Description

WHISKY GLEN GARIOCH 1988 2007 45% Gordon MacPhail – Secret Stills 6.1 Glen Garioch 1988 Gordon and MacPhail / Secret Stills No:6 “A special bottling from a distillery founded in 1797 in the small Highland village of Oldmeldrum”.? Glen Garioch is one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland. For most of the 20th century it was self-sufficient, malting its own barley using peat from Pitsligo, giving it a unique smoky character. In fact, in 1968 it was short-listed by then-owners DCL, to convert to heavily peated production in order to make up for a shortfall on Islay caused by a drought. In an odd twist of fate, the decision was instead made to re-open Brora for the job, and close Glen Garioch down. Morrison Bowmore then sprang to its rescue, restarting production in 1973. The maltings and distillery were shut down again by Beam Suntory in 1995, and only the latter resumed operations two years later, with contemporary Glen Garioch becoming an un-peated single malt. These pre-1995 vintages are worth investigating while you can. This whisky was distilled in December 1988 and laid to rest in first fill American Hogsheads #5182 & #5183?before being bottled in December 2011. Bottled by Gordon & MacPhail as part of the Secret Stills series. Gordon & MacPhail are one of the largest and most recognisable whisky companies in the world. Although they began distilling at the newly refurbished Benromach distillery in 1998, for most of their history they were an independent bottler. Their labels are recognised by whisky lovers the world over, and their licensed bottlings from distillery’s like Macallan and Talisker in the 1970s and 1980s, when the companies were not bottling themselves, are a huge part of the success of those distillers today. One of 540 bottles.