SCOTCH TOM McLELLAN
The Single Malts of The Lowlands
In previous editions of Bounder, we have visited Speyside, The Highlands and Islay.
Malt whisky is usually associated with the northern areas of Scotland, but there are still a few distilleries worth mentioning in the lowland areas.
At one time the lowlands boasted 14 distilleries. However, today only three remain: Glenkinchie, near Edinburgh; Auchentoshan, close to the River Clyde; and Bladnoch in Galloway, close to Wigtown.
What’s of greater interest is that
Yours Truly and two good friends ( Frank Nieuwkoop and Brent Anderson) will be visiting Bladnoch in mid-June, as well as playing golf at the Celtic Manor and Royal Troon. (So stay tuned for the next edition, when pictures of Scotland’s version of “The Hangover” will be available after screening!)
Traditionally Lowland Single Malts are triple distilled, which is why they typically have a lighter taste.
So, as we intend to visit Bladnoch en route from Wales to Troon in Ayrshire, I’ll focus on Bladnoch.
38 BOUNDER MAGAZINE
Bladnoch lies in Galloway, only about a 90-minute drive from my home town of Dumfries.
Bladnoch is also Scotland’s most southerly distillery, and was originally a farmhouse developed around 1814 by the McClelland family.
The distillery has changed hands and seen several closures over the years, but is now doing very well under the ownership of Raymond Armstrong,
an Irishman, who acquired the property in 1994. It now boasts a very nice visitor centre and has its own very friendly Internet site.
As small as it is, it produces 100,000 litres of pure alcohol each year. And as underestimated as it is as a malt, Bladnoch produces some of the finest malt anywhere in Scotland.
If we are feeling generous, we’ll bring a bottle of 15 year old back for Bounder’s esteemed publisher.
So stay tuned. I’ll do my best to keep my Canadian buds (one is more Dutch than Canadian) in tow.
But there’s no guarantee.
www.bounder.ca
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64