Lot 97
PORT DUNDAS DUTY FREE SAMPLE CHRISTMAS EVE 1945
DISTILLERY CLOSED 2009
Auction: 5 December 2018 at 18:00 GMT
£375
Description
cask number 23240
Dimensions
No volume stated
Footnote
Note: This bottle represents one of the oldest samples of grain whisky to be made available for sale. Port Dundas was a grain distillery situated at the highest point in the city of Glasgow and at its peak at the end of the 19th century was the largest distillery in Scotland. It was closed during the Second World War and it was at this time the story of this sample began. This sample is from a cask filled in 1938 and was drawn on Monday 24th December (Christmas Eve) 1945. The owners of the cask were the Improved Public Houses (Scot) Ltd, which operated a number of pubs in the Glasgow area. One can only imagine the story behind this bottle.