{"product_id":"strathisla-1982-gordon-macphail-finest-highland-malt-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-1996-5cl-miniature","title":"Strathisla 1982 Gordon \u0026 Macphail Finest Highland Malt Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (1996) 5cl Miniature","description":"\u003ch2\u003eStrathisla 1982 Gordon \u0026amp; Macphail Finest Highland Malt Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (1996) 5cl Miniature\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA miniature of 1982 Strathisla bottled by Gordon \u0026amp; Macphail. Approx 14 years + old \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArguably the most famous independent bottler of Scotch whisky there is. Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail was founded in Elgin in 1895 by James Gordon and John Alexander MacPhail. It is now owned by the Urquhart Family who have bow bottled over 350 different expressions from around 69 different distilleries. Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail is the Trading name of Speymalt Whiskies while also owning the Benromach distillery, which they purchased in 1993. Some of the brands include Connoisseurs Choice, Cask Strength, Rare Old and Speymalt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Strathisla\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is most surprising about Strathisla is that so little is made of the fact that this is the oldest licensed distillery in Scotland. It started life as the brewery of the local monastery and turned itself to the making of whisky in 1786, one of the few distilleries in what is now the Speyside region to go legal. It was known as Milltown\/Milton until 1870, but its whisky was long known as Strathisla after the river which it sits beside. The distillery was renamed Strathisla in 1951.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt had a period of considerable fame in the late 19th and early 20th century when it was bottled as a single malt, but by the late 1940s it had fallen on hard times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eActing on behalf of Sam Bronfman’s\u003cspan\u003e Seagram\u003c\/span\u003e, the legendary whisky broker\u003cspan\u003e Jimmy Barclay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebought it for £71,000 at auction in 1950, the year after its previous owner had been jailed for tax evasion. It began to rise in prominence immediately as the first piece in Bronfman’s plans for a reformulated Chivas Regal 12 Year Old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA major tourist attraction with a fair claim to be Scotland’s prettiest distillery, in recent times it has played the role of the ‘home’ of Chivas Regal. That accolade also explains why this is a relatively small player in terms of single malt with Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail being the main resource for bottlings. A repackaging in 2013 however suggests that times may be changing as far as official bottlings are concerned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e43% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5cl \/ 50ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strathisla","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53960025833810,"sku":"STRIS1982GM1996MINI","price":34.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/Strathisla1982Gordon_MacphailFinestHighlandMaltSpeysideSingleMaltScotchWhisky_1996_5clMiniature.jpg?v=1783563757","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/strathisla-1982-gordon-macphail-finest-highland-malt-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-1996-5cl-miniature","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}