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older rarer whiskies #5

Daniel Crawford’s Old Matured
Scotch Whisky Bottle on far left has a
tin cover and a long neck. Next bottle
also has long neck but with cork top
and has word SAMPLE. Third bottle
a shorter neck but identical label and
cork top.

The right photo, left bottle is in the
same colour (light green) as the
previous three. The bottle on far right has an identical label but is a
deeper green. Both these are samples and finest very old Scotch
Whisky. All 5 have seams down the side and bubbles in the glass.

Distillers Company Ltd “D.C.L”
was formed in 1877 by a
combination of six Scotch Whisky
distilleries. MacFarlane & Co,
John Bald & Co, John Haig & Co,
MacNab Bros & Co, Robert
Mowbray & Stewart & Co. This
company was born out of a trade
association called the Scotch
Distillers Association formed in
1865. It was acquired by Guinness
in 1986 forming United Distillers and is now part of Diageo. As
of 22 July 1980 there were 41 subsidiaries of the Distillers
nd
Company. Daniel Crawford and Co Ltd in Glasgow was one of their subsidiaries. All the
labels are the same on these bottles. The bottle on extreme left is a green glass with a cork
top. The next three are all brown glass with the second on the left having a screw cap. The
first right has a driven cork and the far right a cork top. All four bottles have seams down the
side & bubbles in the glass.

Two examples of Dandie Dinmont terrier whisky
bottles. The round bottle on the left is the earlier
one showing contents 1&2/3 fl oz; it has a screw
cap covered with foil. The flat one does not have
a volume stated, Note the different dog
illustrated.

Bottle on the right is Drury’s Special Reserve
which is an USA import. This was produced and
bottled by Langside Distillers. Clear square
bottle with an old type cap.

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