Glenburgie 40 Years Old 1980 Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Xtra Old Particular Douglas Laing (700ml)

Cask Number: DL15090
Date of Distilling: November 1980
Date of Bottling: June 2021
Matured In: A Single Refill Hogshead

Douglas Laing is an independent bottler of fine Scotch whisky established in 1948. The concept is to enable whisky lovers around the world a chance to come as close as they can to sampling whisky as it was straight from the cask or having a whisky experience like no other.

The Glenburgie Distillery was built in 1829 but didn’t actually start to produce whisky till 1936 when it became a vital ingredient to produce Ballantine’s blend. It was purchased at the same time as Miltonduff by a Canadian firm called Hiram Walker. Like Miltonduff, it was home to a pair of ‘Lomond’ stills from 1958 to 1981, which produced a malt known as Glencraig. In 2004 the distillery was demolished and a new much larger site was erected and a third pair of stills added. It is now owned by Chivas Brothers or as we better know them Pernod Ricard.

The Exceptional Single Cask series encompasses Provenance, Premier Barrel, Old Particular and Xtra Old Particular. This Xtra Old Particular was matured in a single refill Hogshead for 40 years. Distilled in November 1980 and bottled in June 2021 at 40.8% abv.