Strathclyde 26 Years Old 1988 Cask #62111 (Gordon & Company)

Single grain Strathclyde, an independent Gordon & Company bottling, aged 26 year old from 1988, drawn from cask 62111 and bottled at 55.5%. The outturn was 169 bottles. Established in 1927 in the Gorbals, Glasgow, Strathclyde is Glasgow's only grain distillery. Strathclyde stands on the site of an old cotton mill in the Gorbals.

It was worked through continuous column stills from wheat, for the light, sweet grain spirit the distillery is known for. It was matured in refill ex-Bourbon oak, lending coconut and vanilla. At this age it is rich and waxy, the sweet grain folded into a buttery, oily body. The high strength spirit mellows slowly into a soft, sweet old grain. It was built by the gin distiller Seager Evans in 1927 on the site of an old cotton mill. Its grain whisky has long fed blends like Long John, Ballantine's and Chivas Regal. Twin Coffey stills run on wheat, the water drawn from Loch Katrine. The malt distillery Kinclaith lived inside its walls from 1957 until 1975.

At cask strength 55.5% it is full bodied. The ex-Bourbon gives butterscotch, coconut and cream. Beneath it run coconut, vanilla and a soft oil. It finishes clean, sweet and buttery. This is an old Glasgow single grain whisky.