Strathclyde 30 Years Old 1989 (Authentic Collection)

Bottled by Cadenhead's, this Strathclyde matured to 30 year old from 1989 and bottled at 52.1%. Only 162 bottles were released. Strathclyde was established in 1927 in the heart of Glasgow; it has made grain whisky for nearly a century. Built first for neutral grain spirit for gin, it entered whisky with the Long John brand in 1936.

Distilled in column stills for a light, clean grain spirit, building the light Glasgow grain style. A sherry cask wrapped the sweet grain in dried fruit and a nutty depth. Long ageing brings a deep coconut, toffee and a mellow, polished oak. Patient ageing gives the oily, waxy texture prized in old single grain. The continuous still gives a clean, high strength spirit that mellows with years. Strathclyde takes its name from the old region around Glasgow. Decades in ex-Bourbon wood turn light grain into a rich, oily whisky. Strathclyde is the only grain distillery in Glasgow, once one of Scotland's whisky cities.

Bottled at a cask strength 52.1%, it is rich. The Oloroso brings dried fruit and a nutty depth over the sweet grain. It is clean and sweet, the grain spirit shining through. It closes long, sweet and oily. This is a single grain from Glasgow's only grain distillery.