Port Ellen - 24 Year Old (1978) 2nd Release

Port Ellen - 24 Year Old (1978) 2nd Release

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Region
Islay
Distillery Status
operational
Type
Single Malt Whisky
Bottles Produced
12000
Size
70cl
Delivery Weight
2.00
Strength
59.35
Country of origin
Scotland

About the distillery

The Port Ellen distillery is located in Port Ellen on the isle of Islay, Scotland.

Port Ellen was established as a malt mill in 1825, and then developed as a distillery under John Ramsay from 1833 to 1892. The warehouses he built still exist and are now listed buildings. The distillery was acquired by the Distillers Company Limited in 1925, was closed in 1930 and rebuilt in 1966/1967. It continued in production throughout the 1970s and was closed in 1983.

The distillery houses a malting which continues to supply all Islay distilleries, as per an agreement signed in 1987. After an initial announcement in 2017 by owners Diageo to re-open the distillery, plans followed to revive the distillery and build a new stillhouse.

Despite Diageo demolishing parts of the original buildings the distillery finally reopened its doors in March 2024 after a £185 million restoration project.

Other Information

After its closure in 1983, the Port Ellen distillery has continued to gain a much respected status as a true legacy of Islay. This is the first of the incredibly popular Port Ellen annual releases.

Distilled in 1978 and bottled 24 years later in 2002, bottled at cask strength and limited to 12,000 bottles, this is bottle 3006.

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Due to the various ages of bottles and their seals, condition of liquid is at the buyer's discretion and no claim can be lodged against leakage in transit.

It is not uncommon for bottles to contain sediment, either in the form of naturally occurring lipids that precipitate out of the whisky at low temperatures or in the form of cask related sediment. This is particularly prevalent in older bottlings. Neither naturally occurring lipids or cask related sediment would affect the taste if consumed and it is not considered a fault.