Arran 17 Years Old 1997 Whisky Schiff Zürich 2014 (The Whisky Agency)

Whisky Schiff Zürich is an annual whisky fair held aboard a passenger steamer on Lake Zurich, drawing visitors from across the German speaking whisky community since the early 2000s. Specific bottlings released for the event become collector's items reflecting the year and the bottler involved. The Whisky Agency, founded in 2008 by Carsten Ehrlich and Stephan Brünker after their period at the German bottler Whisky Doris, is known for both its bottlings under the main Whisky Agency name and for collaborative releases tied to specific events. This Arran 17 Year Old was selected by The Whisky Agency from a single cask of 1997 spirit for the 2014 Whisky Schiff Zürich event.

Spirit was distilled at Lochranza in 1997 and matured seventeen years in a single cask before being selected for the festival release. The cask wood for Whisky Agency selections varies, with the company sourcing casks based on individual character rather than a fixed template. Bottled without chill filtration and without added colour.

The Whisky Agency's reputation rests on the bottler's ability to identify specific casks of distinctive character, particularly from older and rarer distillery sources. At seventeen years old the cask integration is well established, with the Arran spirit signature retaining visibility against the supporting cask layer. The festival exclusive nature limits the available volume, with bottle counts typically reflecting the working outturn of the single cask.