Glen Scotia 16 Years Old 1992 Clubbottling (Dutch Whisky Society)

The bottler Dutch Whisky Society bottled this Glen Scotia, a 16 year old, distilled in 1992, bottled at 52.1%, one of 41 bottles. Glen Scotia is a maritime Campbeltown malt, one of the last three of a town that once held thirty. It was founded in 1832 as Scotia, one of the survivors of Campbeltown's Victorian whisky boom.

The spirit was worked through the stills for an oily, coastal make, building a maritime character of sea salt and oil. First fill bourbon gave a fuller vanilla and a touch of coconut from the lactones. At oxidative maturity aldehydes lend a nutty edge while ellagitannins add a gentle, drying grip over the oil. The Campbeltown style is oily and salted, the cask deepening it over the years. Crosshill Loch water and a long ferment give the oily, coastal Glen Scotia make. Vanillin and oak lactones from the wood lend vanilla and coconut over the fruit. Its water is drawn from Crosshill Loch above the town.

At cask strength 52.1% it is full bodied. Sea salt, oil and a salted toffee, with a soft vanilla from the oak. A baked apple and a sea salt lift it. The finish is long, oily and salted. This is an oily, coastal malt from the Kintyre coast.