801.5 CHIVAS REGAL 1801 (25 YEARS)

A very old original bottle of Chivas Regal 25yo in the unusual 1.13 litre size favoured in the USA.

A bona fide collector’s item, this is a beautiful piece of whisky history. Chivas Regal 25yo was introduced in the USA in 1909 and was a roaring success before the advent of Prohibition following the Volstead Act in 1919, but was not re-introduced after repeal because of the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Logically, this suggests that the whisky in this bottle must have been distilled towards the end of the 19th century.