Glen Scotia 11 Years Old (54.7%)

This official Glen Scotia, an 11 year old, at 54.7%, 24000 bottles in all. Glen Scotia is a coastal, briny Campbeltown malt, founded in 1832 on the Kintyre peninsula. The Glen was added to the Scotia name around 1930, the distillery dating to 1832.

It was run through the stills and shell and tube condensers on Crosshill Loch water, for the salty, oily make Glen Scotia is known for. Finished in a Port cask, the wood building over the oily, coastal spirit. In integration lactones (coconut) and vanillin (vanilla) knit with the spirit, the brine deepening over a salted toffee. Active wood frames the fruit without overwhelming the briny Campbeltown spirit. It sits on High Street in Campbeltown, on the Kintyre peninsula on the west coast. The maritime setting on the Kintyre coast threads salt and brine through the spirit. The Campbeltown style is oily and salted, the cask deepening it over the years.

At cask strength 54.7% it is full bodied. A coastal, oily sweetness, with red berry, plum and a dry spice from the cask. The mouthfeel is oily, the fruit carried on a briny body. The close is oily and salted, fruit over a gentle oak. This is an oily, coastal malt from the Kintyre coast.