Tullibardine 1965 (Bottled 2005) Cask # 949 / 48.3% / 0.7l

Tullibardine Distillery is based in the picturesque Perthshire village of Blackford, surrounded by rolling hills.

The first records of alcoholic beverages being produced here date back to the 15th century – in 1488, the newly crowned James IV purchased beer from a local brewery. This brewery was adapted to distill whisky in 1949 by architect William Delme-Evans. In 1971, the distillery became the property of Invergordon Distillers, which doubled the number of stills to four. Twenty years later, Whyte & Mackay acquired all of Invergordon’s assets and included Tullibardine in its blend formula. In the 20th century, Tullibardine single malt was not particularly promoted, until the French company Picard Vins & Spiriteux, which took over the distillery in 2011, invested heavily in marketing and building a rich sales offer.

Tullibardine presented here is an extremely rare single cask edition; distilled in 1965 while the distillery was owned by Brodie Hepburn Ltd., it spent four decades in a #949 hogshead cask and was bottled at cask strength (48.3% abv) and without chill-filtration in May 2005, two years after the distillery was acquired by a group of private investors, in an edition of 199 bottles.