Glenlochy 1952-2001 - 49 Year Old - Douglas Laing - Old Malt Cask - Single Cask

INFORMATION

Glenlochy 1952 - 2001 49 Year Old. Old Malt Cask by Douglas Laing. One of 311 bottles from a single cask. 700ml. 43%.

One of the lost DCL distilleries, Glenlochy was closed in 1983 without ever having been officially bottled, though some excellent Rare Malts editions appeared in the 1990s. This Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask 49-year-old from 2001 is both the earliest vintage and the oldest Glenlochy ever bottled.

DISTILLERY:Glenlochy

DISTILLERY STATUS:Closed

Bottle ABV:43%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:311

BOTTLER:Douglas Laing

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Highland

DISTILLED YEAR:1954

BOTTLING DATE::2001

AGE:49

Glenlochy is one of the overlooked lost distilleries of the Highlands. The distillery was founded in 1898 but production was relatively small and Glenlochy’s output was only ever destined for the blending vats. Glenlochy was closed in 1983 by Diageo forerunners DCL during the whisky lake crisis and the distillery buildings were almost completely demolished in 1991 to make way for a hotel.

Glenlochy was never officially bottled as a single malt during its lifetime, but a handful of superb Rare Malts editions of the 1969 vintage appeared in the mid-1990s. Outstanding independent bottlings of Glenlochy have been released by Cadenhead’s, Signatory, Gordon & MacPhail and the SMWS, among others. At the time of writing in 2022 there had been no new releases of Glenlochy since 2015 so it appears that the last stock of this very fine old school Highland single malt whisky may be finished.