Glen Scotia has unveiled a limited-edition 22-year-old ‘Distillery of the Year’ expression. The bottling follows the distillery’s triumph at the Scottish Whisky Awards in November 2021, where it took home the prize for ‘Scottish Whisky Distillery of the Year’. Throughout 2022, the team have worked to create a rare and exclusive release with only 500 bottles available worldwide.
The Glen Scotia Distillery of the Year Expression is a perfect representation of the brand’s signature style, using liquid from some of its finest reserves of first-fill bourbon casks and offering the classic tropical fruit and oily coastal notes you’d expect from a Campbeltown Single Malt Whisky. It was bottled in May at cask strength and without added color.
The new release arrives in the brand’s new premium packaging in a blue tube which includes an elevated bottle with a shoulder coin and heavy base.
A handful of bottles will be available via ballot from the Glen Scotia website. Limited to one entry per person, the ballot is now open and closes on Sunday 4th September (23.59hrs). Successful entrants will be notified on Monday 5th September. The remaining bottles will be available in limited numbers via whisky specialist retailers worldwide.
“We are one of the smallest distilleries in Scotland, but with the combination of our team’s craftsmanship and our ambition to take Glen Scotia to the world, we are producing some of the best whisky to have come out of Campbeltown in many years,” said Iain McAlister, Master Distiller at Glen Scotia. “This is a result of those that came before us and their hard work and knowledge of the craft.
“To win Scottish Whisky Distillery of the Year was a real feat, and we knew we needed to mark it in a special way. This latest release is a fine example and a legacy of a true Campbeltown malt, and we hope collectors and friends of the distillery from around the world will join us in raising a dram of it to the continued success of Glen Scotia.”
Bottled at 54.8% ABV, the Glen Scotia Distillery of the Year Expression is priced at £475 per 70cl bottle. For more information, head over to the brand’s official website.
