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MS Society to auction ‘rare’ Bowmore
A bottle of 1980 Bowmore Single Malt Scotch Whisky from the Queen’s cask will go under the hammer at a silent auction this month to raise funds for the MS Society.
The MS Society is auctioning a ‘rare’ Bowmore bottling to raise funds
The whisky is only the sixth bottle ever to be released from the cask, with the previous five all raising substantial sums for charities.
Gifted to Her Majesty the Queen when the visited the Islay distillery in 1980, the cask was bottled in 2002 to mark the Queen’s Golden Jubilee.
The resulting 629 specially designed bottles were placed in individually numbered, commemorative boxes and distributed to various royal palaces.
Released with the permission of the Queen, one of the six bottles made available sold for more than £60,000.
“We’re incredibly grateful to have been given this bottle of whisky from the Queen’s Cask,” said Michelle Mitchell is chief executive of the MS Society.
“We want to use this amazing opportunity to raise as much as we can to fund multiple sclerosis (MS) research.
“More than 100,000 people are living with MS in the UK and it’s an unpredictable and debilitating condition. We’ve already made important breakthroughs and we’re now at the start of a generation of MS research that holds incredible promise. The money raised from this auction could make a huge difference.”
The silent action ends at midday on 30 June. Anyone wishing to make a bid should email Fiona Foulkes, special events manager at the MS society at fiona.foulkes@mssociety.org.uk, noting the £10,000 reserve.