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This Glen Scotia 1991 Cask strength expression from Scotts was distilled in 1991 and bottled in 2008 at 58%abv.
Glen Scotia was built in 1832 and for some of the reasons below has had long periods of silence. It has two stills giving a capacity of about 750,000 litres per year, and now owned by Loch Lomond distilling continues.
Campbeltown is a town near the tip of the Kintyre peninsula, surrounding an east facing bay a natural sheltered harbour, there were 33 distilleries at one time or another in this small town, making it the whisky capital of Scotland. Due to depressions, prohibition in the United States, over production, blended whiskies, wars, the decline of the British Empire and a reputation for poor quality by some distilleries all played a part in the closing of all but two of the distilleries, Springbank and Glen Scotia. And now Glengyle has re-opened to make three.
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