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The Glengoyne Christmas Cask – A World’s First

Dumgoyne: Glengoyne Distillery is to launch its SLOWEST ever bottling. Taking over four years to complete, this is a world’s first small batch release from a single cask, creating a live experiment which whisky enthusiasts can take part in. Available from Tuesday 28 December 2010, The Glengoyne Christmas Cask will be released each Christmas until 2014. [...]

Did you know?

Glengoyne distillery is one of only two distilleries in Scotland to use Golden Promise barley. For years Golden Promise barley was favoured by maltsters and distillers. This was largely due to its ability to stand up to the wind, for ripening early (in August) and for producing delicious, rich nutty flavours. However, as the whisky [...]

Glengoyne Launches New Advertising Campaign in Taiwan

Ian Macleod Distillers Ltd has just launched a new advertising campaign for Glengoyne throughout Taiwan. The eye-catching adverts featuring Glengoyne 10, 17 and 21 year old Single Highland Malt Scotch whisky can be seen on large billboards in many of Taiwan’s major cities such as Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung cities and also in various magazines [...]

The Beautiful Dram

On Monday 13th September Glengoyne Distillery played host to Joan La Porta, President of Barcelona Football club, and the Chief Executive of the famous Art Hotel in Barcelona. Mr La Porta was in Glasgow to watch his team play against Celtic in the Champions league at Parkhead the following night. However he still managed to [...]