Glen Mhor was a sweet and floral whisky, though it has rather a full body. Wood influences and vanillas are subtly present, but cut through by a citrus quality that gets steadily greener as a herbaceous note comes through. A rather minty note can be found among other spices. Glen Mhor bottlings are very few and far between, with most remaining stocks probably resting in the hands of Diageo.
Founded
1892
Owner
Diageo
Production Status
Demolished
Capacity
N/A
14 years after the distillery was created, founders Charles Mackinlay and John Birnie incorporated it into the Mackinlay & Birnie Co. The Glen Mhor whisky was bottled as a single malt from that time, quite contrary to the popular belief that single malts were only popularised in the 1960s.
Interestingly, the distillery itself ran entirely on water-power right up until 1950. 1954 saw saladin maltings installed, which ran until 1980. Unfortunately, after only joining the DCL portfolio in 1972, the distillery was one of the many 1983 casualties, caused by the market crash from a massive stock surplus known as the "whisky loch".
The distillery has gained a claim to fame quite recently, however; in 2007, ten bottles of whisky were recovered from the Antarctic hut of the 1907 Shackleton expedition. After the bottles were allowed back to Scotland for scientific analysis in 2011, Glen Mhor was announced as one of the original malts that made up the blended whisky within.