This Bladnoch 18 year old distillery expression has a Belted Galloway cattle label, it has been bottled at 55%abv.

Bladnoch Distillery is Scotlands most southerly distillery lying near Wigtown, Galloway. Opened in 1817 it had a chequered career - closed during the first world war then again in 1938, opened again in 1956, two further stills were added in 1966, then closed again in 1993 by UDV and everyone thought this was going to join the long list of 'Lost Distilleries'.

However nobody reckoned on Raymond Armstrong from Northern Ireland. He bought the distillery under the condition that it remained silent. However in 2000 he breathed fresh air into the distillery and limited production commenced. I visited the distillery in early 2000 and Mr Armstrong took me round personally, his enthusiasm for the future was an inspiration, I'm very pleased to see that his dream is taking place.