Fairly widely available Recommended For the details… Glenglassaugh, located along a relatively distillery-sparse section of Scotland’s east coast near the town of Portsoy. Never a major distilling area, Glenglassaugh is one of a handful still in operation there. It was built in 1874 by a local businessman, James Moir. That Glenglassaugh is still in operation …
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Clynelish 1995 (Signatory – Decanter Collection)
Auction, if you’re very lucky. Meh. For the details… Clynelish is one of Scotland’s semi-hidden gems. It has been something of a cult whisky, with single malt connoisseurs fawning over the interesting waxy character (supposedly the result of a build-up in the intermediate feints receiver) found in some expressions. The distillery was founded by the …
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New Orkney Distillery
Orkney is apparently getting a third distillery. The archipelago, which lies across the Pentland Firth off the north coast of Scotland, is already home to Highland Park and Scapa, both of them on the main island. Until the advent of Torabhaig on Skye, Mainland Orkney had been the sole Scottish island outside Islay to have …
Glenury Royal 1970 36 year old (Diageo Special Release)
Rare and hard to find Highly recommended, but only if you can find/afford it For the details… Glenury was built in 1825 near the Eastern Highland town of Stonehaven by a local landowner, Captain James Barclay. Illegal distilling had been rife in the area prior to the Excise Act, and in an attempt to diminish …
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Clynelish 14 year old
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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