Banff 1976 vintage serves as a memory to a clean, elegant whisky with subtle peaty notes. Distilled Bottled August 1976 & bottle December 2010 by Gordon & Mac Phail for the Connoisseurs Choice series. Banff The Mill of Banff malt whisky distillery was established by Major James Mc Killigan at Mains of Colleonard Farm just south of Banff in 1824 & acquired by James Simpson a local merchant & ship owner in 1852. Mill of Banff Distillery closed in 1863 when Simpson’s son built a new distillery on a site to the west of Banff at Inverboyndie & named it Banff Distillery. Relocation enabled the opportunity to expand & take advantage of a plentiful supply of soft Speyside water & the new branch line connecting Banff to the main Inverness to Aberdeen railway. Despite surviving the ups & downs of the whisky industry Banff Distillery closed in 1983and partially demolished in 1985 but most of the rest of Banff Distillery came down during a fire in 1991 & although shells of a few warehouses are still standing Banff is a lost Highland malt whisky distillery. Nose: Sweet & fruity with floral notes. Palate: Sweet, smoky
- ask & burnt fruits. Finish: Sweet & delicate.