Glendronach Single Cask Offer
As of 2016, Glendronach has been under the ownership of US corporate spirits giant, Brown Forman. A new method of allocating has resulted in a scattergun offer that goes all the way back to Batch 2 (first released in 2010), right up to Batch 14 (offered in 2016. What else might be hiding in their Australian warehouses, we can only guess!?) Given the impressive pedigree/age ratios on most, the prices are very, very fair. It's an opportunity to take advantage of some of the most hedonistic sherry classics ever produced. Please note: Some items limited to just one bottle.
When Jim Murray places Glendronach amongst “the Grand Crus of Scottish Malt Distilleries”, his praise is in part inspired by the amazing batches of Single Cask whiskies the distillery has been slowly sharing with the public.
Since 2009, the Master Distiller has been hand-picking annual selections to be bottled at natural strength, without colour or chill filtration. These whiskies date back as far as 1968. While there is a vast array of barrels, hogsheads, puncheons and butts to choose from, the trend has been towards impeccably clean Pedro Ximenez and Oloroso Sherry puncheons and butts, most of which share Glendronach’s typically luxurious profile. In some instances there is a fantasia of dates, honey, Demerara sugar, sweet molasses, mocha and fruit cake. As Murray himself has summed up, the collection is "Sulphurless, Sophisticated and Sensational". He has also pined over the sad reality that this sort of unblemished sherry purity is fast becoming a thing of the past.
Since 2009, the Master Distiller has been hand-picking annual selections to be bottled at natural strength, without colour or chill filtration. These whiskies date back as far as 1968. While there is a vast array of barrels, hogsheads, puncheons and butts to choose from, the trend has been towards impeccably clean Pedro Ximenez and Oloroso Sherry puncheons and butts, most of which share Glendronach’s typically luxurious profile. In some instances there is a fantasia of dates, honey, Demerara sugar, sweet molasses, mocha and fruit cake. As Murray himself has summed up, the collection is "Sulphurless, Sophisticated and Sensational". He has also pined over the sad reality that this sort of unblemished sherry purity is fast becoming a thing of the past.