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William Administrator
Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 4054 Location: Scotland
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: Oldest Case of Glenfarclas |
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Perhaps this is more history than news. Anyway i received this from Robert Ransom, Director of Sales and Marketing at Glenfarclas and thought you may be interested:
Oldest case of Glenfarclas goes on display
As part of the National Museum of Scotland's new gallery Scotland: A Changing Nation, the oldest unopened case of Glenfarclas Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky goes on public display this week. Scotland: A Changing Nation explores how cultural, social, political and economic influences have impacted on people in Scotland since the First World War.
The history of the oldest unopened case of Glenfarclas is intriguing. It was one of fifty shipped to H Albrecht and Company of Illinois in the 1930s. Mr Shrive, an engineer, purchased six cases. Surprisingly, despite the recent repeal of prohibition, the stock was not consumed very quickly. By 1994 there was one case and one bottle remaining. Mr Shrive's son wrote to Glenfarclas offering the remaining bottles to the distillery.
Realising the significance of the case, John Grant, Chairman and 5th generation of the family that own and manage Glenfarclas, and the distillery's Sales Director at the time, Malcolm Greenwood, travelled to the US to collect the whisky. So precious was the consignment that British Airways arranged a First Class seat for the case on its journey home.
Robert Ransom, Director of Sales and Marketing at Glenfarclas, commented: "We have no plans to open this remarkable case of Glenfarclas. It is fitting that it will now be on public display and form part of the Scotland: A Changing Nation gallery, thus helping to illustrate the importance of the whisky industry to Scotland.'
The Scotland: A Changing Nation gallery opens at the National Museum of Scotland in Chambers Street, Edinburgh, on Friday the 11th July.
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McKay Master Of Malts
Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 768 Location: Scotland
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder how much Glenfarclas paid for the case
I bet it wasnt cheap.
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