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Bottle Details
This is the serendipitous result of an accident that occurred when a batch of 12-year-old Glen Moray got mixed into a larger batch of (allegedly much older) Ardbeg - back in the day when both distilleries were owned by The Glenmorangie Company.
The composition of the blend is 20% Glen Moray and 80% Ardbeg. Released in 2005, there were 16,000 bottles made available.
Ardbeg Serendipity 12 Year Old
The serendipitous result of an accident that occurred when a batch of 12 year old Glen Moray got mixed into a larger batch of (allegedly much older) Ardbeg - back in the day when both distilleries were owned by Glenmorangie plc.
You would not think it to see it now, but Ardbeg had a difficult time of it for much of the 20th century. The distillery was bought in a joint venture between Hiram Walker and DCL in 1959, both intending to supply their blends. The subsequent years were very successful, but DCL backed out in 1979 (closing many of their other distilleries a few years later), and Hiram Walker then struggled in the 1980s era oversupply when interest is blended Scotch was waning. They closed it down for the majority of the decade. It re-opened briefly in the 1990s before being revived for good by Glenmorangie plc in 1997.
This blended malt was simply 20% Glen Moray and 80% Ardbeg.
Released in 2005, there were 16,000 bottles made available.
MacDonald & Muir
A subsidiary of the The Glenmorangie Company which is in turn part of the LVMH group. A historic name, the company was first established back in 1893 and today it is principally engaged in the production and marketing of the LVMH single malt brands, Ardbeg and Glenmorangie.
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