Port Ellen, 59.35%, distilled in 1978, 24 years old, Islay single malt, one of 12000 and numbered. She is my pride and joy, very tasty, does need a wee bit of water to calm her down but boy do the flavours come out. This whisky is getting harder to get hold of as the distillery burned down in '81 (I think) and they stopped distilling it.
Ah remember this, well I for some reason decided that I would save the rest for a special occasion.
Last night PG Tips and I decided that we should have a drop of the Spirit of Lewis from the Abhaidd Dearg distillery on Isle of Lewis. While I was getting the glasses ready I remembered that I had a another bottle and it has been years since I had sip from that.
While I was telling PG Tips how I got this bottle back in 2003, I looked it up on the old 'tinterweb. Back then, I got it at the eye watering £110 a bottle, but I just had to have as I had read so much about it.
It is the the PORT ELLEN 1978, 24 Year Old, 2nd Release 70cl / 59.35%, Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky. A very nice drink, as I have popped it open (key word here) cause how else would I know if what I have read is right, and true to the written word - it is very good whisky.
Today the very same bottle unopened (a much more important key word here), would go for about £1500-1750 on the whisky exchange ..