Loch Fyne Whiskies - those labels explained

Label Examples

'OB'
OFFICIAL, OWNERS OR ORIGINAL BOTTLINGS

When bottled by the owner of the distillery, we call such bottlings official, owners or original bottlings. These ‘official’ presentations are examples of the best in quality, packaging and design and a guarantee of consistency and quality.

The example shown is our bottling of the year for 1999, a 21yo cask strength Knockdhu bottled by the owners of that distillery, Inver House Distillers.

'OB-d'
DISTILLERY MALTS

OB-d the 'Distillery Malts' is a range of single malts from the industry big boys, United Distillers and Vintners, given to their second tier of distilleries (marketing, not quality-wise), all have similar presentation characteristics and bottled at 10-16 years and 43%alc.

'OB-r'

RARE MALTS

OB-r, the 'Rare Malts are also from UDV and represent a copycat presentation of the independent bottlers who created a niche for cask strength single malts.

Loch Fyne Whiskies
Inveraray
Argyll
PA32 8UD
Scotland
Telephone
+44 (0)1499 302 219
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+44 (0)1499 302 238



			'OB' OFFICIAL, OWNERS OR ORIGINAL BOTTLINGS When bottled by the owner of the distillery, we call such bottlings official, owners or original bottlings. These ‘official’ presentations are examples of the best in quality, packaging and design and a guarantee of consistency and quality. The example shown is our bottling of the year for 1999, a 21yo cask strength Knockdhu bottled by the owners of that distillery, Inver House Distillers.

			'OB-d' DISTILLERY MALTS OB-d the 'Distillery Malts' is a range of single malts from the industry big boys, United Distillers and Vintners, given to their second tier of distilleries (marketing, not quality-wise), all have similar presentation characteristics and bottled at 10-16 years and 43%alc. 'OB-r' RARE MALTS OB-r, the 'Rare Malts are also from UDV and represent a copycat presentation of the independent bottlers who created a niche for cask strength single malts.