Description
A Diageo malt distillery located in the Lowland region of Scotland. Despite quietly producing fillings for blended Scotch for the majority of its history, it emerged as a single malt brand in 1988 when United Distillers assigned it as one of the six Classic Malts of Scotland. Glenkinchie was originally founded in 1825 and launched under the name Milton. The distillery was cherry picked by Diageo to represent the finest of the lowland whisky region in their Classic Malts range of 1988. Situated in Pencaitland, East Lothian, 'kinchie' is a derivative of the name 'De Quincy', the family name of the original farmland owners upon which the distillery was built. The 10 Year Old expression was the first official bottling from the Glenkinchie distillery and was replaced by the 12 Year Old in 2007.


