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Glenglassaugh
release extremely rare 51 year old
expression.
Glenglassaugh today announced the
launch of the extremely rare
Glenglassaugh 51
Year Old single malt.
Master Distiller Billy Walker specially selected
the whisky which he describes as rich
and flavoursome, it was distilled and
filled to Bourbon Cask No. 3301 back on
February 15th 1963. It lay slowly
maturing in
Glenglassaugh's coastal warehouses
at Portsoy for over 51 years until it
was bottled on May 14th 2014. The
Glenglassaugh 51
Year Old is one of the oldest casks in
the
Glenglassaugh
inventory and they tell me the rare
whisky brilliantly captures Glenglassaugh's unique Highland coastal
character.
Founded in 1875 by local entrepreneur
James Moir, Glenglassaugh was mothballed
for over twenty years, lying silent and
forgotten until production was
re-started in 2008. It was taken over by
BenRiach last year and the distinctive
fruity character of its whisky is just
beginning to be rediscovered by single
malt whisky drinkers.
Master Distiller Billy Walker commented:
"We’ve inherited some extraordinarily
fine whisky at Glenglassaugh. It’s a
real treasure trove and the 51 years old
is the oldest bottling ever released
from Glenglassaugh...and it is of
unbelievable quality.
"It's a gorgeous Glenglassaugh - a
silky, sublime balance of fruits and
herbs mingling seductively with
astonishingly refined oaken notes. Put
simply, it is elegance personified."
The one-off rare whisky was bottled at cask strength,
41.7% ABV, non-chill filtered and with no
colour added, this is truly an
exceptional dram. A limited release of
only 191 bottles, the Glenglassaugh 51
Years Old is presented in a beautiful
wooden box, hand-crafted in Scotland.
Each bottle is hand-numbered and comes
with a certificate of authenticity
signed by Billy Walker.
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