North of Scotland, 50-Year-Old, Lowland, Single Grain Scotch Whisky (40.4%)
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North of Scotland Distillery Co.
Lowlands Whisky
Lowland whiskies come from the area north of the English border, and south of a line drawn between Greenock in the west, and Dundee in the east. Traditionally they have been the source of a lot of the whisky to be used for blends, as such the style is much lighter than other regions, with little or no peat. By the late 19th centaury almost the entire production of the Lowland distilleries went for blending
The growth in popularity and power of the Highland and Speyside distilleries, has been matched by a fall from favour for Lowland producers, to such an extent that today there are only three left in production. By far and away the two biggest whisky distilleries are Auchentoshan and Glenkinchie. The third being Bladnoch, which is also, the most southerly distillery of all.
Auchentoshan Distillery is on the northern edge of Glasgow and was founded in 1800. It has a light, cereal and citrus nose and a clean, dry finish. Glenkinchie Distillery is located at Pencaitland, just outside Edinburgh. Typical of Lowland malt whiskies: fragrant and reserved, with a clean, fresh flavour.
There are some silent stills, whose whiskies are still found from time to time. Rosebank is quite often seen and was generally considered to be the best Lowland malt. Occasionally, but more rarely seen are St.Magdalene from Linlithgow, Littlemill from Bowling Dumbartonshire and Ladyburn, which was housed inside William Grants grain distillery at Girvan on the Ayrshire coast.
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The nose is subtle and complex: orange oil, tinned pineapple, glazed pecan nuts and muscovado sugar melt into creamy porridge. Alongside sweet spice, vanilla fudge and herbal notes, there’s an unconventional woody-metallic aroma. The palate is unctuous and textured, with creamy coconut, tropical fruits and melting brown sugar and a pleasant white-oak bitterness, adding freshness. The finish has a mouth-tingling lick of sweet pineapple and herbal tobacco, not unlike Jamaican rum. This has a luxurious cocktail-like quality, somewhere between an Old Fashioned and a Piña Colada. Old grain whisky at its finest, this.
Will Blakeley, Spirits Advisor, Berry Bros. & Rudd (Feb 2021)
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