Glen Rothes (15 years)

The distillery was built in 1878 by James Stuart & Co, who then also worked the nearby Macallan distillery. The first whisky ran off the stills on the 28 December 1879, the same day as the Tay Bridge disaster. The Glenrothes is different to many other single malts in that since 1993 the bottlings are not determined by age but by vintage. The Glenrothes is also sold as "Select Reserve", a recently introduced non-vintage line. The Glenrothes is mainly matured in Spanish ex-Sherry casks, and some ex-Bourbon casks.

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Springs in the hills above the destillery