Fairly wide availability Recommended! For the details… Caol Ila was founded in 1846 by Hector Henderson. The distillery is located in the town of Port Askaig, which gives its name to a single malt brand that is frequently sourced from Caol Ila. The plant faces across the Sound of Islay (the “caol ila” in Gaelic) …
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Widely available Highly-ish recommended For the details… Located in the northeastern coastal Highland village of Brora, Clynelish (pronounced to rhyme with “wine” and “leash”) was built by the Marquess of Stafford in 1819. He later became the Duke of Sutherland, and was instrumental in the Highland clearances, which forced tenant farmers off the land to …
Similar expressions are fairly widely available Highly recommended For the details… Ardnamurchan is one of the newer distilleries in Scotland, part of a general distilling and building boom in the industry. Located on the remote Ardnamurchan peninsula along Scotland’s west coast, Ardnamurchan is roughly due west of Fort William, and northwest of Oban. It was …
Fairly wide availability Decent, but not great For the details... The Speyside town of Dufftown was once known as Mortlach. The town’s first legal distillery, founded in 1823, took that earlier name as its namesake. Over the years, as distilling boomed on Speyside, numerous other distilleries joined Mortlach in the town, leading to the saying …
Fairly wide availability A choice pick For the details... With the popularity of the long-running HBO fantasy drama, crossovers were inevitable. Diageo got into the arena with Game of Thrones themed releases from many of their regularly bottled distilleries, with Lagavulin becoming the stand-in for the cunning and proud House Lannister. Lagavulin was founded in …
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