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Winfield Double Malt Member

Joined: 12 Aug 2018 Posts: 76 Location: Ayrshire
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:59 pm Post subject: Glen Flagler (Mason & Summers) - whisky type? |
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Does anyone have more information regarding an independently bottled version of Glen Flagler by Mason & Summers? I was wondering if it might be a single malt, vatted malt or some "other" whisky bottled under the name of Glen Flagler.
The article below got me wondering about its true contents:
https://spiritedmatters.com/tag/mason-summers/
Any thoughts? |
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Kava Master Of Malts

Joined: 16 Jun 2010 Posts: 287 Location: England
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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| I believe Glen Flagler Pure Malt is a blended malt but dont know anything specific about Mason & Summers other than they were based in Glasgow |
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Winfield Double Malt Member

Joined: 12 Aug 2018 Posts: 76 Location: Ayrshire
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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2022 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for your reply. After a further bit of digging around (and not being so sure about how reputable the information from the website below is), this version may just be a blended malt, with the whiskies put into it being used to recreate the single malt profile (as per the description from: https://weedramcollective.com/product/glen-flagler-5-year-old-rare-all-malt-2/) |
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lincoln imp Master Of Malts

Joined: 23 Dec 2007 Posts: 751 Location: Lincolnshire England
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2022 12:05 am Post subject: |
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I believe this is actually a single malt or more accurately pot still and I remember it was bottled for the Milano Whisky Festival.
Bottled for - Importato per Auchan da DAB Italia S.p.A - GE
I had this bottle years ago. _________________ Pour me a glass please. |
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RN Rob Master Of Malts

Joined: 16 Oct 2016 Posts: 302 Location: London
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2022 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Any Glen Flagler Pure Malt i have come across has been a blended malt, Pure Malt was a nisleading term often used to imply a single malt when it was in fact a bllended/vatted malt, that is why they stopped the use of the term a number of years ago. |
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Winfield Double Malt Member

Joined: 12 Aug 2018 Posts: 76 Location: Ayrshire
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2022 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you all for your very helpful replies!
| lincoln imp wrote: | I believe this is actually a single malt or more accurately pot still and I remember it was bottled for the Milano Whisky Festival.
Bottled for - Importato per Auchan da DAB Italia S.p.A - GE
I had this bottle years ago. |
So, would that mean that this version is very different to the original Glen Flagler distillery bottlings?
| RN Rob wrote: | | Any Glen Flagler Pure Malt i have come across has been a blended malt, Pure Malt was a nisleading term often used to imply a single malt when it was in fact a bllended/vatted malt, that is why they stopped the use of the term a number of years ago. |
As a blended malt, would that mean all of the malt whiskies used to make this bottling have been distilled at the Glen Flagler distillery? |
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Crane Master Of Malts

Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 1345 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2022 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| A single malt would mean all the whisky in the bottle was produced in the same distillery, a a blended or vatatted malt would mean it is a blend of malts produced at different distilleries. |
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