{"product_id":"glen-mhor-8-year-old-rare-old-cask-strength-highland-single-malt-scotch-whisky-1970s-5cl-miniature","title":"Glen Mhor 8 Year Old Rare Old Gordon \u0026 Macphail Cask Strength Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (1970s) 5cl Miniature","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGlen Mhor 8 Year Old Rare Old Gordon \u0026amp; Macphail Cask Strength Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (1970s) 5cl Miniature\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rare miniature from a long closed distillery from the 1970s. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Glen Mhor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-content-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"introduction\"\u003eWhen it can be found, Glen Mhor is a punchy, meaty malt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pagenav js-fixed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlen Mhor was one of a number of single malts which were being bottled in the late 19th and early 20th century, a further demonstration that the commonly held notion that this was a 1960s concept is not borne out by historical evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small two-still operation, it is now very rarely seen although SMWS and Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail have, on occasion, bottled it. Bottlings show it to be a big, fat and quite muscular malt with a meaty and lightly smoky undertow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt re-emerged most recently when it was named as one of the malts in the Mackinlay’s blend which was found entombed in ice under Ernest Shackleton’s hut. The distillery’s other claim to fame was as the place where Scottish novelist, and author of the polemic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eScotland and Whisky,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eNeil M. Gunn, was first based.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClearly in 1892 when John Birnie, the manager of Glen Albyn (which sat opposite) entered into a business partnership with Leith blender Charles Mackinlay, he was thinking commercially. The new distillery was designed by the leading architect of the era, Charles Doig, and located between the Caledonian Canal and the railway giving it superb communication links. In 1920, Mackinlay \u0026amp; Birnie bought Glen Albyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnusually, the distillery remained water-powered until the 1950s and had Saladin maltings installed in 1954.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1972, it became a late addition to the DCL portfolio, although it would only remain with the industry giant until 1983 when it was another of Scotland’s smaller stills to close. Three years later it was demolished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeen from a modern perspective in which the importance of whisky tourism is a major consideration, the fact that the capital of the Highlands doesn’t have a single distillery might seem strange. It’s easy to forget how vey different the business was only a few decades ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e57% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e50ml \/ 5cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glen Mhor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53024723370322,"sku":"GLMHOR8CSMINI","price":39.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/GlenMhor8YearOldRareOldHighlandSingleMaltScotchWhisky_1970s_5clMiniature.jpg?v=1774398200","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/glen-mhor-8-year-old-rare-old-cask-strength-highland-single-malt-scotch-whisky-1970s-5cl-miniature","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}