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Auction: SFW27 - An Evening of Great Whiskies
Lot: 56

Bowmore 1955 - 40 years old - Spirit of Craftsmanship.
Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distilled 22nd November 1955 at the Bowmore Distillery.
Matured for 40 years.
Bottled by distillers at cask strength.
Bottle number 285 of 306 released.
Good labels.
Original and individually-numbered hand-cut Caithness Glass decanter and matching stopper.
Original oak safe-box style case with brass lock by Charles Kirkby & Sons and Squire & Sons respectively.
42% 75cl.

For two decades the whisky matured undisturbed in a bourbon hogshead before spending the next two in a sherry butt, over which time seven distillery managers had taken care to monitor the delicate maturation process until it was at its very finest to be bottled at cask strength.

Sold for
HK$150,000