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Sale whisky Online Glengoyne
Glengoyne
Before the Excise Act of 1823, the law that laid the foundations for the legal production of whiskyAbout twenty clandestine distillers operated in the Stirlingshire area, including George Connell, who in 1833 managed to obtain a license for Burnfoot Distillery, later renamed Glengoyne. The whisky the product was sold to the owner of a Glasgow pub, Hugh Lang, who in 1876 decided to buy the distillery, which was then called Glen Guin ("Valley of the Wild Geese" in Gaelic). In the mid-sixties the distillery passed to the Robertson Trust; remained for years in the shadow of nearby Macallan, in 2003 it was purchased by Ian Macleod Distillers.
Glengoyne uses only Scottish barley, Golden Promise and Chariot varieties, air dried after germination and unpeated; The whisky it ages in used barrels and ex Sherry barrels.
