130 yr old Islay Whisky Returns Home
1911 Lagavulin
One of the world’s rarest bottles of Single Malt Scotch Whisky returned home to Lagavulin Distillery last week.
The exceptional 130 year old unopened bottle of "Lagavulin Liqueur" contains single malt whisky that was distilled at Lagavulin Distillery on Islay on 2 June 1881.
After spending 30 years in cask, the single malt was bottled on 2 June 1911 by Mackie & Co of Glasgow, then owners of Lagavulin Distillery and a firm with a long tradition of supplying Islay malts.
The bottle was acquired by Diageo at auction and forms part of the comprehensive Diageo spirits industry Archive. It was recently exhibited at the Visitors Centre at Royal Lochnagar distillery on Deeside.
But on 2 June, Donald Renwick, the distillery manager at Royal Lochnagar and former distillery manager at Lagavulin, travelled to Islay to carry the bottle back home, where it has been deposited in an ultra-secure display case in the Visitors Centre.