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Chasing Ghosts and Celebrating Drams: A Tale of Two Cities

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It’s only the middle of the month, and at Dunfermline Whisky, it is officially "business as usual." We’ve already dived into our second tasting of the month.

From the peat-heads to those who prefer a delicate floral finish, we’ve made sure there is an array of drams to satisfy every possible whisky palate.

However, the undisputed star of our current lineup is a bottle that carries the weight of history: a 17-year-old Glen Mhor.

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The Ghost of Inverness

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Pouring a Glen Mhor is always a bittersweet experience. For those unfamiliar with its story, Glen Mhor is what we call a "ghost distillery." Standing on the banks of the Caledonian Canal since 1892, it was a pioneer of its time—the first in Scotland to install a Saladin Box for malting. Sadly, it fell victim to the "whisky loch" of the 1980s, closing its doors forever in 1983.

By 1986, the stills were silent and the buildings demolished. Today, where some of the finest Highland malt once matured, a supermarket stands in its place.

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A Vanishing Heritage

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It is staggering to think that Inverness, the capital of the Highlands, was once a bustling hub of distillation with Glen Mhor, Glen Albyn, and Millburn all producing unique spirits simultaneously. For nearly 40 years, that heritage was almost completely extinguished.

While the city has recently seen a spark of revival with the opening of Uile-bheist—the first new distillery in the city centre since the 19th century—the loss of the "old guard" still leaves a gap in the soul of the region. Tasting this 17-year-old expression is more than just a sensory experience; it’s a liquid connection to a lost era of Inverness history that will never return.

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Tickets will be available via our new ticketing system Eventbrite - Sadly we have had to move onto a platform that allows us more flexibility and sadly with this flexibility come with a cost so ticket prices will incur a processing fee from now on.