Glenkinchie is perfect as an apéritif or at the start of a meal thanks to its fragrant, light and appetising body and taste. Also sign me up for newsletters so I can get special offers, recommendations, and expert advice to my inbox! One of the few remaining Lowland distilleries, Glenkinchie's rural location amid fields of barley, just twenty miles from the hustle and bustle of the capital, makes this 'The Edinburgh Malt'. This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services. The Glenkinchie label was relatively little known until 1989, when United Distillers started marketing it under their Classic Malts brand.

Pronounced “glen-kin-chee” rather than “glen-kinky”, this single malt represents Diageo’s more readily-available ‘Lowlands’ scotch offering, originating from the Glenkinchie distillery in East Lothian. Here we have one of Diageo’s flagship releases within their ‘Classic Malts’ series – the Glenkinchie 12 year old.Tried this alongside a tamadhu and a glen scotia dram, and this was probably the most "different" to what I've tasted in the past. As the Scotch producer marks the occasion with its first age statement, production director John Campbell shares his take on its first half-decade.

For someone who loves an Islay peated malt, it may be a surprise(it was to me) to know that this is a truly superb malt whisky, full of character and taste, my go to malt when I fancy something lighter, but not lacking in flavour. All our products, whether food, wine or accessories, are carefully chosen for their quality and value. Glenkinchie is one of the last surviving Lowland distilleries, situated just 15 miles outside Edinburgh earning it the title “The Edinburgh Malt”. The nose is light and flowery, with wet meadow notes and cucumber, the palate is pure barley with a touch of star anise spice and an earthy note.

It’s light character is born from its distillation in some of Scotland’s largest stills; matured for 12 years, the result is a light, floral whisky with a fresh, creamy taste.

Fragrant, light and creamy, Glenkinchie works magic when paired with cheese cake or even Cullen Skink, a traditional Scottish soup. There’s a good grassy/hay-like dryness and smell to it too – very much like the straw-like colour of the whisky itself. Though it is based some 15 miles or so from the Scottish capital, the whisky is branded as “The Edinburgh Malt” and the distillery actually put on a regular minibus from the city centre to take tourists, punters and whisky-nerds alike to visit the site [ed: the visitor centre is currently undergoing a large refurb, with an intended launch date in May 2020! The Service has been prepared by us solely for information purposes to Members and the Service is based on information we consider reliable and we obtain the contents of the Service from a number of different third party sources (including Contributions), but we do not endorse, support, represent, warrant or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of the Services and any information therein. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Noticeable vanilla, cut flowers (daffodil, blossom and hints of lily) and beneath these, a clean, toasty note. Owned by drinks giant Diageo, the distillery serves as one of the Four Corners of Scotland distilleries of Johnnie Walker. Without limiting the foregoing, the License does not include (a) the right to resell or use the Service commercially (unless explicitly allowed under the applicable subscription plan), (b) the right to make the Service publicly available or use for public display, (c) any downloading, duplicating, or copying, collection and use of any contents of the Services, e. It is, however, still very important that you let us know of any breakages once received so we can arrange replacement wine for you as quickly as possible.

Glenkinchie is perfect as an aperitif Single Malt or at the start of a meal due to its fragrant, light body and taste. Regardless of whether the Service offers the functionality to contribute, you are solely responsible and liable for any content and information that you create, upload, post, publish, link to, duplicate, transmit, record, display or otherwise make available on the Service or to other Members, such as chat messages, text messages, videos, audio, audio recordings, music, pictures, photographs, text and any other information or materials, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted (“Contributions”). We have the right to ask you to provide proof of your age and/or to provide further identification to prevent underage usage and/or for any other legal or legitimate purpose. The distillery has also had several single malt expressions released as part of Diageo’s Special Releases.Glenkinchie is also known as 'The Edinburgh Malt' - which makes sense, given its location near the city in the East Lothian foothills. We may terminate or temporarily suspend your account to protect you, ourselves or our partners from (suspected) identity theft or other (suspected) fraudulent (e. The 12yo is the sole regular single malt output from the distillery, with an annual Distiller’s Edition released, usually demonstrating the effects of a final Amontillado cask finish on this base malt. I'm whiskey/whisky/bourbon layman, but am more well versed with cognac and rums, with Doorly's 12 being my favourite.