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

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.