Glen Scotia Whisky

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  Glen Scotia 15 years old Campbeltown Single Malt Whisky 46%

  Item no.: 22227865365-232

  Campbeltown once had thirty distilleries. Today it has three. Glen Scotia is one of them, and the 15 year old is where the town’s character shows most clearly — salt, oil and a peat that sits like a shadow behind rather than filling the foreground.

  The expert's description

  Glen Scotia 15 Year Old is a Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky matured in American oak casks and bottled at 46%.

  The whisky has spent fifteen years in a mix of 1st fill and refill American oak casks, with no sherry or wine casks to turn the direction. It is non-chill filtered, and the 46% is pitched high enough that the maritime minerality does not vanish. The bottling carries the silver label design Glen Scotia moved to in June 2022.

  Glen Scotia has been distilling in Campbeltown since 1832 and sits a few hundred metres from the harbour. In the nineteenth century the town was the whisky capital of Scotland, until the market collapsed and the distilleries closed one after another. Glen Scotia barely survived, stood silent for several periods in the twentieth century, and is run today by Loch Lomond Group.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Toasted vanilla and ripe fruit first, then a salted caramel sweetness. There are light spices and a hint of citrus, and behind it sits the maritime note Campbeltown is known for.

  Palate

  Rich and full. Spiced oak, dried fruit and honey, with a mineral tautness mid-palate that points straight at the harbour. The smoke is discreet and only arrives at the end.

  Finish

  Long and warm. Pepper, dark chocolate and a withdrawn smoke that lingers long after the fruit has gone.

  Specifications

  Name: Glen Scotia 15 Year Old Campbeltown Single Malt Whisky 46%
  Distillery: Glen Scotia
  Region/Country: Campbeltown, Scotland
  Type: Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 15 years
  ABV: 46%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: 1st fill and refill American oak casks
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  EAN no.: 5016840171218

  Flavour profile

  Maritime · Spiced · Fruity · Lightly peated · Mineral

  Did you know?

  Campbeltown is still recognised as a whisky region in its own right, even with only three working distilleries left. The town sits on the Kintyre peninsula, and the drive there from Glasgow is longer than to most Speyside distilleries — part of the reason so few make the trip.

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    101,75EUR
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  Glen Scotia 15 years Old Version Campbeltown Single Malt Whisky 46%

  Item no.: 22227865365-299

  Black label, gold lettering. That is how Glen Scotia 15 Year Old looked until the distillery changed design in June 2022 and moved to silver. The whisky inside follows the same recipe — it is the packaging that has become history.

  The expert's description

  Glen Scotia 15 Year Old Old Version is a Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky matured in American oak casks and bottled at 46%.

  This is the bottling in the old design with a black label and gold lettering that Glen Scotia used until the summer of 2022. The whisky has spent fifteen years in 1st fill and refill American oak casks and is non-chill filtered. There is no sherry or wine cask in play, so it is the salty, oily character of the distillery that carries the bottle.

  Glen Scotia has not had an easy history. The distillery was founded in 1832, and through the twentieth century it stood silent for several periods while the whisky industry in Campbeltown shrank from around thirty distilleries to three. That distilling continues in the town at all is down to equal parts stubbornness and luck.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Salted caramel and toasted vanilla, with ripe fruit and a layer of light spices. The citrus note only arrives after a couple of minutes, and beneath it all sits a sea-like tone.

  Palate

  Full and spiced. Oak, dried fruit and honey, with a taut minerality in the middle. The smoke is held back and shows itself as a dry shadow rather than as peat.

  Finish

  Long. Pepper and dark chocolate first, then a slow, salted close that lingers.

  Specifications

  Name: Glen Scotia 15 Year Old Old Version Campbeltown Single Malt Whisky 46%
  Distillery: Glen Scotia
  Region/Country: Campbeltown, Scotland
  Type: Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 15 years
  ABV: 46%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: 1st fill and refill American oak casks
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Edition: Old Version - black label
  EAN no.: 5016840171218

  Flavour profile

  Maritime · Spiced · Fruity · Lightly peated · Salty

  Investment potential

  Medium. The design with a black label and gold lettering was replaced in June 2022 and will not return. Label variants are a well-established collecting category, and a fifteen year old in the discontinued packaging is easier to place in time than most — bottles like that disappear quietly as the remaining stock is drawn down.

  Did you know?

  Glen Scotia sat so close to closure for decades that the distillery was run several times with a minimum of staff. The plant is still one of the smallest in Scotland by output, and some of the equipment is older than many of the distilleries that closed around it.

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    120,00EUR
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  Glen Scotia 2016/2025 Lady of the Glen 8 year old Single Campbeltown Malt Whisky 56,5%

  Item no.: 222225-5585

  Eight years is young for a Campbeltown. The spirit is still raw at the edges, the salt stands out sharply, and there are not many years of oak to soften anything. Then Lady of the Glen moved the cask into tawny port, and suddenly the youth made sense.

  The expert's description

  Glen Scotia 2016/2025 Lady of the Glen 8 Year Old is a Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky finished in an ex-tawny port cask and bottled at cask strength 56.5%.

  The whisky was distilled in 2016 and bottled in 2025 from cask number 8924, which gave 231 bottles, non-chill filtered and with no added colour. The choice of tawny over ruby is worth noting: tawny port has spent a long time in wood and is oxidative, nutty and drier, where ruby is fresh and berry-sweet. That suits a young, salty spirit better, because it adds depth rather than sweetness.

  Lady of the Glen is run by Gregor Hannah and buys individual casks from across Scotland. The firm always bottles at cask strength, unfiltered and uncoloured, and it often goes for younger casks where there is still distillery to taste. An eight year old Glen Scotia is exactly the kind of cask the larger houses would typically have left alone for longer.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Sea salt and seaweed meet red fruit and dried berries. The port lays a nutty sweetness on top, and there is a trace of dark chocolate beneath it all.

  Palate

  Full and intense. Dark fruit, spiced oak and chocolate, carried by a lightly oily texture. The cask strength pushes the salt forward, so the sweetness is never allowed to take over.

  Finish

  Long and warm. Balanced sweetness with maritime nuances and a final touch of spice.

  Specifications

  Name: Glen Scotia 2016/2025 Lady of the Glen 8 Year Old Campbeltown Single Malt Whisky 56.5%
  Distillery: Glen Scotia
  Bottler: Lady of the Glen
  Region/Country: Campbeltown, Scotland
  Type: Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 8 years
  ABV: 56.5%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Finished in an ex-tawny port cask
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Distilled: 2016
  Bottled: 2025
  Number of bottles: 231
  Edition: Single Cask no. 8924

  Flavour profile

  Maritime · Dark fruit · Port-finished · Spiced · Cask Strength

  Did you know?

  Glen Scotia still mashes in a 2.8 tonne cast iron mash tun. It is old-fashioned equipment that most distilleries have swapped for stainless steel, and it is one of the reasons the spirit carries that heavy, oily body.

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    134,00EUR
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  Glen Scotia Campbeltown Festival 2025 Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 54.3%

  Item no.: 222556368-77899

  Glen Scotia distils peated spirit for only a few weeks a year. The rest of the time the plant runs unpeated, so by the time the festival bottle appears the raw material is already a rarity at the distillery. The 2025 release added five months in Spanish red wine casks on top.

  The expert's description

  Glen Scotia Campbeltown Festival 2025 is a Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky matured in 1st fill bourbon casks with a finishing period in Ribera del Duero red wine casks, bottled at 54.3%.

  The whisky is nine years old and built on the distillery peated spirit. Main maturation took place in 1st fill bourbon casks, and the final five months were spent in casks from Ribera del Duero in northern Spain — a region known for powerful tempranillo wines. The combination of peat smoke and dark wine fruit is unusual, and the bottling is a limited edition, non-chill filtered and with no added colour.

  Campbeltown Malts Festival is held every spring, when the three distilleries in town open their doors and each releases a special bottling. It is the one time a year that Campbeltown fills up with whisky people, and the festival bottles are usually gone as fast as they arrive.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Creamy vanilla and salty sea air, with peat smoke settling on top. Behind it come dark berries and a vinous, almost preserved note.

  Palate

  Full and oiled. Smoked malt meets juicy blackberries and ripe red fruit, with a trace of liquorice underneath. The cask strength holds the smoke and the wine fruit in tension against each other.

  Finish

  Long and soft. Well-integrated smoke, dark fruit and a spiced, almost luxurious close.

  Specifications

  Name: Glen Scotia Campbeltown Festival 2025 Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 54.3%
  Distillery: Glen Scotia
  Region/Country: Campbeltown, Scotland
  Type: Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 9 years
  ABV: 54.3%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: 1st fill bourbon casks with five months in Ribera del Duero red wine casks
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Edition: Campbeltown Malts Festival 2025 - Limited Edition

  Flavour profile

  Peated · Maritime · Dark fruit · Wine-finished · Spiced

  Investment potential

  Medium. Festival bottlings are made in one run for one weekend and are not reissued. This one is also built on the distillery peated spirit, which is only produced a few weeks a year, and that combination of peat and Spanish red wine cask has not appeared before in the series.

  Did you know?

  The distillery was originally called simply Scotia. The Glen came later, and on old bottles and nineteenth-century documents the name still appears without it. It is a detail that can date an old label immediately.

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  Glen Scotia Campbeltown Festival 2026 Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 53.9%

  Item no.: 222556368-77898

  Out at the end of the Kintyre peninsula, where the wind tastes of salt and Campbeltown Loch slaps against the quay, Glen Scotia makes whisky the way it always has. Every year when the town festival comes round, the distillery lets a special bottle out into the world.

  The expert's description

  Glen Scotia Campbeltown Festival 2026 is a Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky matured in 1st fill ex-bourbon casks with a six-month finishing period in 1st fill Ruby Port casks, bottled at cask strength 53.9%.

  The whisky is seven years old and built on the distillery medium-peated spirit, which master blender Ashley Smith only distils a few weeks a year. The first seven years were spent in 1st fill ex-bourbon casks, where the coastal style was allowed to unfold, and then came the six months in Ruby Port. That finish is what draws thick, preserved red fruit in and lays it as a sweet contrast over the smoke. The whisky is non-chill filtered and carries natural colour.

  Ruby Port is a deliberate counterpoint to tawny. Where tawny is oxidative and nutty, ruby is young, fresh and berry-sweet, and it is exactly that fresh sweetness that can hold its ground against peat smoke. On a seven year old spirit eighteen months of port would have been too much — six months hits the point where the two sides can still be told apart.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Sweet peat and sea salt, quickly giving way to ripe red cherry and soft vanilla fudge. A touch of cream and red berries settles on top, like raspberries stirred into cream.

  Palate

  Juicy mandarin meets thick jam of blackcurrant and red berries. Underneath it all lie layers of smoky embers, earthy and warm, and a light coastal saltiness that keeps the sweetness in check.

  Finish

  Long and warming with cinnamon and clove, a soft salted note and peat smoke that hangs on well after the last sip.

  Specifications

  Name: Glen Scotia Campbeltown Festival 2026 Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky 53.9%
  Distillery: Glen Scotia
  Region/Country: Campbeltown, Scotland
  Type: Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 7 years
  ABV: 53.9%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: 1st fill ex-bourbon casks with six months in 1st fill Ruby Port casks
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Bottled: 2026
  Edition: Campbeltown Malts Festival 2026 - Limited Edition
  EAN no.: 5016840371212

  Flavour profile

  Peated · Maritime · Fruity · Port-finished · Spiced · Creamy

  Investment potential

  Medium. Festival bottles are made in one run for one weekend and are never reissued. This one is built on medium-peated spirit that the distillery only makes a few weeks a year, and seven years is young enough that the batch is small. The run of festival editions is also collected as a series by people who follow Campbeltown.

  Did you know?

  In 1930 one of the distillery former owners, Duncan MacCallum, threw himself into Campbeltown Loch after years of financial trouble. Locals still say his spirit walks the buildings at Glen Scotia.

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  Glen Scotia Double Cask Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 46%

  Item no.: 22227865365-230

  If you are only going to taste one Campbeltown whisky to understand what the region is about, this is it. Bourbon casks for the base, Pedro Ximénez for the sweetness, and underneath it all the salt of a town that sits with the sea on three sides.

  The expert's description

  Glen Scotia Double Cask is a Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky matured in 1st fill bourbon casks with a finishing period in Pedro Ximénez sherry casks, bottled at 46%.

  The name comes from the two cask types. The bourbon casks lay vanilla and bright fruit into the spirit, and the PX casks add the dark, syrupy sweetness that Pedro Ximénez sherry is known for. The order means the sweetness comes last and settles as a layer over the salt rather than soaking through it. There is no age statement, which gives the blender freedom to build the batch by taste rather than by year.

  Thomas Rydberg of Whisky & Rom Magasinet awarded the bottling 90 points. That is a high score for a whisky with no age statement, and it says something about the Glen Scotia spirit having enough body to manage without many years of cask time behind it.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Baked fruit and vanilla, with spiced wood behind. The PX sherry gives a dark sweetness that sits clearly over the salty base note.

  Palate

  Round and soft. Caramel, dried fruit and a touch of spice, with the oily texture that marks the house. The salt only comes forward on the second sip.

  Finish

  Pleasant and lasting. The sherry sweetness holds on while a maritime, lightly dry note takes over at the end.

  Specifications

  Name: Glen Scotia Double Cask Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 46%
  Distillery: Glen Scotia
  Region/Country: Campbeltown, Scotland
  Type: Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 46%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: 1st fill bourbon casks with a finishing period in Pedro Ximénez sherry casks
  Edition: Double Cask
  EAN no.: 5016840151210

  Flavour profile

  Sherried · Soft · Fruity · Spiced · Maritime

  Did you know?

  Glen Scotia still ferments in nine stainless steel washbacks. That is a small number for a distillery today, and the short, controlled fermentation times are part of what gives the whisky its firm, malty character rather than a fruity, floral profile.

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  Glen Scotia Double Cask Rum Cask Finish Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky 46%

  Item no.: 2227865479-1106-197280322-209

  Campbeltown was a harbour town before it was a whisky town. The ships that carried whisky out came home with other things in the hold, and rum was part of that trade. Putting a Campbeltown malt into demerara casks is therefore less contrived than it sounds.

  The expert's description

  Glen Scotia Double Cask Rum Cask Finish is a Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky matured in bourbon casks with a finishing period in demerara rum casks, bottled at 46%.

  Demerara rum comes from Guyana and is heavier and more molasses-driven than the light rum of Barbados or Cuba. The casks therefore add dark sweetness and a clear syrupy note rather than bright tropical fruit, and that suits the oily Glen Scotia spirit well. The whisky is neither chill filtered nor coloured and carries no age statement.

  Rum and whisky share more than you might think. Both mature in oak, both take colour and spice from the cask, and a used rum cask has already given up most of its sharpness by the time the whisky moves in. What remains is sugar cane as a warm undertone rather than a dominant flavour.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Dark melted sugar and molasses, with banana, toasted coconut and ripe peach. The maritime note sits under the sweetness and only becomes clear after a couple of minutes.

  Palate

  Full and oiled. Caramel, brown sugar and tropical fruit, balanced by a light peat smoke and a touch of spice. The sweetness is warm rather than cloying.

  Finish

  Short to medium. Maritime nuances take over as the sweetness falls away, and the close is dry and spiced.

  Specifications

  Name: Glen Scotia Double Cask Rum Cask Finish Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 46%
  Distillery: Glen Scotia
  Region/Country: Campbeltown, Scotland
  Type: Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 46%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Bourbon casks with a finishing period in demerara rum casks
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Edition: Double Cask Rum Cask Finish
  EAN no.: 5016840261216

  Flavour profile

  Tropical · Sweet · Maritime · Lightly peated · Spiced

  Did you know?

  West Highland Malt Distillers bought Glen Scotia in 1919 and went bankrupt around five years later. The distillery changed hands several times in that period, and each new owner inherited a plant that was harder to run than the year before.

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  Glen Scotia Habour Classic Campbeltown Peated Single Malt Scotch Whisky 40%

  Item no.: 222111-44423

  The harbour sits a couple of hundred metres from the distillery, and the name is not chosen at random. This is the most straightforward Glen Scotia in the range — 40%, lightly peated, and with the salt of Campbeltown Loch as the thing you remember afterwards.

  The expert's description

  Glen Scotia Harbour Classic is a lightly peated Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky matured in 1st fill bourbon casks and bottled at 40%.

  The bottling works as the entry point to the distillery range. 1st fill bourbon casks lay vanilla and bright fruit in, and the light peating gives a smoke note that sits as a breath rather than a layer. The 40% makes the whisky easy to drink, but it also makes it less concentrated than the rest of the line-up.

  Glen Scotia is a small distillery with only one pair of pot stills. Capacity is modest by modern standards, so the entire output has to cover the standard range, the festival bottles and the casks sold on to independent bottlers.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Briny sea spray and sea breeze first, with floral violet notes and soft vanilla behind.

  Palate

  Ripe peach and crisp apple, with chewy fudge and a bright sweetness. The peat arrives late and settles as a dry, tangy edge beneath the fruit.

  Finish

  Short to medium. Tangy peat and maritime smoke that clears cleanly without hanging on.

  Specifications

  Name: Glen Scotia Harbour Classic Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky 40%
  Distillery: Glen Scotia
  Region/Country: Campbeltown, Scotland
  Type: Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: 1st fill bourbon casks
  Edition: Harbour Classic
  EAN no.: 5016840161219

  Flavour profile

  Maritime · Lightly peated · Fruity · Floral · Soft

  Did you know?

  Glen Scotia runs only one pair of pot stills. That makes it one of the smallest distilleries in Scotland by capacity, and it is a large part of why whisky from this house turns up less often than from the big Speyside plants.

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  Glen Scotia Victoriana Campbeltown Single Malt Whisky 54,2%

  Item no.: 22227865365-231

  The name points back to the years when Campbeltown had thirty distilleries and called itself the whisky capital of the world. The casks behind the bottle point somewhere else — towards a deep char that lays a layer of burnt wood and cocoa into the whisky.

  The expert's description

  Glen Scotia Victoriana is a Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky finished in heavily charred bourbon casks and Pedro Ximénez sherry butts, bottled at cask strength 54.2%.

  The batch is built from two components: ten to twelve year old whisky from 1st fill bourbon casks and sixteen to eighteen year old whisky from refill European oak. The two are brought together, given their finishing period in heavily charred casks and PX butts, and then rested for six months before bottling. There is no age statement — it would have been misleading for a whisky that deliberately marries two ages.

  A heavy char is not the same as an ordinary toast. The inside of the cask is burnt until a layer of charcoal forms, and that layer works both as a filter and as a flavour source. It is why Victoriana picks up cocoa, burnt sugar and a dry smoke note that comes from no peat at all.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Crème brûlée and plenty of vanilla, with cedarwood that reads more like perfume than timber. Behind it sit toasted sugar and citrus peel.

  Palate

  Rich and robust. Roasted sugars, dark fruits and spice, with toffee apple and caramelised sugar at the centre and ripe berries running underneath. The charred wood is clearly discernible but measured.

  Finish

  Long and warm. Dark fruit and spice first, then a gentle smoke from the charred oak and a dry bitterness at the close.

  Specifications

  Name: Glen Scotia Victoriana Campbeltown Single Malt Whisky 54.2%
  Distillery: Glen Scotia
  Region/Country: Campbeltown, Scotland
  Type: Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 54.2%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: 1st fill bourbon casks and refill European oak with a finishing period in heavily charred casks and Pedro Ximénez butts
  Edition: Victoriana
  EAN no.: 5016840192220

  Flavour profile

  Dark fruit · Chocolate · Spiced · Lightly smoky · Cask Strength

  Did you know?

  By the time Duncan MacCallum had to close Glen Scotia in 1928, the golden age of Campbeltown was long past. The town had already lost most of its distilleries, and the Victorian era that Victoriana refers to lay some fifty years behind.

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  Glen Scotia 18 year old Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky 46%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-197278398

  The bulk of the years in American oak, then a spell in oloroso at the end. The order matters here — had the sherry been there from the start it would have eaten the salty Campbeltown edge. Instead it sits as a layer on top.

  The expert's description

  Glen Scotia 18 Year Old is a Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky matured in American oak with a finishing period in oloroso casks, bottled at 46%.

  The whisky spends most of its eighteen years in American oak casks, where the maritime character of the spirit is given room to settle. Only then is it moved into oloroso casks, and the short finish is enough to lay walnut and dried fruit in without covering the salt and minerality. The result is clearly sherried without being a sherry bomb.

  Eighteen years is where Glen Scotia begins to show its other side. The younger bottlings from the distillery are taut and direct, while the older ones unfold and turn rounder. It is still Campbeltown — there is still sea air in the glass — but the frame around it has softened.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Walnut and honey first, then digestive biscuits and toffee. There is an aromatic spice note behind it, and after a couple of minutes the sea air emerges beneath the sweetness.

  Palate

  Deep and broad. Candied orange, honey, nuts and raisins, with a spiced structure holding it all together. The maritime minerality sits under the sherry rather than alongside it.

  Finish

  Long and aromatic. Dried fruit and walnut first, then a dry, lightly salted close with spice.

  Specifications

  Name: Glen Scotia 18 Year Old Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky 46%
  Distillery: Glen Scotia
  Region/Country: Campbeltown, Scotland
  Type: Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 18 years
  ABV: 46%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: American oak with a finishing period in oloroso casks
  EAN no.: 5016840181200

  Flavour profile

  Sherried · Nutty · Spiced · Maritime · Honeyed

  Did you know?

  Glen Scotia's pot stills have onion-shaped bodies and unusually short necks. The shape carries more of the heavy vapours across into the spirit, and that is a large part of why the whisky from this house is oily rather than light and floral.

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  Glen Scotia 21 year old Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky 46%

  Item no.: 2278398-777

  Six months. That is the whole time the whisky spends in oloroso, after twenty-one years in bourbon casks and hogsheads. A period that short is not an attempt to change the whisky — it is a last stroke of the brush.

  The expert's description

  Glen Scotia 21 Year Old is a Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky matured in refill bourbon casks and American hogsheads with a six-month finishing period in 1st fill oloroso casks, bottled at 46%.

  The main maturation takes place in used casks, which give less wood and let the distillery character come through. Only at the end does the whisky go into 1st fill oloroso, and even after six months the imprint is clear — 1st fill sherry casks work fast. The whisky is non-chill filtered and carries natural colour.

  The 21 year old sits as a link between the distillery 18 and 25 year olds. Where the 18 still has the tautness of youth and the 25 has pulled towards the dry and ashy, the 21 lands somewhere in between: perfumed, spiced and with the sea air intact.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Sweet, almost perfumed notes from the sherry first, then spiced red apple and peppercorn. Beneath it sits the characteristic Campbeltown aroma with a trace of sea air.

  Palate

  Baked red apples and raisins, with cloves, star anise and cinnamon. The structure is soft and spiced at the same time, and the 46% keeps the whisky together without making it heavy.

  Finish

  Long, dry and delicately sweet. Maritime undertones and a subtle spiced complexity that keeps shifting on the palate.

  Specifications

  Name: Glen Scotia 21 Year Old Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky 46%
  Distillery: Glen Scotia
  Region/Country: Campbeltown, Scotland
  Type: Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 21 years
  ABV: 46%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Refill bourbon casks and American hogsheads with six months in 1st fill oloroso casks
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  EAN no.: 5016840162124

  Flavour profile

  Sherried · Spiced · Fruity · Maritime · Elegant

  Investment potential

  Medium. Glen Scotia in that age bracket is produced in limited quantity, and Campbeltown has only three working distilleries to supply old whisky from the region. A 21 year old with a documented cask build is a bottle that becomes hard to replace once the batch is gone.

  Did you know?

  The Galbraith family held Glen Scotia from its founding in 1832 right through to 1919. Nearly ninety years under one family is rare in Scotch whisky, and it is a large part of why the distillery survived the Campbeltown collapse at all.

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  Glen Scotia 25 year old Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky 48,8%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-197278399

  No sherry. Not a single sherry cask in twenty-five years. That is an unusual call for a whisky of this age, where most distilleries reach for oloroso to add depth — here the bourbon wood has been left to work the whole way, and the whisky only woken at the end.

  The expert's description

  Glen Scotia 25 Year Old is a Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky matured in refill bourbon casks with a twelve-month finishing period in 1st fill bourbon casks, bottled at 48.8%.

  For most of its life the whisky sits in used bourbon casks, where the wood gives slowly and lets the distillery character lead. In the final year it moves into 1st fill casks, which add fresh vanilla and lift to a whisky that would otherwise have turned very dry. It is a move that demands good timing — too little and nothing happens, too much and the twenty-five years get covered over.

  Twenty-five years is where Glen Scotia starts to resemble something other than itself. The maritime character is still present, but it has become brine and an ashy smoke note rather than fresh sea air. This is the oldest permanent bottling in the distillery range.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Lemon and ginger first, then pine resin and a trace of sea salt. After a couple of minutes it develops towards banoffee pie and maple syrup, with leather and cocoa underneath.

  Palate

  Luscious and smooth. Big orchard fruit notes, honey and malt, with a discreet spice and a hint of ashy smoke. The 48.8% gives weight without making it hard.

  Finish

  Long and drying. A wisp of smoke, brine and peppery oak that lingers well after the fruit has gone.

  Specifications

  Name: Glen Scotia 25 Year Old Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky 48.8%
  Distillery: Glen Scotia
  Region/Country: Campbeltown, Scotland
  Type: Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 25 years
  ABV: 48.8%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Refill bourbon casks with twelve months in 1st fill bourbon casks
  EAN no.: 5016840161226

  Flavour profile

  Maritime · Fruity · Lightly peated · Dry · Honeyed

  Investment potential

  Medium. Twenty-five year old Campbeltown whisky exists in very small numbers, because the region has only three working distilleries and stocks from the 1990s were thin. The bottling is also the oldest permanent release in the distillery range, which makes it a natural reference point for collectors of the region.

  Did you know?

  Loch Lomond Group bought Glen Scotia in 2014 and has invested heavily in the site since — greater production, new warehouses and a visitor centre. It is the first time in more than a century that the distillery has had an owner able to build rather than merely survive.

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