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}\n  .twl-x-spec tr:nth-child(odd) td { background: #12141d; }\n  .twl-x-spec tr:last-child td { border-bottom: 0; }\n  .twl-x-spec td:first-child { font-weight: 600; color: #f5f2ec; }\n  .twl-x-spec td:last-child { color: #b8b3a8; }\n\n  .twl-x-commitments { margin-top: 18px; border: 1px solid #2a2d3a; border-radius: 14px; padding: 18px 22px; background: #0d0f16; }\n  .twl-x-commitments h3 { margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 800; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: #c9a227; }\n  .twl-x-commitments ul { margin: 0; padding-left: 18px; color: #d0ccc4; }\n  .twl-x-commitments li { margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-size: 14px; color: #b8b3a8; }\n  .twl-x-commitments strong { color: #f5f2ec; }\n\n  @media (max-width: 749px) { .twl-desc-x { padding: 20px 16px; } .twl-desc-x h1 { font-size: 24px; } .twl-x-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-desc-x\"\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eLadyburn 48 Year Old, Statement No. 52\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-subhead\"\u003eDistilled 28th September 1973 · Cask Ref 5679 · 96 Bottles · Statement No. 52\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"twl-x-rule\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-pills\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-x-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion\u003c\/strong\u003e Lowland\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-x-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDistillery\u003c\/strong\u003e Ladyburn\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-x-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge\u003c\/strong\u003e 48 Years\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-x-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABV\u003c\/strong\u003e 44.9%\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-x-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCask Ref\u003c\/strong\u003e 5679\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-x-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOutturn\u003c\/strong\u003e 96 Bottles\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-x-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e Decanter\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-x-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStatement\u003c\/strong\u003e No. 52\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-lead\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis whisky comes from a distillery that no longer exists. \u003cstrong\u003eLadyburn\u003c\/strong\u003e, distilled \u003cstrong\u003e28th September 1973\u003c\/strong\u003e, matured for \u003cstrong\u003e48 years\u003c\/strong\u003e in cask reference 5679, and bottled by Blackadder in June 2022 at its natural strength of \u003cstrong\u003e44.9% abv\u003c\/strong\u003e. Just \u003cstrong\u003e96 decanters\u003c\/strong\u003e were filled, Raw Cask, straight from the wood, each presented in its gift case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLadyburn operated for nine years. William Grant \u0026amp; Sons, the family behind Glenfiddich and Balvenie, built it inside their Girvan grain complex in 1966 to supply malt for blending. By 1975 the stills were silent, and shortly afterward they were dismantled. Nothing of the distillery survives except the whisky it made, and after half a century, precious little of that. \u003cstrong\u003eLadyburn is one of the rarest Lowland malts in existence\u003c\/strong\u003e, and 1973 stock comes from the distillery's final years. What is in this decanter cannot be made again by anyone, anywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCasks of Ladyburn surface so rarely that each one is an event. This is genuine last of its kind liquid: a 48 year old survivor from a nine year window that closed in 1975, carrying a Blackadder Statement number, the family's mark for the definitive casks in their care. Ninety six bottles stand between this whisky and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-brand\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Blackadder Statement\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlackadder International was founded in 1995 by \u003cstrong\u003eRobin Tucek\u003c\/strong\u003e and remains a family operation, run today with his daughter Hannah and son Michael. The house philosophy has never changed: \u003cstrong\u003ethe cask is king\u003c\/strong\u003e. Every release is bottled without chill filtration and without added colour, and the Raw Cask series goes further still, bottled straight from the cask so that nothing standing between the wood and the glass is lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStatement is Blackadder's flagship series.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Statement number is reserved for the casks the family judges definitive, the finest whiskies to pass through their warehouse in a given era. The rarest of these are presented in glass decanters rather than standard bottles. This is Statement No. 52.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDistillery profile\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBuilt in 1966\u003c\/strong\u003e by William Grant \u0026amp; Sons inside their Girvan grain distillery complex in Ayrshire, to produce Lowland malt for the Grant's blends.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSilent by 1975.\u003c\/strong\u003e When Girvan's grain operation needed room to expand, Ladyburn was closed and its stills were dismantled. The distillery is gone, permanently.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIts working life spanned barely nine years, making surviving stock finite in the strictest sense: \u003cstrong\u003eone of the rarest Lowland single malts in existence\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 1973 distillations belong to the \u003cstrong\u003efinal years of production\u003c\/strong\u003e, drawn from the last casks the distillery would ever fill.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor collectors, Ladyburn sits in the small circle of lost distilleries whose every remaining cask is irreplaceable.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCask profile\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCask reference 5679 was filled on 28th September 1973 and slept for forty eight years before Blackadder bottled it in June 2022. At \u003cstrong\u003e44.9% abv\u003c\/strong\u003e, the strength is exactly where nearly five decades of Scottish maturation left it: no water added, no chill filtration, no colouring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a Raw Cask release it was drawn directly from the wood. Fine cask sediment may be present in the decanter. Blackadder considers that sediment part of the whisky, not a flaw, and bottles it deliberately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe outturn is \u003cstrong\u003e96 decanters\u003c\/strong\u003e worldwide, each presented in its gift case with a certificate of ownership. The Whiskey Lab's allocation is a small fraction of that number.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-cert\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCertificate of Ownership\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach decanter ships in its presentation gift case and is accompanied by a \u003cstrong\u003ecertificate of ownership issued in the purchaser's name\u003c\/strong\u003e by Blackadder International. Your name, on the record of this cask, permanently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-philosophy\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOn Tasting Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will not find Blackadder's tasting notes here. By design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlackadder shares every technical detail a curious drinker could ask for: distillery, cask number, distillation date, bottling date, ABV, outturn. Everything that makes the liquid what it is. \u003cstrong\u003eWhat they leave to you is the experience of drinking it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTasting notes shape expectation. They tell you what you should find before you find it. Blackadder's position is that the spirit in your glass should speak for itself, and what you find there belongs to you. Pour it neat. Add a few drops of water if it asks for it. Take your time. The cask did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSpecification\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDetails\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBrand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlackadder International\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSeries\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStatement No. 52, Raw Cask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGlass decanter in presentation gift case\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSingle Malt Scotch Whisky, single cask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLowland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDistillery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLadyburn Distillery, Girvan (closed 1975, dismantled)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e48 years\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eABV\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e44.9%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVolume\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e700ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCask reference\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5679\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDistilled\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28th September 1973\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBottled\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eJune 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOutturn\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e96 bottles worldwide\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCask strength\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYes, natural strength after 48 years, bottled straight from the cask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNon-chill filtered\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNatural colour\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCertificate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCertificate of ownership issued in the purchaser's name\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOpen release\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-x-commitments\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Whiskey Lab's Quality Commitments\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSingle Cask \u0026amp; Small Batch:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ensuring a unique profile for each release.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNatural Colour \u0026amp; Non-Chill Filtered:\u003c\/strong\u003e Preserving the authentic character and purity of the whisky.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHonest Storytelling:\u003c\/strong\u003e Every cask profile written by people who actually handled the liquid.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"The Whiskey Lab","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53947927232830,"sku":"TWL-BLK-LADY48-100081","price":8000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/2221\/2926\/files\/blackadder-statement-52-ladyburn-48yo.jpg?v=1784738005","url":"https:\/\/www.thewhiskeylab.com\/products\/blackadder-statement-no-52-ladyburn-48-year-decanter","provider":"The Whiskey Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}