Fettercairn 1995 17 Year Old - Single Cask Master of Malt (70cl, 57.9%)
One of 294 bottles. Single Cask Series.
Distilled in 1995 and aged for 17 years in cask number 2943. Evidently, this was a really cracker of a cask, as the 294 bottles produced are gorgeous. A stunning Fettercairn, a great example of the distillery's unique character.
Fettercairn distillery was built in 1825 and aside from a brief period in mothballs in the 1930s, has been in operation ever since. It was re-opened from that closure in 1939 by Associated Scottish Distilleries, the Scotch arm of the post-Prohibition drinks giant in the US, National Distillers. When ASD ceased trading in 1954 the distillery passed through various hands before being bought by Whyte & Mackay in 1973. Despite being an important contributor to their blends, they also pushed Fettercairn as a single malt brand, known as "Old Fettercairn" until 2002 when the prefix was dropped.