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The Balvenie Tale of The Dog is the latest chapter in The Balvenie’s Stories Collection, an exquisite 42-year-old aged single malt Scotch whisky inspired by the story of a young Balvenie apprentice having his eyes opened to a more daring side of distillery life.

The Balvenie Distillery has added to its Balvenie Stories range in an incredible way here – it's an astonishing 42 year old single malt Scotch whisky! Dubbed the Tale of the Dog, this expression took inspiration from a story that coppersmith Dennis McBain remembers involving a copper dog – which is a small copper tube used to get at the whisky in casks. McBain was asked to flatted the copper dog and return it to its owner, who had been "taking a dog for a walk". Funnily enough, this memory did nudge McBain to suggest copper dogs be used on distillery tours, rather than valinches, which do look hard to use.