Glengoyne Cask Strength for the tenth time
Glengoyne Distillery is a Scotch malt whisky maker located in the very south of the Highlands region, right on the border with the Lowlands. It is a distillery whose products are enduringly popular among Scotch whisky lovers, regardless of current trends.
Ian Macleod Distillers, owner of the distillery, has just announced the release of the next, tenth batch of Glengoyne Cask Stregnth, available in the store on the distillery's premises, as well as in specialty stores selling aged spirits. Glengoyne Cask Strength is bottled once a year, which means that the current batch is released exactly a decade after the distillery decided to offer this kind of edition. The retail price for a single bottle is set at £85.
Glengoyne Cask Strength Batch 010 (59.2% vol.) is a whisky with no age declaration, aged in both European and American oak casks - first-fill oloroso sherry, bourbon, and refill. It is a whisky rich in flavor, sweet and fruity. According to the manufacturer, its bouquet includes touches of crunchy apples, berries, pink corn roasted almonds and dried coconut. On the palate, we should expect notes of vanilla English sauce, crème brûlée, roasted pears, lemon zest and a delicate sherry aftertaste.
Glengoyne Distillery was founded in 1833, and is located near the village of Dumgoyne, two steps north of Glasgow, at the foot of Dumgoyne Hill at the western end of the Campsie Fells range. Contrary to current trends, the whisky produced here has been advertised for decades as a non-peat beverage, made from barley malt dried only with hot air, without the use of peat smoke. The whisky here undergoes an extremely slow distillation - in one first-distillation alembic and two smaller ones for secondary distillation - which allows for increased reflux and contact between the distillate and the copper. The fresh distillate is therefore mild, sweet and fruity. The weight is given by the traditional maturation primarily in sherry casks, for which Glengoyne is famous.
The distillery was originally called Burnfoot. The name was changed by Lang Bros to Glen Guin when the company took control of the plant in the second half of the 19th century. In 1905, the name gained the English spelling Glengoyne. The whisky produced here has over time become an important ingredient in Langs Supreme and other Lang Brothers blends. Over time, the distillery passed into the hands of the Edrington company, which owned it until 2003, when it was sold to its current owner, Ian Macleod, for £7.2 million. Although the whisky produced there had previously appeared in several single malt versions, but was primarily destined for blends. It was not until the new owner set his sights on promoting it, created a new portfolio, and launched the Visitor Center. Currently, the distillery receives more than 50,000 visitors a year. Glengoyne owes this to the growing popularity of its whisky, but also to its location in close proximity to Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The House of Whisky Online offers a wide selection of whiskies from Glengoyne, including some of the earlier editions of Glengoyne Cask Strength. We invite you to visit.
[31.07.2023 / photo: Glengoyne]