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Glenglassaugh
launch new Wood Finish whisky range.
The
Glenglassaugh distillery
has seen some intermittent periods of
production over the years since it was
established back in 1875 and even as
recently as 1986 when the distillery was
mothballed during a downturn in demand
for whisky it was thought to be unlikely
that we would see any more whisky
produced at the highland distillery.
Luckily for us a group of private
investors and whisky enthusiasts thought
otherwise,
they acquired the mothballed Glenglassaugh
and brought it back to life and put it
back on the whisky map. By the end of
2008 Glenglassaugh was back in
production.
In 2013, the BenRiach Distillery Company
took over Glenglassaugh distillery, then
in 2016 the
distillery was purchased by US company
Brown Forman. After taking charge of the
BenRiach Distillery Company's
Glenglassaugh, GlenDronach and BenRiach
distilleries Brown Forman recruited
Whisky Maker, Rachel Barrie, who you may
know from her time at Glenmorangie,
Ardbeg and Bowmore to name just a few.
It appears that Rachel has now had time
to assess the maturing Glenglassaugh
stock and to create a new range of
whiskies which will be able to be
sustained by the available stock. The
new Glenglassaugh Wood Finish range
features a Port Wood finish, a Peated
Port Wood Finish, a Pedro Ximinez Sherry
Wood Finish and a Peated Virgin Oak Wood
Finish. Each of the new whiskies were
initially matured in first-fill American
oak casks and then finished for up to
two years in their chosen cask.
The Glenglassaugh Wood
Finish range represents a new chapter
for the highland distillery and they are
Rachel's and Brown Forman's first new
expressions since taking the reigns
at Glenglassaugh.
Glenglassaugh Whisky Maker Rachel Barrie
commented on the new releases, saying:
"As surf crashes on Sandend Bay and
invigorating North Sea air passes
through our warehouses, Glenglassaugh
matures first in American ex bourbon
casks, before changing course in either
Virgin Oak, Pedro Ximenez or Port wood,
on a voyage shaped by the sea.
"From the sweet earthiness of our peated
spirit enlivened by American Virgin Oak,
to luscious full-bodied sweetness
intensified in casks of Pedro Ximenez;
from the tempestuous waves of fruit and
smoke bottled as Peated Port Wood, to
the sublime elemental fruit and
freshness of Glenglassaugh Port Wood. I
look forward to sharing this
multi-dimensional voyage along our
elemental coast."
You can read
my review of the four new Glenglassaugh
Wood Finish whiskies via the links
below:
You will find all four of the
Glenglassaugh Wood Finish whiskies available from specialist whisky shops such as
The Whisky Exchange and
Master of
Malt
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