Glen Breton 10 Year Old Canadian Single Malt Whisky
Glen Breton 10 Year Old Canadian Single Malt Whisky is an 86-proof (43% ABV) single malt from Glenora Distillery in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia — 10 years in American oak casks, matured in the distillery's apple orchard warehouses. The signature expression of the Glen Breton Rare range, it earned Gold at the World Whisky Awards 2024 and Gold at the 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. In a 750mL bottle, it is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- Proof / ABV: 86 proof (43% ABV)
- Size: 750mL
- Age: 10 years in American oak casks, matured in the distillery's apple orchard warehouses
- Process: 100% malted barley, double-distilled in Scottish copper pot stills
- Producer: Glenora Distillery, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia — North America's first single malt whisky distillery
The One That Started the Range
The Glen Breton Rare story began with an 8-year-old back in 2000; the 10-year-old is its matured successor and the expression most people meet first. A decade in American oak — some of it in warehouses set among the distillery's apple orchards — gives it a profile of orange, chocolate, honey, vanilla, maple, cherry, and hazelnut, finishing with apple and ginger. Wine Enthusiast named it one of the Top 50 Spirits Worldwide, and it took Gold at the International Review of Spirits in Chicago back in 2011. Browse the Glen Breton collection and explore more Canadian whisky at Del Mesa.
Tasting Notes
The nose is inviting: orange, honey, and vanilla with milk chocolate underneath. The palate is smooth and malty — maple, cherry, and hazelnut over soft oak. The finish brings the orchard-warehouse signature: apple and a flicker of ginger spice.
How to Enjoy
The most versatile Glen Breton: neat for the full orchard character, with water to open the fruit, or as the base of a premium whisky highball. It is also the bottle to pour for skeptics of Canadian whisky — it converts them.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is this different from the 10 Year Ice?
This is the straight bourbon-cask 10-year-old — no ice-wine finish. The "Ice" expression spends its final four months in Nova Scotia ice wine barrels.
What are orchard warehouses?
Glenora matures some casks in warehouses set in the distillery's own apple orchard — an unusual maturation environment that contributes the expression's apple-and-ginger finish notes.
What proof is it?
86 proof (43% ABV), 750mL.
Order Glen Breton 10 Year Old online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA — the Cape Breton classic that started it all.