{"product_id":"glencraig-16-year-old-1968-gordon-macphail-connoisseurs-choice-old-brown-label-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-1984-5cl-miniature","title":"Glencraig 16 Year Old 1968 Gordon \u0026 Macphail Connoisseurs Choice Old Brown Label Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (1984) 5cl Miniature","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGlencraig 16 Year Old 1968 Gordon \u0026amp; Macphail Connoisseurs Choice Old Brown Label Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (1984) 5cl Miniature\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Glencraig was distilled in 1968 and, after maturing for 16 years in oak casks, was bottled in 1984 and miniatures created although for some odd reason omitting the bottling date or age statement.\u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNose: Honey, lemon, freshly baked cookies. The nose is pampered by delicious aromas. Peat is also detected on the nose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePalate: As you sip more often, the whisky becomes a bit sweeter. Lovely malt notes, with a touch of sweet biscuit. A slight bitterness, presumably from the sherry cask, combined with a hint of peat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinish: The finish is excellent, leaving the palate beautifully warm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"value\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Glencraig\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"value\"\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\"\u003eGlencraig was produced throughout the 1960s and ‘70s at Glenburgie on Speyside as a blending malt on a pair of Lomond stills.\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\u003eWhile independent bottlings of Glencraig occasionally appear, it was never intended as a single malt in its brief life. It was distilled by Hiram Walker at the Glenburgie distillery to provide a different style of malt for the firm’s blends, such as its top-selling Ballantine’s Finest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe difference came from using Lomond stills which incorporated various perforated plates and an adjustable lyne arm to vary the reflux. It was named Glencraig after Hiram Walker’s production director, Willie Craig.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 1975 bottling by Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail was described as ‘sweet and fruity… with a spicy edge and orange peel aromas’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1955 Alastair Cunningham and his Hiram Walker colleague, draftsman Arthur Warren, developed the Lomond still to produce a light, fruity spirit for the likes of Ballantine’s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a successful trial at Inverleven, the malt whisky distillery within the firm’s Dumbarton distillery complex in Dumbarton, it was decided to install a Lomond wash and spirit still at Glenburgie in Moray in 1958.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChristened Glencraig, its newmake spirit was distinct from Glenburgie’s, and gave Hiram Walker another malt for its blends without having to invest in a whole new distillery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately the so-called rectifying plates in the neck of Lomond stills were notoriously hard to clean, and in 1981 they were abandoned at Glenburgie. Since then occasional bottles of Glencraig single malt have been released by Duncan Taylor, Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail, Signatory and the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday Glenburgie distillery is operated by Chivas Brothers, its whisky still largely used for the Ballantine’s blend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e40% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5cl \/ 50ml\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glencraig","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53296689152338,"sku":"GLENCRAIG1968MINI","price":53.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/Glencraig16YearOld1968Gordon_MacphailConnoisseursChoiceOldBrownLabelSpeysideSingleMaltScotchWhisky_1984_5clMiniature.jpg?v=1777292476","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/glencraig-16-year-old-1968-gordon-macphail-connoisseurs-choice-old-brown-label-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-1984-5cl-miniature","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}