Teaninich 23 Year Old 1973 Rare Malts - 70cl 57.1%

Teaninich Scotch Whisky Distillery was built in 1817 and is located in the Highland region of Scotland in Alness. The founder for Teaninich was Captain Hugh Munro. The distillery produces Teaninich 10 Year Old Single Malt Whisky and the Teaninich 23 Year Old Single Malt Whisky. Later his brother John, would run the distillery until 1850 when it was leased to Robert Pattison from Leith. An infamous figure in whisky history, Pattison would go on to give his name to the Pattison Crash at the end of the century which wiped out many distilleries. Teaninich was not one of those. It remained open, passing through several more sets of hands before it was sold to Scottish Malt Distillers, a subsidiary of Distillers Company Limited, in 1933. DCL would later go on to become part of Diageo, and brought Teaninich along with it. Like many distilleries, Teaninich was closed due to barley shortages during WWII. The distillery shut its doors in 1939, and didn’t reopen until 1946. During that time two of the stills were taken out. When it reopened after the war Teaninich repeatedly grew in scope and modernity. In 1962 the still house became completely electrified, ending a reliance on steam and water power.