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 …
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Rosebank rises from the ashes!
If you're well-versed in the history of single malts, you're probably well aware that the Scotch whisky industry has had a boom-to-bust cycle over the years. One of the worst busts in recent history was the "whisky loch" of the early to mid-1980s (so-called because there was enough surplus whisky to "fill a loch"). With …
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 …
Glenglassaugh Revival
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 …
Aberlour 16
Widely available Meh For the details… Aberlour (pronounced to rhyme with ‘power’) was founded in 1879 by James Fleming. There had been an earlier distillery nearby from 1825-1833. The new distillery on the current site burned in 1898, necessitating a complete rebuild. It was purchased by the French drinks giant Pernod-Ricard in 1974, and following …
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