Lochside 1966 38 Year Old Celtic Heartlands

Lochside 1981/2009 28 Year Old Blackadder

Lochside distillery was located north of Montrose in the Eastern Highlands and began its life as a beer brewery. In 1957 it was rebuilt into a malt and grain whisky distillery by Macnab Distilleries (the Coffey still that produced the grain whisky was removed in 1973). Lochside was acquired in 1973 by a company named Destilerías y Crianzas del...

Score 87/100

Lochside 13 Year Old 1991 Gordon & Macphail

Lochside Distillery closed in 1992 and was demolished in 2005. So far I have only tried old Lochside. So let me try a younger version today from this lost distillery. It is a bottling from Gordon & Macphail, containing whisky distilled in 1991 that was bottled in May 2005. The nose is fresh and fruity, but also quite mineraly. Think pineapple,...

Score 83/100

Lochside 45 Year Old 1967 Malts of Scotland

I am not that experienced with Lochside, although a few samples are waiting in my cabinet. But when this 45 Year Old from Malts of Scotland came along, I could not wait to try it immediately. Be advised that this is a malt, so no grain involved here. I always get a little excited when I get to taste a whisky that was distilled before I was...

Score 90/100

Lochside 42 Year Old 1964 Scott’s Selection

This is a single blend. That may sound a bit weird, but when you know that Lochside produced both malt and grain whisky, it may sound not so weird anymore. They were blended at birth, meaning that both the malt and grain spent more than four decades in the same casks. Oh, that nose is very much like a bourbon. Quite some vanilla, coconut, almonds,...

Score 89/100