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Originally Posted by MarionneD
Hello, I have an Old Parr bottle, a "Grand Old Parr De luxe Scotch Whisky". It doesn't have a blending age and it only says "real antique and rare old". I'd like to know the blending time and also if it is a type of special edition or something because I haven't seen any of them in stores... it belonged to my grandfather. I'd also like to now if it tastes as the 12-year-old Old Parr. Here are the pictures:
Old Parr Bottled in Scotland
was interred at
Westminster Abbey A.D. 1635
Thomas Parr. Aged 152 Years
Grand Old Parr
Real Antique and Rare Old
De Luxe
Scotch Whisky
Macdonald Greenlees LTD
Distillers Edinburgh Scotland
75cl Gay Lussac 43°
Distiled and bottled in Scotland under British Government supervision
SD2
Liquor Bottle Scotland
7 04
If you know something else about this bottle, I'd be glad to read it.
Thanks a lot! |
Your bottle of Old Parr has been dated from the late 1980s. "The story of Old Parr begins in the latter half of the 1800s when James and Samuel Greenlees acquired a knowledge of the Scotch Whisky trade from their father, who was a well known whisky distiller in Campbeltown. In 1871, whilst still in their early twenties, both brothers moved to London to establish Greenlees Brothers, a firm of whisky merchants trading in Scotch and Irish whiskies. At the time the art of whisky blending was in its infancy, but the Greenlees brothers pioneered experiments and created the Old Parr blend. They named their product after Thomas Parr, reputedly England’s longest-lived man, who was renowned during his life-time for his wisdom and maturity. Thanks to the efforts of the Greenlees Brothers, his name is still remembered today and the famous portrait of Thomas Parr, painted by Rubens, appears on every bottle of Old Parr as a reminder of the heritage that has been proudly passed down through each successive generation to the present day."
Courtesy of Diageo