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Glen Scotia
has bottled a limited edition Glen
Scotia 11 Year Old lightly peated port
cask finish single malt to mark the
Campbeltown Malts Festival 2023, and for
those not lucky enough to make it to the
festival there is a QR code which will
transport you to the sights and sounds
of Campbeltown through some specially
made videos.
Glen Scotia
distillery has unveiled its 2023
Campbeltown Malts Festival release – a
limited-edition bottling to mark to mark
the annual Campbeltown Malts Festival
which this year takes place on 23-24th
May.
For the Glen Scotia Campbeltown Malts
Festival 2023 release the distillery has
kept with its tradition of bold
innovative styles and flavours, they
have selected an11 Year Old lightly
peated single malt has been finished for
12 months in white port casks. They tell
me that it is brimming with bright
spiced stone fruit flavours, fragrant
prune and fig notes, and a sandalwood
spice, all intertwined with a
distinctly-Campbeltown soft smoke and
sea salt.
In a first for Glen Scotia, the
packaging of the latest release will be
embossed with a bespoke QR code giving
those unable to make the trip to the
‘Victorian Whisky Capital’ a chance to
transport themselves into the heart of
the distillery for a unique new digital
experience, the Glen Scotia Whisky
Experiment.
Led by spirits writer Becky Paskin, the
virtual video experiment, shot in the
dunnage warehouse and around the town,
takes viewers on a sensory exploration,
intentionally manipulating sight,
colour, and sound, as Becky guides
audiences to pour a dram and consider
how its flavour is influenced by visuals
and music in the experience.
She is joined by Glen Scotia master
distiller and distillery manager, Iain
McAlister, as the pair take a walk
through the distinctive Campbeltown
landscape. The region, which is
characterised by its climate, nature,
and location to the sea, is a deeply
sensorial spot, defined by the elements,
which also play an important role in its
whisky-making.
The project follows Becky and Iain’s
Whisky Experiment in-person at last
year’s Malts Festival, as Glen Scotia
continues to seek new ways to bring
Campbeltown to audiences around the
world.
Iain McAlister, Glen Scotia master
distiller and distillery manager, said:
"As our fanbase continues to grow around
the world, we wanted to find a way to
give those who might not be able to join
us at the Malts Festival this year a
rich experience of our home. The Whisky
Experiment is just that, and provides a
fascinating approach to whisky tasting,
as Becky encourages us to reconsider
what’s in our glass again and again, as
the environment transforms in front of
us. I love that it can be done time and
time again with any Glen Scotia dram,
wherever you are in the world.
"This year’s Festival Release is another
superb, limited-edition that showcases
the scope of what Glen Scotia can offer;
the white port cask finish provides
something interesting and different for
us, while still maintaining that
wonderful fruity, robust, and subtly
saline Campbeltown signature profile."
The limited edition Glen Scotia
11 Year Old lightly peated port cask
finish Campbeltown Malts Festival has
been bottled at what should be a very
flavoursome strength of 54.7% ABV and
will retail at£65 and you will find it available from specialist online whisky
shops such as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop,
Master of Malt
and
Hard To Find Whisky
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