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Malt jugs

Hello everyone, and my apologies for my lengthy absence from the pages of the newsletter. Life sometimes
deals you a bum hand and you have to deal with it, more often than not at the expense of the things that you
want to do, in this instance talking about bottles and jugs! Anyway, hopefully the bulk of my problems are
behind me and I can get back to writing my articles.

This issue will only be a short one, as I haven’t been out and about much at all, but with a bit of luck I’ll have
lots more to talk about next time.

In the nine months since I last wrote an article I have added the princely sum of three jugs to my collection,
and you will already know about two of them!

Pictures one and two show us the front and
reverse of a jug that was produced for Jorge
Ormaeche of Peru and given out as a gift to
his friends. I was very lucky to come into
that category, so this one holds a very
special place in my collection.

The front of the jug depicts the Ormaeche
coat-of-arms, as well as showing that the
contents are Glenlivet single malt Scotch
whisky. The reverse tells us that the whisky
is 12 years old and bottled at 40% volume. It
also carries the famous phrase “The single
malt that started it all”, a reference to the
fact that Glenlivet was the first distillery to
take out a licence following the introduction of the new Excise Act of 1823. This gem of a jug, which was
produced by Rutherford’s, is one of a limited edition of just 25.

Photos three and four depict the front and reverse of
the jug that was produced to commemorate the 8th
anniversary of the Mini Bottle Club of Peru 2005 –
2013. The one contains 5cl of Glenfiddich 12 years old
single malt Scotch whisky, bottled at 40% volume. It is
one of a numbered limited edition of just 75.

Photos five and six depict the front and reverse of the
sister jug to the last one. It was produced to
commemorate the 6th mini bottles collectors’ meeting in
June 2013 in Lima, Peru. It also contains 5cl of

Glenfiddich 12 years old single malt Scotch whisky,
bottled at 40% volume. Both of these jugs were
produced by Rutherford’s.

The good news is that another duo of jugs is in the
pipeline for the 2014 Peru meeting. I will hopefully
have information and photos of them for you next
time, so till then……………
Dave Allen

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