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Dumbarton 50 Year Old 1964 vintage Lowland single grain Scotch whisky. Single cask refill hogshead #11592 expression of the lost distillery bottled May 2015 by Hunter Laing & Co. for the Sovereign series. 162 numbered bottles.
Dumbarton
Dumbarton Distillery is a lost Scottish Lowland grain distillery which opened in 1938, closed in 2002 and was demolished in 2008. Situated in Dumbarton and equipped with a Coffey still. Dumbarton whisky flowed into Ballantyne’s blends.
This burnished gold whisky has a robustly sweet nose of fudge and custard at the beginning, with rich notes of dates and prunes giving balance. On the palate it has a buttery mouthfeel with vanilla and rich fruit flavours dominating, leaving a long dry sweet finish with a definite oak aftertaste.
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Dumbarton
Dumbarton Distillery, a lost Lowland grain distillery established by Hiram Walker in 1938 on the site of the former McMillan shipyard, once dominated the banks of the River Leven and River Clyde in Dumbarton. Equipped with a Cincinnati-made continuous still, it grew to become one of Scotland’s largest grain distilleries, primarily using maize and water sourced from Loch Lomond to produce spirit destined for Ballantine’s blended whiskies. Despite its prominence, Dumbarton closed in 2002, with most of its structures demolished by 2008, sealing its fate as a significant yet lost chapter in Scotland’s Lowland whisky heritage. While the site no longer stands, the distillery’s legacy endures through single cask bottlings released by Hunter Laing & Co., preserving Dumbarton’s unique contribution to Scottish grain whisky history.
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