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The Glen
Scotia dunnage tasting is usually a
highlight for attendees at the annual
Campbeltown Festival but due to Covid-19
the distillery has made a Glen Scotia
dunnage tasting box available to whisky
fans to sample at home.
Following the cancellation of the
Campbeltown Malts Festival 2020 which
had been scheduled to run from 19-21 May
2020, the Glen Scotia Distillery hosted
a virtual festival which brought its
programme of events online for the first
time. It appears that the Glen Scotia
virtual festival was a huge success
after attracting over 8,000 visitors
from all around the world.
As part of the programme the distillery
made its famous dunnage whisky tasting,
which for many is the pinnacle of their
Campbeltown Malt Festival experience,
available for those outside the
distillery for the very first time.
The theme for the 2020 dunnage whisky
tasting was The Casks of Campbeltown,
which featured whiskies matured in casks
from the town, and investigated the
influence they have on the modern
Campbeltown style.
Only a limited number of dunnage tasting
packs were released ahead of the
festival, each containing five 25 ml
samples along with password access to a
specially created tasting video hosted
by Iain McAlister.
For those of you here in the UK who may
have wanted to take part in the dunnage
whisky tasting there is some good news,
you can still, albeit a little later
than the festival was scheduled, get a
hold of a dunnage whisky tasting box, plus there is a further 1800
tasting boxes which will be distributed
to markets around the world.
In the UK, the Glen Scotia Dunnage
Tasting Box is available to order from
Dram Team priced at £55.99 (including
postage).
The five samples will include:
- Glen Scotia Victoriana
- 54.2%
ABV
- Glen Scotia Cask No. 810 2005
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First Fill bourbon 60.1% ABV
- Glen Scotia Cask No. 486 2002
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Refill Sherry Hogshead 48.8% ABV
- Glen Scotia Cask No. 2/359 2009
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First Fill Bordeaux Red Wine 57.1%
ABV
- Glen Scotia Cask No. 6/413 2005
-
First Fill Tawny Port Hogshead 57.4%
ABV
Iain McAlister, Master Distiller at
Glen Scotia, said: “We’ve been
absolutely thrilled by the response we
had to the Glen Scotia Virtual Malts
Festival. We saw over 8,000 people join
us from all over the world including
Europe, North America, South America,
Africa, the Middle East, Asia and
Australasia – wildly exceeding our
expectations!
"We’re now considering making some
elements of the festival permanently
‘virtual’ going forward. We know
Campbeltown isn’t the easiest place in
the world to get to so this will be a
great way to allow our global whisky
fans the chance to be a part of the
celebrations in future years.
"The dunnage tasting is one of my
favourite events in the Campbeltown
Malts Festival schedule and we’re
excited to be able to provide those who
had hoped to join us in person, and
perhaps quite a few who usually wouldn’t
have had the chance, the opportunity to
take part in our special dunnage
tasting."
You will find the current Glen
Scotia core range of whiskies available
from specialist
online whisky retailers such as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop and
Master of
Malt
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