Tormore 1988 - Authors' Series - Frederick Douglass

The First Editions Authors’ Series is a range of single cask expressions, created by the prestigious blenders and bottlers, Hunter Laing & Co, in celebration of pioneering writers. This is a limited edition expression, inspired by the life and works of
Frederick Douglass.

Distilled in November 1988 at Speyside's Tormore distillery, this single malt was matured in a sherry butt for 28 years before bottling in October 2017. This 14th release in the series is limited to just 244 bottles, each one presented at a natural cask strength of 54.1% abv.

Each bottle is presented in a brown leather box, embossed with gold metallic text, and are individually wax sealed.

Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was an African-American former slave who rose to prominence as a highly-regarded writer, orator and statesman in the abolitionist movement. Douglass garnered acclaim for his anti-slavery writings including the Heroic Slave, My Bondage and My Freedom, and A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, as well as for the newspaper he founded and edited, the North Star.