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dramblersanonymous
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 Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 3:35 pm Post subject: Port Ellen 33yro Distillery Bottling |
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Was walking through Doha airport today and stumbled upon a 33yro Port Ellen distillery bottling, bottled this year (from 1981 apparently) with an outturn of 210 bottles. A snip at $7,020... I haven't been able to find it anywhere online and have a picture but nowhere to host it (if anyone wants a look?). Anybody heard of it?
Interestingly, I was on my way back from the middle of nowhere in CHina and picked up one of the 2011 1978 Highland Park bottlings for under £300. Quite pleased. |
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Mr C
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Great price for the HP! |
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Quaich1
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 5:21 pm Post subject: Re: Port Ellen 33yro Distillery Bottling |
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| dramblersanonymous wrote: | Was walking through Doha airport today and stumbled upon a 33yro Port Ellen distillery bottling, bottled this year (from 1981 apparently) with an outturn of 210 bottles. A snip at $7,020... I haven't been able to find it anywhere online and have a picture but nowhere to host it (if anyone wants a look?). Anybody heard of it?
Interestingly, I was on my way back from the middle of nowhere in CHina and picked up one of the 2011 1978 Highland Park bottlings for under £300. Quite pleased. |
Can't say I have, especially if it's OB. I did look on Qatar Duty free site but they don't list their single malts online. IA photo would be helpful. See this Forum link for explanation how to post a photo here.
http://www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=833
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dramblersanonymous
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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Turns out I had a photobucket account - didn't think I did... Not a great picture, but here she is:
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opelfruit
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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That doesn't look like an official bottling. Bottle isn't the right shape.
Did it say who it was bottled by? Well over priced too.
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sorren
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| It does say matured and bottled by the distillers .. 😳 |
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Quaich1
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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I can't find any 33 year Port Ellen DB anywhere I have searched online.
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dramblersanonymous
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Yup - I couldn't find any bottling notes on it at all. Just the line across the front. |
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Quaich1
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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The only Port Ellen 33 Year Old I found was Gordon & MacPhail Rare Old Bottling Single Malt Scotch Whisky for $1,399.99 Out of Stock.
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sorren
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe it is a secret bottling .. |
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| sorren wrote: | | It does say matured and bottled by the distillers .. 😳 |
This actually says "matured and bottled by The Distillers. Capitalised. As in, the name of the bottling company, rather than "the distillers". No official bottling would say "the distillers", it'd say "matured and bottled by Diageo" or some such.
It can't be bottled by the distillers as the distillery is closed.
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dramblersanonymous
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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| And I thought my mid-journey confusion was the source of the confusion... |
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sorren
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Huh 😳😳😳😐😐😐... Maybe the distillers refers to the workers at port Ellen who bought a cask and bottled it privately.. 😖 |
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drPete
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| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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The font and label look like a deliberate attempt to ape the official bottlings
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