{"product_id":"port-dundas-17-year-old-2006-brave-new-spirits-ghost-of-the-hill-1st-fill-lafite-wine-barrique-314746b-lowland-single-grain-scotch-whisky-2023-70cl","title":"Port Dundas 17 Year Old 2006 Brave New Spirits Ghost Of The Hill 1st Fill Lafite Wine Barrique #314746B Lowland Single Grain Scotch Whisky (2023) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePort Dundas 17 Year Old 2006 Brave New Spirits Ghost Of The Hill 1st Fill Lafite Wine Barrique #314746B Lowland Single Grain Scotch Whisky (2023) 70cl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 307 bottles drawn from a single 1st fill Lafite Wine Cask \u003cspan\u003efor their Cask Noir range, Ghost of the Hill.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCask Noir Port Dundas 17 Year Old Ghost Of The Hill is a special-edition age-statement single grain whisky produced at the former Port Dundas Distillery and bottled as part of the Brave New Spirits Company`s Cask Noir range. This Lowland grain whisky was matured in a single first-fill Château Lafite Bordeaux wine barrique and bottled at a cask strength of 58%. Finishing in an ex-Bordeaux barrel has added rich red fruit notes to the classic buttered popcorn and vanilla flavours of this 17-year-old single grain dram.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Port Dundas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-content-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"introduction\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003eAt its height, Port Dundas was the largest distillery in Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pagenav js-fixed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlasgow’s Port Dundas distillery was a landmark, even though not many people actually knew what it was. It was built in 1811 at the highest point in the city next to the banks of the Forth \u0026amp; Clyde Canal. Another distillery, Cowlairs, started operation soon after and in 1860 the two sites – by then both with Coffey stills installed – merged. In 1877, Port Dundas was one of the founding members of the grain distillers’ conglomerate DCL.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith its good transport links and prime location in the city, which had become the blending powerhouse of Scotland, Port Dundas grew in size to become the largest distillery in Scotland. By 1885, its three Coffey and five pot stills were producing over two million gallons a year and, in an approach we’d today label as innovative, was using ‘American corn’, barley, and rye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts neighbour, Dundashill (which itself would be absorbed within the complex in 1902), was at that time the largest pot still distillery in the world, its two wash stills and 10 spirit stills making both double- and triple-distilled malt, peated and unpeated. There was a cooperage, housed in the former Dundashill building, and a piggery – the swine being fed on draff.  The whole site was topped by a 138-metre brick chimney, for a time the highest in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo fires at the start of the 20th century didn’t stop it for long, though by the 1970s it was in need of modernisation. At that point, production increased once more and a dark grains plant was installed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2010 however its owner Diageo decided to concentrate its grain production at the vastly expanded Cameronbridge. Although there were offers from rival distillers to buy Port Dundas they foundered – possibly because of the potential cost of another upgrade. In 2011, production ceased and the site was demolished. The landmark had gone. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e54.6% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Port Dundas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55728739320133,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/PortDundas17YearOld2006BraveNewSpiritsGhostOfTheHill1stFillLafiteWineBarrique_314746BLowlandSingleGrainScotchWhisky_2023_70cl.jpg?v=1758748370","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/port-dundas-17-year-old-2006-brave-new-spirits-ghost-of-the-hill-1st-fill-lafite-wine-barrique-314746b-lowland-single-grain-scotch-whisky-2023-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}