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Ardbeg 1974 Cadenhead's 18 Year Old / 150th Anniversary

Lot: 260235

Ardbeg 1974 Cadenhead's 18 Year Old / 150th Anniversary

Winning Bid: £4,000
(Reserve not met) This lot currently has: 12 bids

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Ardbeg
Age: 
18 Year Old
Vintage: 
1974
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Wm. Cadenhead
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
55%
Bottle Size: 
75cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Ardbeg 1974 Cadenhead's 18 Year Old / 150th Anniversary

The Authentic Collection was launched by Wm. Cadenhead in 1991, and included whiskies from several rare closed Scottish and Irish distilleries, bottled for the company's 150th anniversary. It would later go on to become a mainstay of their portfolio, as the cask strength alternative to the Original Collection, which replaced their famous "dumpy" bottlings in the early 1990s. The Authentic Collection is now the flagship Cadenhead brand, and one of the most recognisable independent labels on the market.

This 18 year old Ardbeg is one of the original 150th anniversary releases.

You would not think it to see it now, but Ardbeg had a difficult time of it for much of the 20th century. The distillery was bought in a joint venture between Hiram Walker and DCL in 1959, both intending to supply their blends. The subsequent years were very successful, but DCL backed out in 1979 (closing many of their other distilleries a few years later), and Hiram Walker then struggled in the 1980s era oversupply when interest in blended Scotch was waning. They closed it down for the majority of the decade. It re-opened briefly in the 1990s before being revived for good by Glenmorangie plc in 1997. The lack of demand in the period prior to this, thankfully, saw a lot of casks sold to independent bottlers, many of which have gone on to become legendary releases.  

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