{"product_id":"glen-keith-17-year-old-1997-gordon-macphail-connoisseurs-choice-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2015-70cl","title":"Glen Keith 17 Year Old 1997 Gordon \u0026 Macphail Connoisseurs Choice Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2015) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGlen Keith 17 Year Old 1997 Gordon \u0026amp; Macphail Connoisseurs Choice Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2015) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatured in 1st Fill Sherry Hogsheads\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-block product-block--tab prod_desc_tab\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"prod_sec_tab\" class=\"collapsibles-wrapper ddddd\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"Product-content-description14972502442365\" class=\"collapsible-content collapsible-content--all is-open\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collapsible-content__inner rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArguably the most famous independent bottler of Scotch whisky there is. Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail was founded in Elgin in 1895 by James Gordon and John Alexander MacPhail. It is now owned by the Urquhart Family who have bow bottled over 350 different expressions from around 69 different distilleries. Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail is the Trading name of Speymalt Whiskies while also owning the Benromach distillery, which they purchased in 1993. Some of the brands include Connoisseurs Choice, Cask Strength, Rare Old and Speymalt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-page-layout__content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Connoisseurs Choice series is known for independently bottling carefully selected individual casks to showcase distillery character and cask influence. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-block product-block--tab\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"prod_sec_tab\" class=\"collapsibles-wrapper ddddd\"\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collapsibles-wrapper ddddd\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-block product-block--tab\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"prod_sec_tab\" class=\"collapsibles-wrapper ddddd\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"Product-content-tab_pKk4Pq14972502442365\" class=\"collapsible-content collapsible-content--all is-open\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collapsible-content__inner rte\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product_tasting_note\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNose\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan\u003eBountiful notes of orange and apples, with a little hint of pepper underneath\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePalate:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eA creamy, soft mouthfeel carried hints of strawberries, black pepper, banana and yet more red apple.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinish:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eLingering cooking spices.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-block product-block--tab\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"prod_sec_tab\" class=\"collapsibles-wrapper ddddd\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout Glen Keith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExperimental from the start, the distillery produces a gentle, fruity whisky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough Glen Keith's stills are slender with long, upward-angled lyne arms indicating this is a light site, it has produced a wide variety of different makes thanks to its role as the pilot plant for many of Seagram\/Chivas Brothers’ distilling trials. Today its character is light and fruity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith sales of Chivas Regal rising throughout the 1950s, Sam Bronfman felt that he needed another distillery to supply juice for his blends – not just Chivas but Passport and 100 Pipers. He picked the site of a former meal mill in Keith, directly behind his existing Strathisla plant. As well as providing fillings for blends, Glen Keith became the Seagram’s experimental plant and still houses the Chivas Brothers lab.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt ran triple-distilled malt from the word go and alternated it with double distilled until the 1980s, ran trials with a wheat mash, was the first distillery to use gas-fired direct heating (all its stills are now steam-driven) and in its time also produced heavy peated variants [Glenisla] one made with peat smoke being passed through water which was then concentrated and the other in the normal manner. There were also trials with different yeast types. The fact that the stills were different shapes and sizes helped in these innovative trials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was mothballed in 1999, only reopening (under new owner Pernod Ricard) in 2013 after a complete refit which saw a new mash tun and washbacks being installed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile there was a 10-year-old bottling it was never a front-line malt. There are occasional sightings of it (and Glen Isla) from independent bottlers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e46% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Glen Keith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53011252248914,"sku":"GLKTH17GMCC1997","price":159.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/GlenKeith17YearOld1997Gordon_MacphailConnoisseursChoiceSpeysideSingleMaltScotchWhisky_2015_70cl_29ee7285-0d19-4491-856c-3cdacbb8535c.jpg?v=1774263698","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/glen-keith-17-year-old-1997-gordon-macphail-connoisseurs-choice-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2015-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}