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 …
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Ardnamurchan AD 03.21:02
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 …
Annandale Man o’Sword – Founders’ Selection
Somewhat hard to find Recommended For the details... Annandale is part of a renaissance of whisky-making in the Scottish Lowlands. The complex regulatory history of Scotch whisky meant that the Lowlands ended up being the forgotten whisky-making region. Malt whisky was made in the Lowlands, but the region was better known for industrial grain distilling …
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Glen Mhor 1980 (Gordon & MacPhail)
Hard to find Only for true enthusiasts and completionists For the details... Inverness, considered to be the capital of the Highlands, might be expected to be a thriving distilling hub. It is not. Even in the midst of the current whisky boom, not a single malt distillery operates in Inverness, nor–at least as of this …
Old Pulteney 12 year old
There is a widely available 12 year old from Old Pulteney, but this one is an older, now discontinued bottling Recommended, if you can find it at a reasonable price For the details... I have a special soft spot for Old Pulteney. My single malt journey started with an Old Pulteney–likely one of the old …
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