Built in 1967 in a rural setting in the Northern Highlands opposite its now-silent sister distillery, Brora, Clynelish has continued to produce a muscular, slightly peaty whisky much valued by blenders – it is one of the base spirits for the excellent Johnnie Walker Gold Label. Interestingly, the distillery building is an exact replica of Caol ... Read More »
A quarter-bottle of the splendid Clynelish 14yo. Complex and spicy, this is perfect for hip flasks during long walks in cold weather. If you've never tried the malt from this brilliant distillery, now's the time to take the plunge.
Clynelish is the successor to the now-silent Brora, built opposite the original distillery and producing a top-quality rich, smoky dram. One of the best entry-level proprietary bottlings available from any distillery.
A 1997 vintage whisky from Clynelish, sat on the edge of the town of Brora on the north-east coast of Scotland. This was distilled on October 29th and bottled from a pair of hogsheads on November 12th 2012 after 15 years of maturation by Signatory for their Un-chillfiltered Collection.
Another edition of Clynelish for Diageo's yearly vintaged Distiller's Edition range. Clynelish's take on the series's 'Double Maturation' is to finish the whisky in oloroso sherry casks, to add an extra chunk of rich sweetness.
A 1994 vintage Clynelish from Gordon & Macphail, bottled as part of their Connoisseurs Choice collection. Expect a classic Clynelish, with some lemon complimenting the normal fruitiness.
A 1995 Clynelish bottled as part of the "Cask Strength Collection" by Signatory. After being matured in a sherry butt and aged for 16 years, this single cask whisky was bottled in January 2012.
A single cask release from Wemyss. All of Wemyss Malt's are given names to help identify the character of the whisky. Their 1997 Clynelish has been named "Fresh Fruit Sorbet" so expect some fresh, crisp, fruity flavours.
A 1995 Clynelish bottled for rising indie-bottling stars Daily Dram for their Nectar range. No details on the label, but from the colour we're guessing that this is from a refill cask.
A lovely deep gold colour on this cask strength 1995 Clynelish, bottled by Signatory at the end of 2012 from a refill sherry butt that yielded an impressive 602 bottles.
An early Clynelish Flora & Fauna 14yo, the success of this bottling prompted Diageo to give Clynelish its own packaging job and a place amongst the expanded Classic Malts range.
The Rare Malts are a now-discontinued series of cask-strength releases designed by Diageo to showcase some of the hidden treasures in their portfolio. This is a classic Clynelish originally released in 1997, so stocks are now understandably very low.
An eleven year-old Clynelish 1997 bottled at cask strength from a single first-fill bourbon cask - something tells us this could be one of the more popular releases from the last batch of Diageo's Managers Choice bottlings. MAXIMUM 1 BOTTLE PER PERSON.
A 1972 vintage Clynelish released as part of Diageo's Rare Malts series. Despite spending 24 years maturing it is still at a whopping cask strength of 61.3%.