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BANFF         

16 years old

40%            

CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distilled 1974
Bottled 1990
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin


Goudkleurig. Medium body. Rokerig, iets zoet. Schoon van smaak met iets van gember in de afdronk.  
 
BANFF         
15 years old
61,7%           
Distilled Feb 77
Bottled Mar 92
Society Cask No. code 67.3
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society,
The Vaults, Leith, Edinburgh

Bleek van kleur. Zoete heel aromatische neus. Verfrissend en heel indringend. Lange afdronk.

BANFF         
23 years old
40 %              
CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distilled 1974
Bottled 1997
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

BANFF         
18 years old
58,8 %                    
SILENT STILLS
Distilled 21.12.78
Bottled 28.10.97
Cask No. 4618
260 bottles
Slater Rodger & Co, Ltd
Signatory Vintage
Scotch Whisky Co, Ltd, Edinburgh

BANFF        
26 years old
40 %              
CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distilled 1976 - Bottled 2002
Proprietors: Slater, Rodger Ltd,
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

BANFF         
21 years old
58,2 %               
CADENHEAD'S
AUTHENTIC COLLECTION
Highland Individual cask
Cask Strenght
Distilled August 1976
Bottled February 1998
Not diluted, No Chill Filtration
No Colouring, No Additives
Wm. Cadenhead, Campbeltown

BANFF         
18 years old
43 %               
CHIEFTAIN'S CHOICE
Distilled 1980
Ian MacLeod & Co, Ltd, Broxburn

BANFF         
21 years old
43%              
CHIEFTAIN'S CHOICE
Distilled 1978
Ian MacLeod & Co, Ltd, Broxburn

BANFF         
23 years old 55,5 %          
VINTAGE 1976
Distilled 25.8.76
Bottled 20.3.2000
Cask No. 2249
Genummerde flessen
268 bottles
Natural Colour
Signatory Vintage
Scotch Whisky Co, Ltd, Edinburgh

BANFF         
34 years old
52,3%           
RAW CASK
Distilled 16th November 1966
Bottled August 2001
Single Sherry Oak Butt No. 3438
Cask Strenght
539 bottles
No added Colour
No chill filtration
Blackadder International

Blackadder Raw Cask is carefully bottled as it is drawn from the cask retaining all its natural Cask Sediments as well as all its natural Oils and Fats, thus ensuring the maximum possible Natural Flavour in every bottle.

BANFF         
24 years old
55,8 %               
Vintage 1976
Distilled on 25.8.76
Bottled: 18.7.2001
Cask No. 2251
Cask Strenght
284 Bottles
Genummerde flessen
Natural Colour
Signatory Vintage
Scotch Whisky Co, Ltd, Edinburgh

BANFF        
34 years old
45,8%             
THE OLD MALT CASK
Special Cask Strenght
Single Cask Bottling
Distilled February 1966
Bottled April 2000
408 bottles
No Chill Filtration
No Colouring
Bottled at Natural Cask Strenght
Douglas Laing & Co, Ltd, Glasgow

BANFF       
21 years old
57,1%               
RARE MALTS SELECTION
Distilled: 1982
Bottled: 2004
Natural Cask Strenght
Limited Edition
Numbered Bottles
Scottish Malt Distillers, Elgin

Banff comes from a now closed distillery originally founded in 1824
a mile outside the old royal town that Alfred Barnard later thought
the most fashioable seaport in the North of Scotland.
This bright gold, soft bodied Highland 21 years old starts clean,
and nutty on the nose then yields creamy, digistive biscuit flavours
that dry slightly into a sharper, medium lenght finish, all oat cakes,
bitter walnuts and ginger marmalade

BANFF             
Aged 31 years
43 %                                  
SIGNATORY  VINTAGE
CASK  STRENGHT  COLLECTION
Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distilled on: 12/11/1975
Matured in a Hogshead
Cask No: 3343
Bottled on: 04/10/2007
261 Numbered Bottles
Natural Colour
Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky Co, Ltd, Edinburgh

BANFF            
Aged 33 years
49.2 %                             
1 9 7 5
Highland
THE  EXCLUSIVE  MALTS
Fine Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distilled 24th April 1975
Cask no. 1489
One of 238 Bottles
No colouring
No chillfiltering
The Creative Whisky Co, Ltd, Hamilton

BANFF    
32 years old
43 %       
CONNOISSEURS  CHOICE
HIGHLAND  SINGLE  MALT  
SCOTCH  WHISKY
Distillation date 1976

Cask type Refill Sherry Casks
Bottling date 2008
Proprietors: Slater, Rodger Ltd
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

Nose: Sweet and fruity with floral notes
Palate: Sweet, smoky –ash and burnt fruits
Body: Rounded
Finish: Sweet and subtle






BANFF

Banff, Banffshire. Licentiehouder: Slater, Rodger Limited. Eigendom van The Distillers Company Ltd. (D.C.L.). In1983 gesloten en ontmanteld.

De distilleerderij werd gesticht in 1824 door Major James McKilligan bij Mill of Banff, vlakbij Colleonard Farm.
Major James McKilligan overleed in 1837.

Zijn opvolger was Alex Macaky en in 1852 werd James Simpson eigenaar samen met zijn zoon James Junior.

In dat zelfde jaar bouwde James Junior een nieuwe distilleerderij te Inverboyndie, een mijl ten zuid-westen vanBanff gelegen, naast de spoorlijn die in 1859 was geopend.

Op 9 Mei 1877 werd de distilleerderij totaal door brand verwoest, met uitzondering van de lagerpakhuizen en de mouterij. Er werd snel herbouwd en in Oktober kon men al weer produceren
.
In 1885
stonden er zes ketels.
In November 1898
werd Banff een Limited company
met een kapitaal van £ 72.000.
In 1921
werd de te Londen gevestigde
Mile End Distillery Company,
een dochter onderneming van de
bierbrouwersTaylor Walker een grote
aandeelhouder.
Eén van de lagerpakhuizen werd
verbouwd tot een blending en bottel
fabriek.

Maar de magere jaren rond 1920 waren zo slecht voor Banff dat de distilleerderij in liquidatie ging in Maart 1932 en Banff werd overgenomen door The Distillers Company Ltd voor £ 50.000.

Op 16 Augustus 1941 werd Banff gebombardeerd door een alleen vliegende Duitse Junkers JU 88 bommenwerper.
Lagerpakhuis nummer 12 werd getroffen en honderden vaten met whisky explodeerden. The Banffshire Journal melde dat rivieren van blauw vuur uit de distilleerderij kwamen, eenden
ganzen en andere watervogels waren dronken of werden verzwolgen door de vloed van vuur, en koeien konden niet worden gemolken omdat ze niet meer op hun poten konden staan.

Na de tweede wereldoorlog werd de produktie weer opgestart.

Op 3 Oktober 1959 was er een enorme explosie, tijdens het solderen van de koperen distilleerketel. Er was een enorme schade en het nam weken tijd om alles te repareren.

Op 31 Mei 1983 werd Banff gesloten en waren dertien mensen zonder werk. De ontmanteling begon in 1985. Het laatst overgebleven lagerpakhuis werd op 11 April 1991 door brand verwoest

.
Rond 1965 zijn er tot tweemaal toe plannen geweest om op deze plaats weer een distilleerderij te bouwen, waarvan één van de D.C.L, de andere maal door een groep plaatselijke zakenmensen.
Zo goed als de gehele produktie van Banff was bestemd voor blenders. Banff had twee ketels en het water kwam van een bron op de Fiskaidly boerderij.

1824   
James McKilligan & Co sticht een
distilleerderij bekend als
Mill of Banff, en wat later Inverboyndie
werd genoemd
1837   
James McKilligan sterft, Alex Mackay
wordt de nieuwe
eigenaar
1852   
James Simpson neemt samen met
zijn zoon James
junior de distilleerderij over
1863   
De distilleerderij groeit uit zijn jas,
en James junior
bouwt een nieuwe distilleerderij bij
het dorp Inverboyndie
en noemt de distilleerderij Banff.
De firmanaam wordt Simpson & Co
1877   
Op 9 mei wordt de distilleerderij
grotendeels door
brand verwoest, alleen de lagerpakhuizen
en mouterij
blijven onbeschadigt. In October wordt
de distilleerderij weer opgestart
1906
Triple distillatie in gebruik tot 1971
1921   
Simpson & Co verkoopt een deel van de
distilleerderij
aan de Mill End Distillery Company
1924   
Het systeem van drie maal distillatie
wordt gestopt
1932   
Simpson & Co gaat failliet,
Scottish Malt Distillers
(S.M.D.) neemt de distilleerderij over voor
£ 50.000
1941   
Een Junkers Ju-88 van de Duitse Lufwaffe
bombardeert
één van de lagerpakhuizen op 16 Augustus:
honderden vaten
exploderen en duizenden liters whisky gaan
in vlammen op
1959   
Eén van de ketels vliegt in de lucht
1968
De mouterij wordt gesloten
1983   
Banff distilleerderij, gaat samen met tien
andere
distilleerderijen dicht.
1985   
De gebouwen worden gesloopt
1991   
Wat nog over is aan bebouwing wordt
door brand
verwoest
2004   
Diageo brengt een 21 jaar oude Banff uit
in zijn serie Rare Malts.

THE OLD MALT CASK 50o
Douglas Laing & Co, Ltd
Douglas House 18, Lynedoch Crescent, Glasgow G 36 £ Q.
In 1949 Fred Douglas Laing established Douglas Laing & Co primarily as a blender and bottler for his Scotch Whisky blends The King of Scots and House of Peers, which are available today internationally.
Large stocks and reserves of aging Malts in particular, were laid down by Mr. Laing, many being guarded for 25 - 30 years specifically for the older blends such as the 25 and 30 Year Old KING OF SCOTS.
With more than 50 different Malts in stock, over the last 50 years from filling programme, it was obvious that the Malt Master would have certain favourites. These have variously been chalked off the times of regular quality control, as being of particular qualitative interest; both commercially, and for the pleasure of the Directors. It has been their particular perk, benefit and privelege to nose and taste some of the finest quality samples indicative of the Distillers's art.
It was judged by the two current owners/directors (sons of the founder, so nepotism is not dead!) that some of these stocks were 'too good to blend'. And so the OLD MALT CASK selection was developed in 1999 to extend those perks and benefits beyond the Director's tasting suite!
Initially it was felt that 50 different Malts commemorating the Company's 50th Anniversary would be approciate. That tally has now been exeeded but our preferred strenght of 50 X ale/vol is maintained. We believe this strenght creates a fine, round, full quality for various Malts when taken 'neat'. It also allows the regular consumer to know precisely how much or little water should be added to this artisan and craftman's distillate.
These selected Malt Whiskies have waited many years to reach their classic heights of qua-lity. Not only with your health in mind, but with a view to greater enjoyment, may we suggest that in the style of the founder, whose signature endorses your Malt, you enjoy its glass leisurely and slowly.
Douglas Laing.

Process water came from springs on Fiskaidly farm, cooling water from the Burn of Boydine.The mill was a King of Nailsworth and was the only one in the industrie.

Located on the Moray Coast, in distillery terms Banff was situated between Macduff and Glenglassaugh. In its early days, when still owned by the Simpson family, a single malt was bottled under the name Old Banff and supplied to theHouse of Commons. In the DCL era, it provided fillings for blends. There are very occasional bottlings, most notably within Diageo’s now discontinued Rare Malts range. The whisky had a slight smoky tinge underneath perfumed notes, a distinct apple note and the light oiliness of many of these older distilleries.

Banff could be considered Scotland’s most onomatopoeic distillery. Its entire history was littered with times when it went‘banff!” and erupted into flames.

The original distillery was built in the Royal Burgh in 1824 by one Major James McKilligan before passing into the hands of the Simpson family. In 1863, James Simpson Jr. closed it down and resumed distilling at a new site at Inverboyndie, closer to the railway line.

Then the jinx started. In 1877, the distillery buildings were destroyed in a blaze. Undeterred, the Simpsons had rebuilt the plant and started production within six months. The family remained at the helm until 1932, by which time the economic downturn and subsequent drop in demand for whisky forced the firm into liquidation. That year it was bought by SMD (the malt distilling arm of DCL) but remained closed from then until after World War Two.

Its bad luck continued when, on the night of 16 August 1941, the distillery was strafed and bombed by theLuftwaffe. A warehouse exploded, sending casks flying into the air and a river of whisky flooding out over the fields and into the river. There was considerable devastation and tales of drunken cows that were incapable of being milked the next day.

Production resumed post war, but the jinx struck again inOctober 1959 when during the silent season there was an explosion in the still house which destroyed the spirit still and much of the distillery – amazingly no-one was hurt.

Banff started up yet again and ran until 1983 when the distillery buildings and warehouses began to be demolished.  Just before the final warehouse was due to be knocked down, it caught on fire. It seems like the most appropriate manner forScotland’s unluckiest distillery to leave the scene.

1824
Major James McKilligan establishes the
distillery,
known as Mill of Banff
1837
Major James McKilligan dies, Alan Mackay
takes over
1852
James Simpson takes over with his son
James Junior
1863
James Simpson moves the site to
Inverboyndie
The distillery is now called Banff,
the company's name
is Simpson & Co
1877
Banff distillery catches fire on 9th May,
most of the
distillery buildings are devatstates except
the ware-
houses and maltings.
1877
October the distillery starts again
1921
The Simpson family sells part of the
distillery to
Mile End Distillery Company
1924
Triple distillation ceases
1932
Simpson & Co files fpr bankruptcy
The business is bought by DCL for
50.000 pound
1939-45
The distillery is closed during WWII
and used as a
billet for troops
1941
16 August Banff is bombed by the
Luftwaffe,  
warehouse no 12 causing the warehouses
to explode
1945
Production restarts following the war
1959
Another explosion occurs in the stillhouse,
one still is
lost
1983
The distillery closes once more
1991
The last remaining warehouse catches fire
2004
Diageo launches a 21 year in the Rare Malt
Series

Diageo
1997 - present

United Distillers
1986 - 1997
Distillers Company Limited
1932 - 1986
Mile End Distillery Co
1921 - 1932
James Simpson
1852 - 1921
James McKilligan & Co
1824 - 1852



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