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 …
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Glentauchers 1996 (Signatory)
Extremely limited Connoisseurs and completionists only! For the details… Speyside has Scotland’s highest concentration of distilleries, accounting for somewhere between one third and one quarter of the country’s operational facilities. Not all of them can be superstars, and Glentauchers is one of many Speysiders to barely make a dent in the popular imagination. Part of …
Macallan 18 year old, 1990 Edition
Auction only Recommended, with caveats For the details… Macallan. The ultimate luxury whisky, and for a while, beloved of whisky connoisseurs. An object lesson of being a victim of your own success? Macallan started its life as a farm distillery, and was licensed to one Alexander Reid in 1824, shortly after the passage of the …
Balmenach 2004 – Gordon & Macphail (Connoisseur’s Choice)
Highly limited Worth trying, if you come across it. For the details… Balmenach is unusual amongst modern malt distilleries in that it has had no official bottling in years, and is quite scarce even among independents. The whisky is well-known among aficionados as being a Speysider of the “older” style, producing a heavier spirit than …
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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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