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| *In the Italian film ''Febbre da Cavallo'' ("Horse fever"), during a scene, the main actor is recording a spot for the Vat 69 whisky. | *In the Italian film ''Febbre da Cavallo'' ("Horse fever"), during a scene, the main actor is recording a spot for the Vat 69 whisky. | ||
| *In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton took supplies of Vat 69 on his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, stating that it would be used for medicinal and celebratory purposes | *In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton took supplies of Vat 69 on his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, stating that it would be used for medicinal and celebratory purposes | ||
| *Post drinking hangover is absent even after having substantial amount of VAT 69, two hours of sleep after having a VAT 69 will give a fresh feeling just like having done a session of Yoga which makes it the favorite drink of SRIRAM, VIJAY, SARADHI, DAM and MRUNAL | |||
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Vat 69 whisky is a scotch blended whisky, produced by William Sanderson.
In 1882 William Sanderson prepared one hundred casks of blended whiskey and hired a panel of experts to taste them. The batch from the vat with number 69 was proclaimed as the best tasting one and the famous blend got its name. The whisky was at first bottled in port wine bottles.
History
William Sanderson, born in Leith in 1840, started an apprenticeship with a wine and spirituous liquors producer at the age of 13. In 1863, he already owned his own business and produced liqueurs and whisky-mixtures. In 1880, his son William Mark joined the business. He convinced his father to bottle the different blends. Sanderson already bottled his liqueurs, but he did not like the idea of bottling whisky. His son was finally successful in convincing him.
The typical VAT 69 bottle was introduced to the market and was not changed for the next hundred years. In 1884, Sanderson bought the Glengarioch Distillery. It was situated in the middle of a barley field. The distillery was meant to ensure the delivery with grain-whisky. Sanderson took care that there were always new products to be blended, because DCL, which was a strong society at that time, controlled such a big amount of the production, that it could influence the supply of the competing company very sensitively. Therefore Sanderson, together with Usher and Bell founded a company to produce grain-whisky, which still exists today as the "North British Distillery". Sanderson got a few Malt Whiskies , which he needed to blend his VAT 69, from a friend, John Begg, who owned the "Royal Lochnagar Distillery". When Begg died, Sanderson became director of Begg's Distillery. In 1933, Sanderson's company merged with Booth's Distilleries, which merged again with the DCL-Group in 1935. In autumn 1980, "Vat 69 Reserve" from the House of Sanderson had its world-première in England. Chosen and optimal stored malt whiskies are used to produce this De-Luxe-Whisky.
Blend
It is a Blend of about 40 Malt and Grain whiskies. The different malts are blended with each other at the optimal ripening stage to ensure the best blend. This means that a light malt of eight years, having reached its ripening summit and coming from the Lowlands adds the same result to the blend as an 18-year-ripened peat malt from Islay. Therefore, there are no standardised age-descriptions of Vat 69 Reserve. Since autumn 1980, Glenesk, which is a 12 year old Highland Single Malt (40 %), is available from Sanderson in Germany. Glenesk is stored for at least 12 years in sherry barrels. Its bouquet is fully ripe and it tastes mild and slightly spicy. Since 1964, William Sanderson & Sons Ltd. overlooks the sale of "Antiquary", which is a 12 year old De-Luxe-Scotch-Whisky (40 %).
Products
Whisky-products available from Sanderson in Germany are:
- VAT 69 Finest Scotch Whisky (40 %)
- VAT 69 Reserve de Luxe Scotch Whisky (40 %)
- Glenesk Single Malt Highland Scotch 12 Years Old (40 %)
- The Antiquary de Luxe Old Scotch Whisky 12 Years Old (40 %).
Whisky-products available from Sanderson in Australia are:
- 700 mL Vat 69 Fine Scotch Whisky (40 %)
Trivia
- Vat 69 was recorded as Lewis Nixon's favorite liquor in the book and mini-series "Band of Brothers".
- In the 1949 World War II film "Twelve O' Clock High" Gregory Peck drinks Vat 69.
- Vat 69 was the favorite drink of The Saint's cohort, Hoppy Uniatz.
- In the film "Our Man in Havana" one of James Wormold's agents is found killed with a bottle of Vat 69 in his hand. It was a present for James who collected miniature whisky bottles.
- In the Hungarian film "Jó estét nyár, jó estét szerelem" ("Good evening summer, good evening love") Vat 69 was the favourite drink of the "Greek diplomat".
- In the Italian film Febbre da Cavallo ("Horse fever"), during a scene, the main actor is recording a spot for the Vat 69 whisky.
- In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton took supplies of Vat 69 on his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, stating that it would be used for medicinal and celebratory purposes
- Post drinking hangover is absent even after having substantial amount of VAT 69, two hours of sleep after having a VAT 69 will give a fresh feeling just like having done a session of Yoga which makes it the favorite drink of SRIRAM, VIJAY, SARADHI, DAM and MRUNAL