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A 21 year old Glen Mhor from the Glasgow bottler Hart Brothers, 1976, at 43%. A rich, oily fruit over a waxy body. Its make went largely to the blenders; single malt is rare. The writer Neil Gunn praised Glen Mhor above all other whiskies. Closed in 1983 and demolished for a supermarket, its stock now finite. This is one of Inverness’s vanished single malts.
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From the Glasgow bottler Hart Brothers, a 21 year old Glen Mhor, distilled in 1976, bottled at 43%. Glen Mhor is a closed Highland distillery, its single malt now a finite, dwindling stock. It was built in 1892 by John Birnie, a former manager of Glen Albyn, with the Leith blender Charles Mackinlay.
The spirit was distilled in a single pair and a half of stills and cooled in worm tubs, giving a rich, robust Highland spirit. Ex-Bourbon casks held it, the gentle American oak letting the full spirit lead. At oxidative maturity aldehydes lend a nutty edge while ellagitannins add a drying, structured grip over the oily malt. With the distillery gone, the casks that remain are a finite record of its make. The worm tubs are the key to Glen Mhor's body, holding the heavier, oily notes in the spirit. It installed Saladin box maltings in 1954, malting its own barley on site. A 28 year old appeared in Diageo's Rare Malts collection, a glimpse of the lost distillery. With Glen Mhor gone, every bottle draws on a finite, dwindling stock.
At 43% it is rich, oily and fruity. Baked apple, wax and a gentle spice, with a soft vanilla from the oak. It is rich and oily, the full spirit shining through. The finish is long, oily and waxy. This is the full, oily ghost of Glen Mhor.
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