Glen Keith – 25 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky (70cl, 43%)

This is a 25 year old single malt from Glen Keith, bottled at 43% ABV in a 70cl bottle. The distillery was built in 1959 beside the Linn of Keith, next to the ruins of Milton Castle, using local stone. Its water comes from springs on Balloch Hill, and it uses lightly peated malted barley. It was designed for triple distillation but changed to double distillation in 1970. The stills are slender, with long, upward-angled lyne arms, which influence the light and fruity character of the distillate. Glen Keith was mothballed in 1999 and reopened by Pernod Ricard in 2013 after a complete refit, including a new mash tun and washbacks.