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Banff 36 Year Old 1975 Old & Rare Platinum

Name: Banff 36 Year Old 1975 Old & Rare Platinum
Brand: Banff
Price: 1500.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

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Raise a glass to a lost Highland voice with Banff 36 Year Old – 1975 Vintage, Douglas Laing “Old & Rare Platinum Selection”Distilled eight years before Banff’s stills fell silent for good (1983) and filled into a solitary refill bourbon hogshead, this single malt slumbered peacefully until June 2012, when Douglas Laing drew it at natural cask strength for their flagship Platinum line. Read more

Banff 36 Year Old 1975 Old & Rare Platinum

£1,500.00 GBP

£1,250.00 ex VAT

Sale Sold out

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Bottle Information

Bottler: Douglas Laing & Co.

Cask Type: refill hogshead

Type: Single Malt Scotch

Volume: 70cl

Region: Highland

Vintage: 1975

Age: 36 Year Old

ABV: 41.80%

Tasting Notes

Sweet barley is immediately evident on the nose and it opens further with honey, fresh cut summer grass running to subtle aged and toasted, smoking oak. Palatewise there is a mouthcoating sugar tang of sweetness plus a Galliano liqueur style of spiciness with more late honey (Hot Toddy style) and coffee. Beyond replication of those same flavours on the finish there is a vanilla fudge quality with the soft spices carrying even more interest.

Raise a glass to a lost Highland voice with Banff 36 Year Old – 1975 Vintage, Douglas Laing “Old & Rare Platinum Selection”
Distilled eight years before Banff’s stills fell silent for good (1983) and filled into a solitary refill bourbon hogshead, this single malt slumbered peacefully until June 2012, when Douglas Laing drew it at natural cask strength for their flagship Platinum line. Only 153 individually numbered bottles emerged, preserving Banff’s elusive honey-malt character enriched by polished oak, citrus oils and gentle coastal spice—a once-in-a-generation dram from a distillery that now lives only in memory.

Why We Think You’ll Love It

From the silent Banff distillery—an increasingly scarce chance to taste a truly lost Highland malt.
36 years in a single refill hogshead polish orchard fruit and honey notes with refined vanilla and subtle coastal nuance.
Bottled at natural cask strength (non-chill-filtered, natural colour) for undiluted texture, aroma and authenticity.
Part of Douglas Laing’s elite “Old & Rare Platinum Selection”—strictly 153 bottles, each individually numbered, perfect for collectors and whisky historians.
A graceful harmony of honeyed malt, bright citrus, polished oak and whisper-soft spice—ideal for contemplative sipping on momentous occasions.

Pour a measure of this distinguished Banff and savour an evocative union of Highland elegance, time-wrought oak and bygone craftsmanship—an unforgettable dram that keeps a lost distillery’s spirit alive in every sip.

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The Distillery

Originally established as the Mill of Banff Distillery by Major James McKilligan in 1824 at Mains of Colleonard Farm, just south of Banff, this early site closed in 1863 when Simpson’s son built a new distillery at Inverboyndie—later known as Banff Distillery. Although Banff played a notable role in Scotland’s Highland malt whisky tradition, it ceased operations in 1983, was partially demolished in 1985, and suffered further destruction in a 1991 fire. As a result, Banff now ranks among Scotland’s lost distilleries, with remaining casks and bottlings—such as those in the Gordon & MacPhail Rare Old series—highly coveted by whisky collectors and connoisseurs worldwide.

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