Clynelish 12 Year Old, Seventies Ainslie & Heilbron Bottling with Box.

This sensational 12 year old Highland single malt is distill at Clynelish and bottle in the 1970’s by Ainslie & Heilbron Ltd at 70 proof and 26 2/3 Fl Ozs.

This particular offering is presented in the A&H orange/brown label. First seen in 1973 and then prominent throughout the late 1970s and 1980s.

The original Clynelish distillery is build in 1819, adjacent to the present operational site. When demand for production grew a second distillery is build next door in 1969. The new one became Clynelish and the old one is name Brora …meaning that this bottle is actually produce from the Brora stills. The Brora distillery eventually closed in 1983, whilst production have continue at the newer Clynelish site. However, it is announce in late 2017 that the distillery would reopen again, and the Brora stills are officially fires up again in 2021.

Supplies with original presentation box, which is showing a little age, whilst the fill level is low neck – see images for finer detail. A proper classic. However, A classic distillery bottling of Clynelish 12 year old from Ainslie & Heilbron. Bottle in the 1970s this bottle will contain ‘Brora’ Clynelish as the current Clynelish is not build until 1967.

HISTORY AND CRAETION

 This vintage bottle of 12-year-old Clynelish single malt is an interesting bit of whisky history. It is bottle in the early 1980s, meaning the whisky is likely distill at the end of the 1960s. Around this time, the present-day Clynelish distillery opens its doors. The new distillery is meant to replace the old one, also known as the Brora distillery. It is fair to assume that this 12-year-old single malt contains whisky distill at the original Clynelish/Brora distillery. Brora first close in 1968, but due to a sudden increase of demand.

The original distillery restarts production in May 1969 and the two Clynelish distilleries operats in tandem until Brora inevitably close again in 1983. Clynelish 12 Years Old 1980s Ainslie & Heilbron is bottle under the Ainslie & Heilbron Distillers Ltd. name. In 1896, Ainslie & Heilbron brings the Clynelish distillery and completely rebuils and modernizes it. Only two years later, the Scotch whisky industry collapses following the Pattison crash, and in 1912 Ainslie & Heilbron is force to sell Clynelish to Distillers Company Limited. Clynelish 12 Years Old 1980s Ainslie & Heilbron is a remarkable and highly collectible bottle of whisky