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Bottle Details
Blair Athol 2006 Adelphi 14 Year Old / RAF Benevolent Fund
Adelphi has a rich history, operating as a distillery in the Gorbals district of Glasgow from 1825, producing spirit from the waters of Loch Katrine. The distillery ceased production in the early 20th century however and several changes in ownership culminating in a takeover by Distillers Company Ltd in 1902. The Adelphi name was revived in 1993 by Jamie Walker, great-grandson of former distillery owner Archibald. With a lineage of whisky expertise he operated Adelphi as private bottling company, which now in the hands of Keith Falconer and David Houston, continues the fine work he began of bottling top quality expressions from Scotland's finest distilleries. The company is now also distilling their own whisky at Ardnamurchan distillery in Glenbeg.
This Blair Athol was distilled in 2006 and bottled from single ex-Oloroso sherry hogshead #2651 in 2020.
Blair Athol distillery is one of Scotland's oldest, dating back into the late 18th century. Its modern story begins when it was closed down by Peter Mackenzie in 1932, and was purchased by Arthur Bell & Sons the following year. Distilling recommenced in 1949, and with Blair Athol malt at its heart, Bell's became one of the world's best-selling whiskies. Despite its importance to the blend, Blair Athol was also bottled as a single malt under the Bell's banner in the 1970s and 1980s. New owners, Guinness, were less interested in this when they took over in 1985, but their subsequent iteration, United Distillers, brought a back distillery bottling with the Flora & Fauna release. Despite its popularity, Blair Athol has yet to be bottled under its own single malt brand. Other official bottlings from the Diageo era are very rare too, however the distillery has regularly provided casks to independent companies, many of whom have bottled some exceptional releases.
Selected for the RAF Benevolent Fund, this was released to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Taking place in mid-1940, it saw the Royal Air Force successfully defend the United Kingdom from large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. Heavily outnumbered, Winston Churchill would be quoted in saying \"never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.\" The campaign lasted nearly four months and would go down in history as a major turning point towards Allied victory in the Second World War.
One of 289 bottles.
Blair Athol
A historic Highland malt distillery that makes up part of the extensive Scotch whisky holdings of Diageo. One of the oldest in Scotland, it dates back to the late 18th century and its modern history is hallmarked by its association to the Arthur Bell & Sons blends.
Adelphi Selection
The flagship brand of Scottish independent bottler, Adelphi Distillery Ltd. First introduced in 1993, bottlings were labelled as Adelphi Distillery before the range was rebranded as Adelphi Selection in 2006.
Adelphi Distillery Ltd
A whisky company based in Scotland that owns the Ardnamurchan single malt distillery and an independent bottling operation. The company was established in 1993 by Jamie Walker, great-grandson of Archibald Walker who owned the original Adelphi distillery in Glasgow.
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