{"product_id":"red-hackle-reserve-12-year-old-26-2-3-fl-oz-2006","title":"Red Hackle Reserve 12 Year Old 26 2\/3 Fl Oz | 2006!","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRed Hackle Reserve 12 Year Old 26 2\/3 Fl Oz | 2006!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6724\" src=\"https:\/\/scottishwhiskycompetitions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a98a951bf2f4e5092dfb7e55360d5266-zoom-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"\u003eFor the whisky enthusiast and connoisseur out there I Present’ A blend from Hepburn \u0026amp; Ross Ltd, who were based in Kelvinbridge in Glasgow’s West End.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the First World War, two veterans of the famous Black Watch regiment set up a whisky blending company. The success of their primary blend,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRed Hackle, led to a large following in the US, as well as on home turf on the west coast of Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe company built a close relationship with the founders’ former regiment and the services in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1920 two ex-servicemen, Charles Hepburn and Herbert Ross, founded a whisky blending company in Glasgow that, in the early days at least, boasted its exclusive employment of former members of the military. To reinforce its relationship with the service, its number one blend was known as Red Hackle, named after the ‘hackle’ – or feather – worn in the cap of the Black Watch regiment, which both Hepburn and Ross served in during the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1959, two years after the death of partner Herbert Ross, Charles Hepburn sold the company and its brands to distiller and blender Robertson \u0026amp; Baxter (now Edrington). He is reported to have said at the time that after the death of his wife he ‘realised that you do nothing for yourself, only for someone else. You come home in the evening and she asks, “Well, what have you done today?” When that has gone, the meaning has gone out of the game.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge: 12 Years Old 75° Proof \/ 26 2\/3 Fl Oz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e⭐️ £2.99 Per Ticket\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e⭐️ 67 Tickets Available\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e⭐️ 1 Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGood Luck!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53630394401097,"sku":"2006","price":2.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0816\/7332\/2825\/files\/125-X-2024-12-13T143046.979.png?v=1767879204","url":"https:\/\/384263-9d.myshopify.com\/products\/red-hackle-reserve-12-year-old-26-2-3-fl-oz-2006","provider":"Scottish Whisky Competitions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}