Priceless Bottle of Malt Mill Unveiled at Lagavulin Distillery - Story From Award Winning Film Becomes Reality

Priceless Bottle of Malt Mill Unveiled at Lagavulin Distillery - Story From Award Winning Film Becomes Reality

LONDON, June 26, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

The world's only known bottle of Malt Mill new-make spirit will be unveiled for
enthusiasts and whisky pilgrims at the Lagavulin distillery today. Thought to have
disappeared forever, Malt Mill is the basis of the plot for the award-winning Ken Loach
film, The Angels' Share.



Charles Maclean, the world's leading whisky writer, comments on the unveiling. "This
bottle is priceless. Malt Mill is legendary, and is viewed by many as the holy grail. It
is an extremely significant moment and I'm delighted to be part of it."



Dr Nick Morgan, head of whisky outreach, Diageo, adds, "In my twenty years as an
historian and archivist, I've always wanted to see this unique bottle of Malt Mill go on
display. We are thrilled to share this precious artefact with the many whisky enthusiasts
who visit Lagavulin every year."



Rebecca O' Brien, Producer for The Angels' Share, says, "It is wonderful to think this
bottle has been passed down from distillery manager to distillery manager for fifty years
here on Islay. Our film hinges on the auction of an imaginary cask of Malt Mill precisely
because everyone agreed it was so rare. Now the very DNA of Malt Mill has been brought to
light."



The bottle of Malt Mill came to light after the Lagavulin distillery manager, Georgie
Crawford, heard about the film. Involving some whisky related shennanigans, and based on
an auction of an imaginary last cask of Malt Mill, she brought out the Malt Mill from its
secret location. It had been passed on to her by her predecessor, the former Lagavulin
distillery manager.



The Angels' Share, which is currently on general cinema release, was written by Scot
Paul Laverty and was filmed in various locations around Scotland last summer. The film was
a hit at this year's Cannes Film Festival where it won the coveted Jury Prize.



Malt Mill was produced at a small distillery on the Lagavulin distillery site from
1908; production ceased in 1962 and this bottle is from the last fill in June 1962.



Notes to editors



About Lagavulin



Lagavulin (c) 16 year old single malt Scotch whisky speaks of the smoked peat and
mineral water of the wild terrain of Islay. The distillery, cut into the romantic and
rugged bay of Lagavulin, has been producing whisky since 1816. Favoured for it intense
smoked aroma; lapsang souchong on the nose is followed by peat on the palate and sea salt,
with an elegant wood finish.



About Sixteen Films



Formed by director Ken Loach and producer Rebecca O'Brien in 2002, with writer Paul
Laverty as Associate Director, Sixteen Films produces the films they make together and
looks after the works in their shared archive. The company also makes a small number of
films with producers, writers and directors who have worked with the team in the past. For
more information go to http://www.sixteenfilms.co.uk



The LAGAVULIN word and associated logos are trademarked. (c) 2012



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Source: Diageo




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