The Whisky That Cannot Be Named

Based on "Speyside" and prior lawsuits brought by these distilleries, I would say Macallan or Glenfarclas.

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Yeah, probably. That was my guess as well. I'll tell you if it was confirmed when I get to taste the contents of the bottle. In the meantime, is there anyone out there who knows for sure?

Cheers, Rajmund

I've already read MacGuffin's suggestions and he's named two very likely candidates, The Macallan and Glenfarclas, with very good reasons: lawsuits.

Two other possible candidates would be Glenlivet and Glenfiddich. Cadenhead (at least) has long avoided naming the contents of a bottle as distilled at The Glenlivet using dodges like "Minmore" and "Glenlivet Glenlivet".

And Glenfiddich has long discouraged independent bottlers by adding a token amount of Balvenie or Kinivie to casks sold for blending. The last independent bottling of Glenfiddich that I saw was a Cadenhead "Glenfiddich Glenlivet" and was distilled in the late 1950's. Your bottle's distillation in the early 50's makes them a possible source too, since it's from before the distilleries were concerned about independent bottlers.

Bart

Hi Rajmund,

Yes, for sure I know it is Glenfarclas from a refill sherry cask.

Johanna

Thanks for the info. I'll remember that.

1992 is certainly more recent than the Glenfiddich-Glenlivet I saw a while back, but still more than a decade ago (and Cadenhead could have held the cask for a while as well). I would be curious to know when Glenfiddich's current habit of adding a drop of another whisky to the casks sold for blending began...?

Bart