Girvan 40 Year Old 1985 (Master of Malt 40th Anniversary Bottling)

In July we had a Master of Malt bottling of 37yo blended grain – the oldest whisky in Pour & Sip’s five year history. Well how about a 40 year old single grain?! This whisky celebrates 40 years of Master of Malt. The award-winning online retailer behind Pour & Sip began life as a mail order independent bottler way back in 1985!

Girvan, meanwhile, was founded in 1963 in the town of the same name. Hendrick's Gin is also made there. It’s owned by William Grant & Sons (the family owned company off of Glenfiddich, Balvenie and Ailsa Bay single malt distilleries, the latter on the same site as Girvan). This whisky would have been distilled shortly after Girvan switched to wheat, using the original ‘No.1 Apps’ (apparatus), a nonetheless vast two-column copper still decommissioned in 2016. A batch of just 473 bottles, matured in refill sherry butts.