Clynelish

Technically, Clynelish was founded in 1819 by the Marquis of Stafford, who chose the site for its proximity to the Brora coal fields. Like so many distilleries, it eventually fell under the ownership of DCL (now Diageo), which built a new facility next door in 1967. It renamed the old facility Brora, and gave the Clynelish name to the new one. (Brora closed for good in 1983.) Clynelish has a distinctive waxy character, which comes from its long fermentations and a policy of allowing gunk to build up in its spirits receiver, thereby reducing the amount of copper that the vapors can interact with. There is only one distillery bottling of Clynelish, but many independent bottlers offer it at different ages. (In 2017 Diageo announced it would reopen Brora.)


Clynelish

Aged 14 Years

Hard to come by until recently, this is the sole proprietary bottling of Clynelish available in the United States.