1993 Glen Keith 28 Year Old "Old Malt Cask" K&L Exclusive Single Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky (750ml)

This is the oldest Glen Keith we’ve ever seen here at K&L. In part this is because the distillery was mothballed in 1999 and didn’t reopen until 2013. This makes any of the new spirit still too young for most single malt bottlings and any of the pre-closure spirit is pretty much long gone due to its use in the 100 Pipers and Passport blends that are extraordinarily popular in Asia and Latin America respectively. Owned today by Chivas (Pernod Ricard) the distillery has virtually no official bottlings so it’s a relatively unknown distillery to most drinkers. Interestingly the distillery was always a bit of an experimental site even since its inception by Sam Bronfman of Seagram’s to supply juice for his blends. Over the years they’ve experimented with different distillation techniques, yeast strains, and even using peated water to influence the final flavor of the malt. Today it has settled into making a mostly fruity and generally light body spirit. With lots of age those fruit flavors turn towards the tropical side and the mouth feel is delectable and rich. A truly refined bottling there are only 128 bottles available. Blink and you’ll miss them.