Ben Nevis 20 Year Old 1996 Single Cask #421 Jack Wiebers 20th Anniversary Old Train Line Replica (2016) 70cl

Ben Nevis 20 Year Old 1996 Single Cask #421 Jack Wiebers 20th Anniversary Old Train Line Replica (2016) 70cl

One thing we know about the German market is that their love of Single Casks reigns supreme. It is about having something of more quality. Knowing Germany well & the standards they look for in selecting whisky casks, i can place a huge bet on the best ones being chosen and no corners being cut on ABV nor the taste above all.

The Old Train Line series encompasses primarily older vintages of whisky and is not for someone looking for something under the £100 mark.

This was bottled by Lars-Goran Wiebers, aka "Jack." He is the proprietor of the renowned Jack Wiebers Whisky World retailer in Germany, established in 1996. Since then has released a number of respected independent bottlings under labels such as the Old Train Line, Gentle Noses, The Cross Hill and Auld Distillers Alliance.

This is a special 20th anniversary Old Train Line Replica bottling, produced in the style of the original Old Train Line series ten years prior. A Ben Nevis single malt, it was distilled in 1996 and bottled from a bourbon cask #421.

Ben Nevis distillery was built by "Long" John MacDonald in 1825, and was so popular by the end of the 19th century that at one point the estate employed over 200 people. After a series of closure and re-openings at the beginning of the 20th, it was eventually bought by former Canadian bootlegger, Joseph Hobbs. He installed a coffey still there in 1955, making Ben Nevis Scotland's first dual-operation distillery, and began to blend its malt and grain before filling it to cask. Sporadic closures again followed Hobb's death, with stability finally ensured in 1989 when it was bought by long-term customers, Nikka Whisky of Japan. Its turbulent history means there were few distillery bottlings until the launch of the 10 year old single malt in 1996, but casks had long been making their way to independent labels, and many of them are very highly praised.

52.9% ABV

70cl