Glen Scotia has unveiled a limited-edition 22-year-old ‘Distillery of the 12 months’ expression. The bottling follows the distillery’s triumph on the Scottish Whisky Awards in November 2021, the place it took residence the prize for ‘Scottish Whisky Distillery of the 12 months’. All through 2022, the crew have labored to create a uncommon and unique launch with solely 500 bottles out there worldwide.
The Glen Scotia Distillery of the 12 months Expression is an ideal illustration of the model’s signature fashion, utilizing liquid from a few of its best reserves of first-fill bourbon casks and providing the basic tropical fruit and oily coastal notes you’d anticipate from a Campbeltown Single Malt Whisky. It was bottled in Could at cask energy and with out added shade.
The brand new launch arrives within the model’s new premium packaging in a blue tube which incorporates an elevated bottle with a shoulder coin and heavy base.
A handful of bottles might be out there by way of poll from the Glen Scotia web site. Restricted to at least one entry per particular person, the poll is now open and closes on Sunday 4th September (23.59hrs). Profitable entrants might be notified on Monday fifth September. The remaining bottles might be out there in restricted numbers by way of whisky specialist retailers worldwide.
“We’re one of many smallest distilleries in Scotland, however with the mix of our crew’s craftsmanship and our ambition to take Glen Scotia to the world, we’re producing a number of the greatest whisky to have come out of Campbeltown in a few years,” mentioned Iain McAlister, Grasp Distiller at Glen Scotia. “It is a results of those who got here earlier than us and their laborious work and information of the craft.
“To win Scottish Whisky Distillery of the 12 months was an actual feat, and we knew we would have liked to mark it in a particular approach. This newest launch is a tremendous instance and a legacy of a real Campbeltown malt, and we hope collectors and mates of the distillery from all over the world will be part of us in elevating a dram of it to the continued success of Glen Scotia.”
Bottled at 54.8% ABV, the Glen Scotia Distillery of the 12 months Expression is priced at £475 per 70cl bottle. For extra info, head over to the model’s official web site.
