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Lowland
1965
Lilly Loch
Inverhouse Distillers Ltd
Demolished
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N/A
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Glen Flagler which is sometimes known as
Glenflagler was housed within the large
Moffat (Garnheath) grain distillery
complex which was located near Airdrie.
The complex was originally a paper mill
which was acquired and converted into a
large whisky distillery complex by
Inverhouse Distillers Ltd on behalf of
its then American parent company
Publicker Distillers Inc.
The
complex was primarily constructed to
produce grain whisky for the Inverhouse
blends but it also produced Glen Flagler
single malt as well as Islebrae, a peaty
Lowland single malt (15 ppm phenols) and
the lightly peated Killyloch single malt
whisky. The large whisky complex also
housed a malting's, storage warehouses
and a large blending and bottling plant.
Other than the column stills and other
equipment that was used to produce the
Garnheath grain whisky, the Moffat
distillery complex also housed the pot
stills to produce 3 different single
malt whiskies, facts regarding the
number of pot stills which operated at
Moffat seem to have got
lost in time, some sources say there
was 2, some 4 stills and some say 6 but
what we do know for sure is that Glen
Flagler was produced from 1965 until
1985. Islebrae was phased out in 1970
and Killyloch followed soon after in the
early 1970's. Garnheath grain distillery
closed soon after Glen Flagler and the
site was demolished in 1988. The Moffat
sites warehousing, blending and bottling
plant still remain as Inver House Distillers’
headquarters until this day.
An
interesting fact about the Glen Flagler
single malt is that it was produced
using traditional pot stills from 1965
until 1969 when it moved to a bourbon
style of production where the wash was
run through a continuous beer still and
then a pot still.
Most
of the Glen Flagler single malt found
its way in to the Inver house blends
such as Mac Arthur's and Pinwinnie but
some, although very little has been been
bottled as single malt placing it
amongst one of the rarest Scotch single
malt whiskies you are likely to come
across. Perhaps Inverhouse have a few
barrels ageing in their warehouses and
we will see them released in years to
come, here's hoping.
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Where To Buy Glen Flagler Whisky Online
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Glen Flagler Bottlings
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Glen Esk offer you the following choice
of single malts:
- Signatory Glenflagler 1970 23
Year Old
- Signatory Glenflagler 1972 23
Year Old
- Glen Flagler 8 year old
- Glen Flagler Limited Edition
Cask Strength 1973 29 Year Old
- Glen Flagler Pure Malt 8 Year
Old
- You will find a range of
Glen Flagler single malt including
very rare vintages available from
top whisky shops such as
The Whisky Exchange.
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