This bottling of a Glenesk single malt was produced by independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail as part of its Connoisseurs Choice series. The whisky was distilled in 1984, matured in refill ex-sherry hogsheads and bottled in 2008.
Glenesk was a distillery near the town of Hillside, Angus, Scotland, which was founded in 1897. It changed hands several times and produced first malt, then grain whisky and finally malt whisky again. The whisky was marketed under the names Glen Esk, Highland Esk, North Esk, Hillside and Glenesk. In 1985 the distillery was closed and in 1996 it was partially demolished. Today, only the maltings remain and are still in operation.
Scotland and Scotch whisky is a global trend, a development that has led to a flourishing whisky scene in Scotland. There is hardly a week that goes by in which there is no news about another new distillery being built or the reopening of a distillery that has been closed for a long time.
Scotland, together with Ireland, is today considered the motherland of whisky, whose roots there go back to around 1500 AD.
This bottling of a Glenesk single malt was produced by independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail as part of its Connoisseurs Choice series. The whisky was distilled in 1984, matured in refill ex-sherry hogsheads and bottled in 2008.
Glenesk was a distillery near the town of Hillside, Angus, Scotland, which was founded in 1897. It changed hands several times and produced first malt, then grain whisky and finally malt whisky again. The whisky was marketed under the names Glen Esk, Highland Esk, North Esk, Hillside and Glenesk. In 1985 the distillery was closed and in 1996 it was partially demolished. Today, only the maltings remain and are still in operation.
Scotland and Scotch whisky is a global trend, a development that has led to a flourishing whisky scene in Scotland. There is hardly a week that goes by in which there is no news about another new distillery being built or the reopening of a distillery that has been closed for a long time.
Scotland, together with Ireland, is today considered the motherland of whisky, whose roots there go back to around 1500 AD.
