This single cask bottling of a 22-year-old Glenrothes by the Hammerschmiede in Zorge (Elsburn) was bottled under the label Old Blacksmiths Single Malt. The whisky was distilled in 1989, matured in a first-fill sherry butt and was bottled in 2012.
The Glenrothes Single Malt Distillery is located on the outskirts of the village of Rothes, in the traditional county of Morayshire in the north of Scotland on the Moray Firth. Construction began in 1878 by James Stuart & Co. but they were unable to complete the distillery due to financial problems. It was not until William Grant, John Cruickshank and Robert Dick formed William Grant & Co. and took over the distillery that Glenrothes was completed. In 1887, the distillery passed into the hands of Highland Distillers Group Ltd. who are still the owners of this Speyside single malt whisky distillery today. The whisky from Glenrothes Distillery is bottled in very unusual bottles.
The Speyside lies in the north-east of the Highlands and is considered the centre of Scotland's whisky production. Around the towns of Elgin, Rothes, Keith and Dufftown there are more distilleries than anywhere else in Scotland, including big names such as Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, Macallan and many more.
Elegance and complexity are often cited as characteristic features of Speyside malts, but the variety of whiskies produced here is too great to speak of a single style.
Scotland and Scotch whisky is a global trend, a development that has led to a flourishing whisky scene in Scotland. There is hardly a week that goes by in which there is no news about another new distillery being built or the reopening of a distillery that has been closed for a long time.
Scotland, together with Ireland, is today considered the motherland of whisky, whose roots there go back to around 1500 AD.
This single cask bottling of a 22-year-old Glenrothes by the Hammerschmiede in Zorge (Elsburn) was bottled under the label Old Blacksmiths Single Malt. The whisky was distilled in 1989, matured in a first-fill sherry butt and was bottled in 2012.
The Glenrothes Single Malt Distillery is located on the outskirts of the village of Rothes, in the traditional county of Morayshire in the north of Scotland on the Moray Firth. Construction began in 1878 by James Stuart & Co. but they were unable to complete the distillery due to financial problems. It was not until William Grant, John Cruickshank and Robert Dick formed William Grant & Co. and took over the distillery that Glenrothes was completed. In 1887, the distillery passed into the hands of Highland Distillers Group Ltd. who are still the owners of this Speyside single malt whisky distillery today. The whisky from Glenrothes Distillery is bottled in very unusual bottles.
The Speyside lies in the north-east of the Highlands and is considered the centre of Scotland's whisky production. Around the towns of Elgin, Rothes, Keith and Dufftown there are more distilleries than anywhere else in Scotland, including big names such as Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, Macallan and many more.
Elegance and complexity are often cited as characteristic features of Speyside malts, but the variety of whiskies produced here is too great to speak of a single style.
Scotland and Scotch whisky is a global trend, a development that has led to a flourishing whisky scene in Scotland. There is hardly a week that goes by in which there is no news about another new distillery being built or the reopening of a distillery that has been closed for a long time.
Scotland, together with Ireland, is today considered the motherland of whisky, whose roots there go back to around 1500 AD.
