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- Suggested retail price: $269
- Thursday, March 24 (for as long as it lasts), we're pouring one ounce for $8
James Grant founded founded the Glen Grant distillery with his brother John in 1840. In 1897, business was booming and he established "Glen Grant Number 2," which began production in 1898. The roaring demand of the late 1800s turned out to be a bubble, funded largely by borrowed money. The most prominent fall was that of the Pattison brothers from Leith. The whole downturn is now known as The Pattison crisis. During this ignominious period for which they are known, the number of operating distilleries in Scotland dropped from 191 in 1900 to 132 1908. Glen Grant Number 2 closed in 1902, just four years after it was opened.
There it lay dormant until 1965, when Glenlivet refurbished the old lady, renamed her Caperdonich (Secret Well) and got it up to a production of 350,000 gallons per year. The distillery operated successfully for a run of 37 years. It passed through several hands until it was mothballed by it's final owner, Pernod-Ricard. While most Caperdonich went into blends, some smart merchants like Duncan Taylor acquired some of the best barrels. In accordance with the standard of Duncan Taylor, this is a single-barrel bottling, at cask-strength with no chill filtration and no coloring.
As you can see by the before and-after-pics above, not only is Caperdonich out of production, it is now a pile of rubble. That renders this 1992 bottling a "Ghost Whiskey." All that remains is the spirit.
We will open one bottle at 6:30 precisely. When it's gone, it's gone.