Glengoyne 1967 The Middle Cut

This release is titled The Middle Cut in reference to the process during distillation where all spirit comes through the spirit safe and is cut into three: the head, the heart and the tail. The head and the tail are essentially unusable and "the middle cut" is what goes on to become whisky.

Glengoyne 1967 The Middle Cut

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 Glengoyne was distilled in 1967 and bottled in 1997. The release is titled, The Middle Cut. During distillation all spirit comes through the spirit safe, this is cut into three, the head, the heart and the tail. The head and the tail are essentially unusable \"the middle cut\" is what goes on to become whisky.

One of only 100 bottles.