Glen Scotia 25 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Glen Scotia 25 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky is a quarter-century of Campbeltown in a bottle: matured in American oak barrels and married 12 months in first-fill ex-bourbon casks, bottled at 48.8% ABV (97.6 proof) with no chill filtration and no added color. Launched at the 2017 Campbeltown Malts Festival, it went on to win Best in Show at the 2021 San Francisco World Spirits Competition — one of the few 25-year-old whiskies that drinks light, coastal and alive. Order it online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- ABV: 48.8% (97.6 proof)
- Age: 25 years
- Size: 750mL per live tag (retailer listings show 700mL — confirm on bottle)
- Casks: American oak, married 12 months in first-fill ex-bourbon
- Distillery: Glen Scotia, Campbeltown, Scotland (est. 1832; one of three surviving Campbeltown distilleries)
- Awards: Best in Show, San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2021
Twenty-Five Years by the Atlantic
Campbeltown once held more than thirty distilleries; three survive, and Glen Scotia is one of them — a distillery founded in 1832 that still makes whisky in the old Campbeltown style: maritime, lightly peated, faintly oily. Master blender Michael Henry built the 25-year-old as a portrait of the port town — trade winds carrying fruit and spice, sea spray in the air — and at 48.8% un-chill-filtered it delivers exactly that: vanilla oak and sea spray on the nose, tangy orange and red apple on the palate, a long finish of sea salt and ground ginger. Browse more Scotch whisky and the Glen Scotia collection at Del Mesa Liquor.
Tasting Notes
Nose: vanilla oak, sea spray, spicy aromatic fruits, gentle peat smoke, green apple. Palate: tangy orange, juicy red apple, caramel sweetness, light body, delicate fruit with waves of peat smoke. Finish: long — sea salt, ground ginger, peppercorn spice, lingering fruit.
How to Enjoy
Neat in a tulip glass; the cask-strength-adjacent 48.8% takes a drop of water beautifully if you want to soften the spice. This is a milestone bottle — pour it for one.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Glen Scotia 25 chill filtered? No — bottled at 48.8% with no chill filtration and no added color.
What did it win? Best in Show at the 2021 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
Is it peated? Lightly — gentle peat smoke woven through coastal fruit rather than an Islay-style peat blast.
Serious Scotch collectors in San Diego, CA: order Glen Scotia 25 online from Del Mesa Liquor.