Glen Scotia 27 Years Old 1992 (Authentic Collection)

A Glen Scotia of a 27 year old chosen by the Campbeltown house Cadenhead, distilled in 1992, bottled at 45%, one of 150 bottles. Glen Scotia is a Campbeltown single malt from a town once called the whisky capital of the world. Its long ferment, averaging well over a hundred hours, builds a fruity, coastal character.

It was run through the stills and shell and tube condensers on Crosshill Loch water, for an oily spirit with a coastal, salted edge. A refill bourbon hogshead held it, keeping the salty, oily character to the fore. In the oxidative, evaporative years concentration brings dried fruit, a salted toffee and a waxy, oily depth. Years in oak round the spirit, the brine and citrus deepening to a salted toffee. It is one of only three working distilleries left in Campbeltown, with Springbank and Glengyle. A former owner, Duncan MacCallum, drowned in the loch that fed the distillery, and is said to haunt it.

Reduced to 45%, it is mellow. Baked apple, brine and a creamy oil, with a soft vanilla from the oak. The mouthfeel is oily, the fruit carried on a briny body. A long, oily finish carries a sea salt and a citrus. This is Glen Scotia's coastal, briny Campbeltown style.