{"product_id":"rosebank-11-year-old-1992-smws-single-cask-25-31-strawberry-sherbert-lowland-single-malt-whisky-2003-70cl","title":"Rosebank 11 Year Old 1992 SMWS Single Cask 25.31 Strawberry Sherbert Lowland Single Malt Whisky (2003) 70cl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 28px;\"\u003eRosebank 11 Year Old 1992 SMWS Single Cask 25.31 Strawberry Sherbert Lowland Single Malt Whisky (2003) 70cl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of the early Rosebanks prior to the cessation of production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDistilled in March 1992 and bottled in May 2003 - Bottled 22 Years ago!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRosebank is rightly regarded as one of the finest – if not \u003cem\u003ethe\u003c\/em\u003e finest – Lowland malt and yet its fame has, slightly bafflingly, never reached the same levels of hysteria as cult distilleries such as Port Ellen and Brora. Perhaps its meadow flower bouquet, gentle fruits and fresh citrus (derived through its triple distillation regime) are not in line with palates which want the big and the bold – even though Rosebank’s worm tubs lend the whisky a thick palate texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/media.scotchwhisky.com\/images\/media\/4bbbfc07c2f563d19f0e1a971e6b7cf7.jpg\" alt=\"Image\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003eAbout Rosebank\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Lowland malt with its gentle, fruity palate, commands a dedicated following.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuch of Rosebank’s history – and fate – has been dictated by the canal upon whose banks it sits. It made sense to build a distillery beside the Forth \u0026amp; Clyde, the waterway which linked Scotland’s east and west coasts, and therefore its two main cities, Glasgow and Edinburgh. It made less sense to have a distillery there when the canal was closed and choked by detritus. It makes sense to have a distillery open again now that the canal has been reopened and tourists are coming to Falkirk to look at the Wheel which lifts boats between the Union and the Forth \u0026amp; Clyde – but is it too late?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are records of a family called Stark distilling on the wider site as early as 1798. In 1817, a distillery named Rosebank was operational for two years, while in 1827, the Stark family re-emerged to operate the Camelon distillery which sat on the opposite bank of the canal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1840, what had been Camelon’s maltings were converted by James Rankine into the new Rosebank. Under the Rankine family’s control, Rosebank prospered. In 1861, the Camelon distillery buildings were demolished and a new maltings supplying Rosebank was built, with the malt being barrowed over the canal to the distillery on a bridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1914, Rosebank became one of the founding members of the Lowland conglomerate Scottish Malt Distillers [SMD] in 1914 which was folded into DCL in 1925.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt ran continuously, bar a brief wartime hiatus, until 1993 when it closed. The reason was not to do with quality – the malt was highly regarded – but the unwillingness of its then owner (at the time UDV) to pay an estimated £2m cost of upgrading its effluent treatment plant. Problems over road access were another contributory factor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRosebank could conceivably have been saved had it been chosen as the Lowland member of UDV’s [later Diageo’s] Classic Malts Selection which launched in 1988. After all, an 8-year-old had been part of DCL’s ‘Ascot Malt Cellar’ six years previously when the firm attempted, somewhat lackadaisically, to enter the malt market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLegend has it that the decision to choose Glenkinchie was because Rosebank was next to a then closed, stagnant, canal and therefore not as much of a tourist destination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe distillery site was sold in 2002 to British Waterways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever in October 2017 whisky blender and bottler revealed plans to purchase the site from British Waterways, and reopen the distillery. The company also separately acquired the Rosebank trademark from Diageo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRosebank distillery is expected to be operational again by 2019 at the earliest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout SMWS \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) was founded in 1983 by a group of friends lead by tax accountant Phillip ‘Pip’ Hills as a private members club. The concept behind the society was to source casks from all over Scotland which would then be bottled and made available exclusively to its members. Perhaps the most famous feature of these bottles are the unique codes. Each distillery is represented by a different number and the following digits indicate that particular release. That same year, the SMWS set up its first location in Leith’s Vault buildings in Edinburgh where it still stands today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e59.4% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rosebank","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54524471181637,"sku":"000558","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/4789870621_a6f679c5-04b0-4305-a546-a3a5eed19b2d.jpg?v=1746552369","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/rosebank-11-year-old-1992-smws-single-cask-25-31-strawberry-sherbert-lowland-single-malt-whisky-2003-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}