Orphan Barrel Muckety Muck 25 Year Old Scotch Whisky
Orphan Barrel Muckety Muck 25 Year Old Scotch Whisky is a 25-year-old single grain Scotch from the closed Port Dundas Distillery — first-fill and refill ex-bourbon casks, bottled at 91 proof (45.5% ABV) for the January 2022 release. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- ABV: 45.5% (91 proof)
- Size: 750mL
- Age: 25 years in first-fill and refill American ex-bourbon casks
- Origin: Port Dundas Distillery, Glasgow — Scotland's once-largest distillery, closed 2010; single grain whisky from continuous column stills
- Release: Orphan Barrel Project (Diageo), January 2022; SRP $250; limited quantities
A Quarter Century from a Lost Distillery
Port Dundas was once Scotland's largest distillery — a Glasgow grain giant running continuous column stills — until it closed in 2010 and was demolished the year after. What remains are orphaned casks, and Diageo's Orphan Barrel Project exists to bottle them. Muckety-Muck 25 follows the 2020 24-year-old: a corn-predominant single grain, 25 years in ex-bourbon wood, named for the prized pig that once lived on the distillery's pig farm — the label comes in six variants, the pig wearing a different colored sash on each. Announced January 2022 at an SRP of $250, it drew a B+ from Drinkhacker and a 93 expert rating from Frootbat.
Tasting Notes
Mature grain whisky character: vanilla custard, toasted cereal, and honey over soft oak. The long bourbon-cask maturation keeps it round and sweet, with gentle spice and dried fruit at the edges.
How to Enjoy
Neat — 25-year-old grain whisky this rare isn't for mixing. A Scotch whisky glass and twenty quiet minutes is the whole ritual.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is single grain Scotch?
Whisky distilled at a single distillery from grains other than malted barley (here, corn-predominant) in continuous column stills — lighter and sweeter than single malt, and at 25 years, deeply matured.
Why is it called Muckety-Muck?
For the prized pig that lived at Port Dundas Distillery's pig farm — the label features the pig in six sash-color variants.
Is Port Dundas still operating?
No — it closed in 2010 and was demolished in 2011, which is why remaining stocks like this are finite.
Grain-whisky hunters in San Diego, CA can order Orphan Barrel Muckety Muck 25 online from Del Mesa Liquor — lost-distillery stock doesn't get reprinted.