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- Suggested retail price: $2,200
- This Thursday at 6:30 p.m., we're pouring a one-ounce pour for $69
We continue in our journey to bring you the very best of the Balvenie-related marks. Last week's Spirits Project bottle (The Balvenie 25) was empty before 8 O'clock. To reiterate: I do believe The Balvenie is unique among Scottish distilleries.
Think of this as a lead up towards the Balevenie 50, which we're going to open in January. I hope you will consider the 50 for yourself, as a present to another, or as a suggestion you might make to a real aficionado. If you sign on to the Balvenie 50 this week, we will invite you do lunch with Master Distiller David Stewart and us this coming Tuesday.
Ladyburn, like The Balvenie, is owned by William Grant...or rather, it was. You see, Ladyburn Distillery has been shuttered since 1975, making this a ghost whisky. In the early 60's William Grant established a small distilling complex in Girvan, Ayrshire. The purpose of this Lowlands distillery was to produce spirit for Grant's various blends as the juice of The Glenfiddich Distillery was newly being dedicated to this crazy new "single malt" project. Two higher quality stills were added in 1966 and it is their issue that is Ladyburn. While much of the whisky from these stills ennobled the blends of William Grant through the 60s and 70s, some extraordinary barrels were kept separate for release as a single-malt. A very few extremely exceptional barrels were kept for 41 Years. As the distillery was in operation for less than a decade, this is one of the rarer bottlings you will find. Four hundred bottles of Ladyburn 41 came to the U.S. One of them will meet its fate Thursday at 6:30. Will you be there?
And because I couldn't resist. Here's how I'm hoping it makes me feel.
We will open one bottle of Ladyburn 41 on Thursday at precisely 6:30. When it's gone, it's gone.
Next Week in The Spirits Project:
Angel's Envy Cask Strength Bourbon