A former brewery, Glen Moray was converted into a distillery in 1897 - at the beginning of a difficult time for the Scotch industry. The poor financial outlook for distilleries in the wake of the Pattison crash and increases in duty in the first decade of the new century dealt a fatal blow to the finances of the Glen Moray Glenlivet Distillery ... Read More »
An interesting spicy dram from Glen Moray - a 10 year old whisky entirely matured in Chardonnay casks. The start of what we hope is a continuing line of new whiskies from this often overlooked distillery.
Sweet, full and exceptionally well-rounded. The flavour is initially of toffee, progressing to mint humbugs and barley sugar and followed by a hint of smoke and peat flavours.
A refill hoggie of Glen Moray, formerly owned by Glenmorangie, of course, and now missing in action after being snapped up by La Martiniquaise, owners of the up-and-coming Label 5 blend.
A special bottle of Glen Moray, released in 1997 to celebrate the distilley's centenary. The casks used were from the 1976-1979 vintages and spent the last ten years of their maturation in port pipes after initial maturation in ex-bourbon hogsheads.
An old bottling of Glen Moray 1974, bottled in 2002. This was from an Oloroso sherry butt selected by distillery manager Ed Dodson and is a really fantastic expression of this unloved distillery.