Glenesk was something of a chameleon during its lifespan, switching between malt and grain distillation and having its name changed frequently. It began life as 'Highland Esk' distillery, founded in Montrose in the Eastern Highlands in 1897 by the famous wine merchant Septimus Parsonage. The buildings were a converted flax mill. Read More »
A rare bottling of Glenesk from Gordon & Macphail as part of their Connoisseurs Choice range. This was distilled in 1984, the year before the distillery closed down.
A bottling of rare Glenesk from Gordon & Macphail, part of their Connoisseurs Choice range. Glenesk was a victim of the early 1980s distillery closures and closed its doors for the last time in 1985, the year after this whisky was distilled.
A very rare distillery bottling of whicky now-closed Glenesk. The distillery closed in 1985 and has since been dismantled, with the buildings now used for malting barley.
A 26 year old whisky from Glen Esk, closed in the 1990s and now increasingly hard to find even as an independently bottled spirit. This one was distilled back in 1974 and bottled in the autumn of 2000.
A very rare bottling of 1969 Glen Esk released to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their onsite maltings in the early 80s. The distillery closed in 1985, shortly after the release of this whisky, and now operates purely as a maltings.