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Glen Flagler 1972-1997 - 24 Year Old - Signatory Vintage Silent Stills - Single Cask 228444



Lot ID:
0825-250

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6

Total Bids:
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Winning Bid
£370.00


End Date : Jan 07 2026 08:00 PM

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CONDITION

Fair.

FILLING LEVEL

Lower Neck

LOT DESCRIPTION

Glen Flagler 1972 - 1997. 24 Year Old. Bottled by Signatory Vintage for their Silent Stills series. Cask number 228444. One of 230 bottles. 70cl. 52%. In presentation box with matching miniature and cask bung.

A single cask Glen Flagler 1972 24-year-old vintage Lowland single malt whisky released in 1997 without colouring or chill filtration by indie bottlers Signatory Vintage as part of their classic Silent Stills range. Silent Stills was one of Signatory’s most collectible series, as each bottling came in a set with a miniature of the same whisky and a commemorative wooden bung made from the cask it came from.

This 24-year-old Glen Flagler 1972 came from single cask 228444, and was one of 230 bottles released at a hearty 52% natural cask strength. Glen Flagler is one of the most obscure of the lost Lowland distilleries, and only a few dozen casks of their single malt were ever bottled - this 1972 cask from Signatory is among the very best of them, and was one of only three known bottlings from this vintage.

Distillery:  Glen Flagler

Distillery Status:  Closed

Bottler: Signatory Vintage

Region: Lowland

Distilled Year: 1972

Bottling Year: 1997

Age: 24

Bottles Produced: 230

Limited Edition: yes

Cask Number: 228444

Category: Single Malt

Country: Scotland

Bottle Size: 70cl / 700ml

ABV: 52%

Glen Flagler was a short-lived Lowland malt whisky distillery built by Inver House Distillers within their Moffat distillery complex in Airdrie, which was also home to the Killyloch malt and Garnheath grain distilleries. 

The Moffat complex began operations in 1965, but none of the distilleries survived for long - Killyloch closed in the early 1970s and Glen Flagler was dismantled in 1985 before Garnheath finally fell silent in 1986 and the site was demolished soon afterwards.

A number of Glen Flagler official bottlings appeared from Inver House in the 1970s-’80s, but unfortunately they also later bottled several ‘pure’ malts under the Glen Flagler name - only bottles labelled ‘100% Pot Still Malt’ are believed to be Glen Flagler single malt. Elsewhere, Signatory released a few casks of 1970s vintage Glen Flagler between 1994-97, and Silver Seal bottled a cask in 2001. The final bottling of Glen Flagler single malt was a 29-year-old Glen Flagler 1973 official bottling in 2003.

Signatory Vintage Whisky Company was founded by Andrew Symington in 1988 after a spell as assistant manager at the Prestonfield House Hotel, where he had the opportunity to buy a cask of Glenlivet 1968. A robust and canny businessman, Symington had soon acquired some outstanding parcels of casks from great distilleries, and quickly established a reputation among single malt fans for good value, high quality single casks, the majority of which were released at full strength.

Throughout the 1990s and beyond, Signatory released outstanding whisky from Ardbeg, Glenfarclas, Springbank and many more, with frequently remarkable examples of lost or obscure distilleries. Soon established as one of the leading new wave independent bottlers, Symington was also an early exponent of bottling whiskies without colouring or chill filtration, a policy that has also served Signatory well at their Edradour distillery, which was purchased in 2002.

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BID HISTORY

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Last Bids £370.00 7th January 2026 07:32 PM