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Single Cask Nation Port Dundas 20 years

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(1)€109Scotland, Grain

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Port Dundas sat at the highest point in Glasgow, beside the Forth and Clyde Canal. It was one of Scotland's biggest grain distilleries for two centuries. Diageo closed the stills in 2010. The site was demolished a year later. Every bottle now carries a piece of that lost history. Single Cask Nation drew this one from a first-fill bourbon barrel. That cask lets corn sweetness and vanilla shine through instead of new oak spice. Lemon and fresh fruit brighten the nose. A malty backbone runs underneath. Wood notes arrive late and settle in slowly. Drink it neat, and you taste grain whisky that nobody can make again.

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Port Dundas

The story starts in 1811, when Daniel McFarlane set up a distillery on high ground north of Glasgow city centre, in Scotland. The spot was chosen for its links to the Forth and Clyde Canal, which carried grain in and spirit out. Port Dundas made grain whisky, not single malt, and it made a lot of it. The site grew into a giant, and its spirit became the quiet backbone of famous blends. Johnnie Walker, Bell's, J&B, Haig and White Horse all leaned on it. At its height the distillery turned out around 39 million litres of spirit a year across a 21-acre site. Owner Diageo shut it in 2010 and later demolished it, moving grain production to Cameronbridge. Glasgow lost one of its great working landmarks.

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About the Single Cask Nation Port Dundas 20 years

Single Cask Nation Port Dundas 20 years is a single grain Scotch whisky from a distillery that no longer exists. Port Dundas once stood in Glasgow, Scotland, at the highest point in the city. It ran for almost two hundred years before Diageo closed the stills in 2010. Single Cask Nation, an independent bottler, drew this cask from 1990s stock. It rested for twenty years in a first-fill bourbon barrel. Bottled at 58.6% ABV, it carries the strength and depth that only a single cask can give. Port Dundas opened in 1811 beside the Forth and Clyde Canal, where barges could load and unload spirit with ease. By the late 1800s, it was one of the largest distilleries in Scotland. It ran pot stills and Coffey stills side by side. Its grain spirit went into blends such as Johnnie Walker and J&B for generations. The distillery even used an American-style mash bill with corn alongside barley. That was unusual for Scotland at the time. That corn base still shows through in the sweetness of this whisky today. Single Cask Nation Port Dundas 20 years opens with lemon and fresh fruit on the nose. It stays bright and lively for a whisky this old. Vanilla and light oak follow, softened by two decades in a first-fill bourbon barrel. A malty backbone runs through the middle, a reminder of its grain whisky roots. Wood spice builds slowly rather than rushing in. At 58.6% ABV, the whisky stays full-bodied without losing balance. Every sip carries a trace of corn sweetness underneath. This bottling matters beyond its flavour. Port Dundas closed for good in 2010, and the site was demolished the following year. Every remaining cask is now finite. Single Cask Nation bottled it at cask strength, preserving the full character of the spirit. Drink it neat in a wide glass and give it a few minutes to open. It rewards patience. This whisky offers a rare taste of Scottish grain history that cannot be made at its source again. For curious drinkers, it is a piece of distilling history in liquid form.