Mystery Scotch Whiskey :

[scboch]

So my father-in-law is a postman, and he received this as a Christmas gift from someone on one of his routes about 15 years ago. He's not a drinker and so never touched the stuff. And while I'm not a big scotch whiskey fan, my brother is and he's been looking to get me to "join him on the darkside."

I have looked this bottle up and down google, and tried to find out more information on it. I'd love to drink it, but I don't want to drink it if it's worth something, or rare, or if it would be better not to drink it...

So, I need help figuring out more about this scotch whiskey... I know nothing, I can't find it anywhere, I think the company went under a long time ago... That's about all I've got. Anyone know more? Let me know.

SCBoch

Attached are a few pictures of the front, and 1 picture of the back in order to help in reading it.
The import stamp on top reads "James B. Beam Import Corp New york, NY 424162917

 

[LarryDarrell]

Bell's is still very much in business
http://www.bells.co.uk/
The 'Afore ye Go' slogan dates from 1925
The bottle shape is typical of pre-1960's. I've never see one with the town-crier label.
As to value, don't know, Is the paper seal on the cap intact? that would have an impact on value.

 

[buffdaddy]

Does it say anything about the vintage or when it was bottled on the label? I you can't find anything I would either write or email Bell's and see if they can help out.

To be honest I'm not that familiar with the brand so just my 2 cents. I did see that they are still business so hopefully they keep some sort of archive.

http://www.bells.co.uk/

 

[ackvil]

Bells has been around for a long time. You can see their website here. In Florida not many store carry it.

 

[scboch]

the shipping label is stillintact. i will post pics when i get home.

 

[ReAndyMator]

I've put the pic to a pal of mine at Diageo (who own Bells)....

 

[scboch]

Ok, well I thought I'd make a shameless bump and see if anyone else knows anything about this bottle. If this is against the rules, please feel free to let me know.

 

[ReAndyMator]

The only feedback I got is 'it's old'. And a comment that it must be a huge bottle - it's marked 4.5 quarts, which would be something like 4.25L (unless we're talking proper quarts, in which case it would be about 5.1L)