Garnheath The history behind the Garnheath distillery is pretty short unfortunately, founded in 1964 and sadly closed and demolished in 1986, the distillery only produced grain whisky for such a short time, and although the annual capacity was 15,000,000 proof gallons, most would have gone straight into blends.. The fact we have any liquid to…
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Cameronbridge 27 Year Old 1991 – Old Particular (Douglas Laing)
Cameronbridge Distillery Cameronbridge is not only the oldest grain distillery in Europe, its also the largest producer of grain whisky in Europe. Founded in 1824 by John Haig, who installed a Patent still which had been invented by his cousin Robert Stein in 1829, this was to enable him to produce grain whisky on a…
Girvan 40 Year Old – Douglas Laing
Douglas Laing If you have listened to me in the past you will know I have a respect for the independent bottler Douglas Laing ! The quality they keep offering the customer is second to none ! As an indie bottler they have set the standard for a long time in my eyes and with…
Clonakilty Single Grain Irish Whiskey
Irish Whiskey The history behind Irish whiskey is rather interesting, add to it the argument that the Irish introduced whiskey to the scots and it takes another turn.. Tracing its heritage way back Irish whiskey was once a major contributor to the infrastructure and backbone of the Irish economy. Dating back to somewhere in the…
Cambus 28 year old – batch 11 That Boutique-y Whisky Company
Cambus Distillery The Cambus Distillery dates back to 1806 when John Mowbray converted a derelict mill situated next to the river Devron close to the Forth estuary. The business was not registered until 1813, land registration was filed soon after. 1823 see’s the distillery producing its first grain whisky. In 1851 the Distillery was expanded…
Strathclyde 31 year old – Batch 4 Single Grain
Strathclyde Strathclyde distillery was founded in 1927 by Seager Evans and Co and was built on the site of an old cotton mill and was initially intended to produce neutral spirit for Gin production, the first spirit started to run off the still in 1928. The company was then acquired by the New York based…
29 Year old Glaswegian Single Grain
Whisky Works A few weeks ago I was contacted and asked if I would like to take part in a live tasting of two releases from The Whisky Works.. Well of course I would.. Wait.. Who ? Is it ignorance on my behalf that I don’t know who or what this company is about? Well…
Invergordon 44 year old – That Boutique-y Whisky Company
Invergordon Founded In 1959 this grain distillery did not start to produce spirit until 1961, the distillery can be found nestled in the Highlands of Scotland. Located in the town of Invergordon which was once known by An Rudha which translates to “ the point “ , it was William Gordon who re named it…
Dumbarton 32 year old, 1986 – Claxton’s
Dumbarton Distillery started to distill back in 1938 and was at one point the largest continuous producing grain distillery in Scotland, using the continuous column still rather than the traditional Coffey still.. Unfortunately in 2002 the distillery fell silent before eventually being fully demolished and again stocks today are starting to dwindle.. Dumbarton 32 Distillery…..
Invergordon 25 year old, batch 9 – That Boutique-y Whisky Company.
As I open my That Boutiquey Whisky Company advent calendar 2018, day 4, I am greeted with the exact dram that I have been looking forward to ( ok I cheated and checked out the list ) If you have read my blog recently you will probably have noticed me saying just how much I…
North British 27yo Single Grain.. That Boutique-y Whisky Company.
It’s raining grain.. Ok let me explain, at the time of writing this review here in the uk we are in the middle of the harvest season, it only seems right I review a single grain whisky ! That Boutique-y Whisky Company is at the moment bottling some stupendous single grains !! And this North…
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