten met whisky explodeerden. The Banffshire Journal melde dat rivieren van blauw vuur uit de distilleerderij kwamen, eenden

ganzen en andere watervogels waren dronken of werden verzwolgen door de vloed van vuur, en koeien konden niet worden gemolken omdat ze niet meer op hun poten konden staan.

Na de tweede wereldoorlog werd de produktie weer opgestart.

Op 3 Oktober 1959 was er een enorme explosie, tijdens het solderen van de koperen distilleerketel. Er was een enorme schade en het nam weken tijd om alles te repareren.

Op 31 Mei 1983 werd Banff gesloten en waren dertien mensen zonder werk. De ontmanteling begon in 1985. Het laatst overgebleven lagerpakhuis werd op 11 April 1991 door brand verwoest

Rond 1965 zijn er tot tweemaal toe plannen geweest om op deze plaats weer een distilleerderij te bouwen, waarvan één van de D.C.L, de andere maal door een groep plaatselijke zakenmensen.

Zo goed als de gehele produktie van Banff was bestemd voor blenders. Banff had twee ketels en het water kwam van een bron op de Fiskaidly boerderij.

1824

James McKilligan & Co sticht een

distilleerderij bekend als

Mill of Banff, en wat later Inverboyndie

werd genoemd

1837

James McKilligan sterft, Alex Mackay

wordt de nieuwe

eigenaar

1852

James Simpson neemt samen met

zijn zoon James

junior de distilleerderij over

1863

De distilleerderij groeit uit zijn jas,

en James junior

bouwt een nieuwe distilleerderij bij

het dorp Inverboyndie

en noemt de distilleerderij Banff.

De firmanaam wordt Simpson & Co

1877

Op 9 mei wordt de distilleerderij

grotendeels door

brand verwoest, alleen de lagerpakhuizen

en mouterij

blijven onbeschadigt. In October wordt

de distilleerderij weer opgestart

1906

Triple distillatie in gebruik tot 1971

1921

Simpson & Co verkoopt een deel van de

distilleerderij

aan de Mill End Distillery Company

1924

Het systeem van drie maal distillatie

wordt gestopt

1932

Simpson & Co gaat failliet,

Scottish Malt Distillers

(S.M.D.) neemt de distilleerderij over voor

£ 50.000

1941

Een Junkers Ju-88 van de Duitse Lufwaffe

bombardeert

één van de lagerpakhuizen op 16 Augustus:

honderden vaten

exploderen en duizenden liters whisky gaan

in vlammen op

1959

Eén van de ketels vliegt in de lucht

1968

De mouterij wordt gesloten

1983

Banff distilleerderij, gaat samen met tien

andere

distilleerderijen dicht.

1985

De gebouwen worden gesloopt

1991

Wat nog over is aan bebouwing wordt

door brand

verwoest

2004

Diageo brengt een 21 jaar oude Banff uit

in zijn serie Rare Malts.

THE OLD MALT CASK 50o

Douglas Laing & Co, Ltd

Douglas House 18, Lynedoch Crescent, Glasgow G 36 £ Q.

In 1949 Fred Douglas Laing established Douglas Laing & Co primarily as a blender and bottler for his Scotch Whisky blends The King of Scots and House of Peers, which are available today internationally.

Large stocks and reserves of aging Malts in particular, were laid down by Mr. Laing, many being guarded for 25 - 30 years specifically for the older blends such as the 25 and 30 Year Old KING OF SCOTS.

With more than 50 different Malts in stock, over the last 50 years from filling programme, it was obvious that the Malt Master would have certain favourites. These have variously been chalked off the times of regular quality control, as being of particular qualitative interest; both commercially, and for the pleasure of the Directors. It has been their particular perk, benefit and privelege to nose and taste some of the finest quality samples indicative of the Distillers's art.

It was judged by the two current owners/directors (sons of the founder, so nepotism is not dead!) that some of these stocks were 'too good to blend'. And so the OLD MALT CASK selection was developed in 1999 to extend those perks and benefits beyond the Director's tasting suite!

Initially it was felt that 50 different Malts commemorating the Company's 50th Anniversary would be approciate. That tally has now been exeeded but our preferred strenght of 50 X ale/vol is maintained. We believe this strenght creates a fine, round, full quality for various Malts when taken 'neat'. It also allows the regular consumer to know precisely how much or little water should be added to this artisan and craftman's distillate.

These selected Malt Whiskies have waited many years to reach their classic heights of qua-lity. Not only with your health in mind, but with a view to greater enjoyment, may we suggest that in the style of the founder, whose signature endorses your Malt, you enjoy its glass leisurely and slowly.

Douglas Laing.

Process water came from springs on Fiskaidly farm, cooling water from the Burn of Boydine.The mill was a King of Nailsworth and was the only one in the industrie.

Located on the Moray Coast, in distillery terms Banff was situated between Macduff and Glenglassaugh. In its early days, when still owned by the Simpson family, a single malt was bottled under the name Old Banff and supplied to theHouse of Commons. In the DCL era, it provided fillings for blends. There are very occasional bottlings, most notably within Diageo’s now discontinued Rare Malts range. The whisky had a slight smoky tinge underneath perfumed notes, a distinct apple note and the light oiliness of many of these older distilleries.

Banff could be considered Scotland’s most onomatopoeic distillery. Its entire history was littered with times when it went‘banff!” and erupted into flames.

The original distillery was built in the Royal Burgh in 1824 by one Major James McKilligan before passing into the hands of the Simpson family. In 1863, James Simpson Jr. closed it down and resumed distilling at a new site at Inverboyndie, closer to the railway line.

Then the jinx started. In 1877, the distillery buildings were destroyed in a blaze. Undeterred, the Simpsons had rebuilt the plant and started production within six months. The family remained at the helm until 1932, by which time the economic downturn and subsequent drop in demand for whisky forced the firm into liquidation. That year it was bought by SMD (the malt distilling arm of DCL) but remained closed from then until after World War Two.

Its bad luck continued when, on the night of 16 August 1941, the distillery was strafed and bombed by theLuftwaffe. A warehouse exploded, sending casks flying into the air and a river of whisky flooding out over the fields and into the river. There was considerable devastation and tales of drunken cows that were incapable of being milked the next day.

Production resumed post war, but the jinx struck again inOctober 1959 when during the silent season there was an explosion in the still house which destroyed the spirit still and much of the distillery – amazingly no-one was hurt.

Banff started up yet again and ran until 1983 when the distillery buildings and warehouses began to be demolished. Just before the final warehouse was due to be knocked down, it caught on fire. It seems like the most appropriate manner forScotland’s unluckiest distillery to leave the scene.

1824

Major James McKilligan establishes the

distillery,

known as Mill of Banff

1837

Major James McKilligan dies, Alan Mackay

takes over

1852

James Simpson takes over with his son

James Junior

1863

James Simpson moves the site to

Inverboyndie

The distillery is now called Banff,

the company's name

is Simpson & Co

1877

Banff distillery catches fire on 9th May,

most of the

distillery buildings are devatstates except

the ware-

houses and maltings.

1877

October the distillery starts again

1921

The Simpson family sells part of the

distillery to

Mile End Distillery Company

1924

Triple distillation ceases

1932

Simpson & Co files fpr bankruptcy

The business is bought by DCL for

50.000 pound

1939-45

The distillery is closed during WWII

and used as a

billet for troops

1941

16 August Banff is bombed by the

Luftwaffe,

warehouse no 12 causing the warehouses

to explode

1945

Production restarts following the war

1959

Another explosion occurs in the stillhouse,

one still is

lost

1983

The distillery closes once more

1991

The last remaining warehouse catches fire

2004

Diageo launches a 21 year in the Rare Malt

Series

Diageo

1997 - present

United Distillers

1986 - 1997

Distillers Company Limited

1932 - 1986

Mile End Distillery Co

1921 - 1932

James Simpson

1852 - 1921

James McKilligan & Co

1824 - 1852