Glendronach 1964 - 12 Year Old

INFORMATION

Glendronach 1964. 12 Year Old. 26 1/2 Fl Ozs. 70. Proof. 75 Proof.

A wonderful old official bottling of 1964 Glendronach 12-year-old released in the mid-1970s. This was during a period when the distillery was owned by W.M. Teacher, whose famous Teacher’s blended whisky was enjoying a heyday during this period with Glendronach and its sister distillery Ardmore as the keystone malts in the recipe.

DISTILLERY:Glendronach

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:70 Proof

Bottle SIZE:26 2/3 Fl Ozs

BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

DISTILLED YEAR:1964

AGE:12

Glendronach is one of the most prominent and important distilleries in Scotland’s Highlands. The distillery was founded in the 1920s but came to wider attention in the 1960s after being taken over by Teacher’s, for which it was to become a key malt. After a low period under the notoriously careless Allied Distillers, Glendronach was revived under Billy Walker, whose Benriach Distillery Co. bought the distillery in 2008.

Walker turned around Glendronach’s fortunes by the simple expedient of great cask selection, a high quality core range and prestige bottlings of vintage sherry casks, which were already plentiful in the distillery’s inventory. This good work has continued since Walker sold the distillery to Brown Forman in 2016. At auction, 1970s sherry casks and old Teacher’s-era Glendronach bottlings are always worth seeking out, although prices now reflect the distillery’s popularity.