Royal Island 17 & 21 Year Old Isle Of Arran Distillers 2 x 5cl / 40%

This lot contains two miniature bottles of Royal Island, a blended Scotch whisky from Isle of Arran Distillers Ltd:

1 x Royal Island 17 Year Old, 5cl, 40% ABV

1 x Royal Island 21 Year Old, 5cl, 40% ABV

The Isle of Arran was once home to over 50 distilleries and was a hotbed of illicit distillation and smuggling in the late 18th century, but it wasn't until 1995 that the Arran distillery began producing whisky. Its location in the north of the island at Lochranza was chosen for its water source and its tourism potential, and today it welcomes more that 60000 visitors each year. In 2017, expansion saw Arran's output double to more than 1.2million litres per year.

This lot comes from the extensive collection of a Merseyside collector who began his hobby with bottles bought for guests as digestifs at private dinner parties in the early 1970s. His interest led to him advertising in the UK national newspapers, and buying and selling bottles as far afield as Australia, America and Ireland, with his last significant addition being a collection he purchased from Stoke On Trent in 1984.

This Royal Island 17 & 21 Year Old sold at our online auction for £30