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Ghost Distilleries

Here we feature the 35 “ghost” distilleries of Scotland, which are those distilleries which have long since disappeared from productive life but whose whiskies still exist, albeit for limited periods, before stocks eventually run out. And so like real ghosts, the body has been extinguished but the spirit lives on!

Where we can we shall offer bottles and/or associated memorabilia from the MyWhiskyJourneys collection at prices, which reflect scarcity.  Keeping with the ghostly theme, we include here the three distilleries – Brora, Port Ellen and Rosebank – whose impending reincarnation has recently been announced. However, they remain on the “ghost” inventory until production eventually resumes and the whisky becomes available again. There are so many others we would like to see return from the dead!

Further information about the Ghost Distilleries can be found in this article published in the prestigious drinks magazine Alquimie (Link).

Full profiles of these distilleries will appear in the e-book historical reprint of The Whisky Distilleries of Scotland and Ireland  published in 1987 (Link) as the centenary rewrite of Alfred Barnard’s classic work The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom (Link).

Do bear in mind that where distilleries have featured a name change in the course of their history and their whiskies have appeared under more than one name, we show the different names in the filter as follows:  
            Brechin or North Port
            Glenesk or Hillside
            Linlithgow or St Magdalene
            North of Scotland or Strathmore

 

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  • Port Ellen 1969 15 Year Old by Connoisseur's Choice Port Ellen 1969 15 Year Old by Connoisseur's Choice $2,750 AUD Sold Out
  • Port Ellen 1978 14th Release 35 Years Old Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky Port Ellen 1978 14th Release 35 Years Old Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky $5,500 AUD
  • Port Ellen 1978 22 Years Old Rare Malts Bottle No 7608 Port Ellen 1978 22 Years Old Rare Malts Bottle No 7608 $1,725 AUD Sold Out
  • Port Ellen 1978 23 Years Old by Signatory Vintage Port Ellen 1978 23 Years Old by Signatory Vintage $2,250 AUD
  • Port Ellen 1978 23 Years Old by Signatory Vintage (located in Australia) Port Ellen 1978 23 Years Old by Signatory Vintage (located in Australia) $2,250 AUD Sold Out
  • Port Ellen 1978 25 Year Old 4th Annual Release Port Ellen 1978 25 Year Old 4th Annual Release $3,600 AUD
  • Port Ellen 1978 25 Year Old Cask DL657 by Douglas Laing Port Ellen 1978 25 Year Old Cask DL657 by Douglas Laing $1,520 AUD Sold Out
  • Port Ellen 1978 27 Year Old 6th Annual Release Port Ellen 1978 27 Year Old 6th Annual Release $5,000 AUD Sold Out
  • Port Ellen 1978 Rare Malts 20 Years Old Islay Single Malt Port Ellen 1978 Rare Malts 20 Years Old Islay Single Malt $2,925 AUD Sold Out
  • Port Ellen 1978 Rare Malts 20 Years Old Islay Single Malt Port Ellen 1978 Rare Malts 20 Years Old Islay Single Malt $3,300 AUD
  • Port Ellen 1979 21 Year Old by Old Malt Cask Single Islay Malt Port Ellen 1979 21 Year Old by Old Malt Cask Single Islay Malt $2,075 AUD Sold Out
  • Port Ellen 1979 25 Year Old 5th Annual Release Port Ellen 1979 25 Year Old 5th Annual Release $3,845 AUD Sold Out
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