{"product_id":"glenburgie-11-year-old-1990-smws-single-cask-71-26-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2001-70cl","title":"Glenburgie 11 Year Old 1990 SMWS Single Cask 71.26 Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2001) 70cl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 28px;\"\u003eGlenburgie 11 Year Old 1990 SMWS Single Cask 71.26 Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2001) 70cl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 0f 292 bottles produced\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is not easy to come across ancient releases from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe SMWS are one of the Britain's most revered independent bottlers with a worldwide network of partner bars with one mission of getting as much whisky at natural cask strength without water to different nations including USA, Canada, Switzerland, UK, Austria, Germany and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese older labels from the first runs are mostly with distillation methods that include direct heat which was replaced with steam for many distilleries for environmental reasons changing the taste of whisky forever. It'll get real interesting when nuclear fusion is used to distil whisky. We might glow green for a few weeks after we drink the stuff. Who knows.... but all we know is that the old stuff has a musky taste that is VERY welcomed by people nowadays trying to time travel through whisky's past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003eAbout Glenburgie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFragrant, sweet, slightly grassy and with a lick of oiliness, Glenburgie’s make is pretty much entirely ring-fenced by blender Sandy Hyslop for the Ballantine’s blend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eBallantine’s status as the second largest seller in the world accounts for the fact that Glenburgie’s sightings as a single malt are as infrequent as those of the Loch Ness monster. Allied only bottled it once and Chivas Bros. has only ever included it in its limited edition Cask Strength series (which are only available through the firms’ distillery visitors' centres). It very occasionally pops up as an independent bottling, as do some of the last remaining stocks of Glencraig. It is not commonly seen other than as a bottling from Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail. However, in July 2017 Glenburgie was released as a 15-year-old single malt (alongside expressions from Glentauchers and Miltonduff) under the Ballantine’s brand. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/media.scotchwhisky.com\/images\/media\/d74a5823eb1de083f2f95d0fad8eb94a.jpg\" alt=\"Image\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/media.scotchwhisky.com\/images\/media\/16103133e1cb4ba3c321aee4cd1a6880.jpg\" alt=\"Image\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough its little-known as a single malt, Glenburgie’s history stretches back to 1829 when it was built on the flatlands near Forres by William Paul. After the (fairly common) multiple changes in ownership it became part of the estate of blenders James \u0026amp; George Stodart, owner of the Old Smuggler blend, although they never actually made whisky on the site.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStodart was bought out by Hiram Walker in 1936, at the same time the Canadian firm bought Miltonduff. Ever since then Glenburgie has been closely associated with the Ballantine’s blend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike Miltonduff, it was home to a pair of ‘Lomond’ stills from 1958 to 1981, which produced a malt known as Glencraig.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2004, the old distillery was demolished and a new, larger, open plan one was constructed. A third pair of stills was added at this point. It has been part of Chivas Brothers since 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e63.4% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glenburgie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52786854527314,"sku":"000586","price":699.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/4799011119.jpg?v=1771941255","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/glenburgie-11-year-old-1990-smws-single-cask-71-26-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2001-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}