Glengoyne 1984 Single Sherry Cask 36 Year Old #1549 / The Russell Family

Built in 1833, what is now known as Glengoyne is a Highland distillery so close to the Lowland region border that its warehouses across the road actually fall into the latter geographical category. The distillery was owned by the Lang Brothers for 89 years, who used it as provision for their blends. In that time it was also important to those of Robertson & Baxter, who would eventually acquire the site in 1966, and bottled it as a single malt for the first time in the 1970s. It was not until the 1990s that the single malt brand became the distillery’s main focus however. An eventual restructuring by Robertson & Baxter’s parent company, Edrington, saw its operations quieted, and Glengoyne was sold to Ian Macleod Distillers in 2003.

This whisky was distilled on 21st December 1984 and aged in single refill ex-Sherry cask #1549. It was bottled after 36 years of maturation in 2021.

Named the Russell Family Cask, cask #1549 was personally selected by the 3rd generations of distillery owners, Ian Macleod Distillers. At the time of it's release, it was one of the oldest official bottlings from Glengoyne ever seen.

One of 402 bottles.