Port Ellen 12 Year Old - The Visit of H.M. The Queen 1980

Port Ellen 12 Year Old - The Visit of H.M. The Queen to Port Ellen Maltings - One of 50 Bottles

This very rare 12-year-old was bottled for staff and attendees of the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Port Ellen maltings in 1980. It is believed to have been the only distillery bottling produced in its first years of operation. Diageo later bottled the first publicly available distillery bottlings as part of the Rare Malts Selection, followed by the annual Special Releases.