Widespread. Any decent liquor store should carry it. Highly recommended For the details… Bunnahabhain was built in 1881 by William Robertson in partnership with the Greenlees Bros. From its inception, the distillery included housing for workers and a custom-built road and pier. In 1887 it merged with Glenrothes on Speyside, forming Highland Distillers, which eventually …
Category: Limited and Discontinued Bottlings
Ailsa Bay
Specialty retail For the adventurous taster and completionist For the details… Ailsa Bay lies within William Grant and Sons’ grain distillery at Girvan. Girvan was the result of a dispute between Diageo forebear DCL and Grant’s (owners of Glenfiddich and Balvenie) in which DCL refused to supply grain whisky to Grant’s. In response, Grant’s built …
Octomore (Bruichladdich) 13.1
Specialty shops in UK, EU and major US cities Highly recommended For the details… Islay’s Bruichladdich distillery produces three distinct varietals: the core Bruichladdich range, using unpeated malt, Port Charlotte, using heavily peated malt, and Octomore, using super heavily peated malt. Port Charlotte is the nearest town, and also the name of a now defunct …
Rosebank 12 (Flora and Fauna)
Mostly gone Recommended, if you can find it for a halfway reasonable price For the details… Rosebank's fate has historically been closely linked to the Forth and Clyde Canal, which linked Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth in the east with Glasgow and the Firth of Clyde in the west. The canal was built in …
Inchgower 14 (Flora and Fauna)
Limited - UK or EU specialty shops Recommended For the details… The only coastal distillery on Speyside, the Inchgower distillery was founded in 1871, although its history traces back another 50 years before that. Tochineal distillery, founded in 1825, was owned by the Wilson family. The distillery’s water supply went dry, and then owner Alexander …
