Glendronach was founded in 1826 by James Allardice (also spelt Allardyce and Allardes), and almost completely destroyed by fire a decade later. After the rebuild, Allardice - a colourful character - is rumoured to have accidentally ensured the popularity of his whisky in Edinburgh in the 1840s by gifting a quantity of it to some local prostitu ... Read More »
A 17 year old Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottling of whisky from Glendronach, distilled in May 1979 and bottled in September 1996, the days before every bottle had an interesting name.
Distilled in 1971 and matured in a small batch of exquisite Oloroso sherry casks, this 33 year-old dram appeared in 2004 and at the time was the oldest and quite possibly the best Glendronach ever released. Boasting 95/100 from Jim Murray's Whisky Bible and a Gold Medal at the San Francisco Spirits Competition, this is not a dram to miss.
This Glendronach has been aged for a stunning 41 years in a Pedro Ximenez Sherry Puncheon giving it a beautifully dark colour. A Gold Medal winner at the Malt Manaics Awards 2012.
One of a string of Glendronach single cask bottlings - this is from the 1971 vintage. These releases are all from Oloroso sherry butts, bottled at cask strength with no colouring or chill-filtration and should be spectacular.
A marvellous mid-1980s bottling of Glendronach from the 1960 vintage, unearthed by indie heroes Gordon & Macphail for their Connoisseurs Choice series.
A rare 1990s bottling of 1968 Glendronach 25yo, this is from the same period as the legendary Air Nippon bottlings of the same age and vintage, but is not a single cask and is therefore rather less heavy on the wallet than those exalted expressions.
A wonderful old 1930s distillery botttling of Glendronach, with a beautifully simple label in pretty good condition considering its massive age - we believe this bottle to be from the 1930s.