Glendronach

Glendronach used to be a slightly obscure distillery that was criminally hard to find. Thankfully the new owners, who took over in 2008, realised this and they have released some real gems from the extensive stocks. The distillery was founded in 1826 and like many it has changed hands and been closed a number of times. It is distinguished by the amount of mature whisky that has been stored in both Oloroso and PX sherry casks. In a few quick years whisky fans have realised that Glendronach is actually a top notch malt that reaches the same heights of Macallan but without the hefty 'premiumised' price tag. Old production used a mildly peated malt at 14ppm but new spirit is entirely unpeated. The distillery has four stills and produces 1,300,000L of alcohol per year. Look out for the single cask bottlings from Glendronach, they are almost always spectacular!