Glen Garry Finest Scotch Whisky

Glen Garry Finest Scotch Whisky

$375 AUD

 

40% abv 70 cl

For many years, the principal brand of John Hopkins & Co Ltd who introduced it in April 1878. It went on to obtain the highest award for its category at the Chicago Exhibition in 1892.

It was principally an export brand, and this example carries the Italian importer’s details as well as the inevitable Italian tax strip labels. The association with Oban distillery is clearly acknowledged on the label.

Glen Garry of Hopkins fame is not to be confused with the Glengarry of today emanating from the warehouses of Loch Lomond distillery in Alexandria which only appeared as recently as 2015 when it was launched in the US market.

This product is located in the United Kingdom

Distillery

HOPKINS

John Hopkins & Co. Ltd. was established in 1874. The history of the company can be found at pages 259 -260 of The Schweppes Guide to Scotch.

The company’s Glen Garry  brand dates back to April 1878 followed by its Old Mull brand which was registered in November 1880. The latter still survives under the ownership of Donald Fraser & Co., a subsidiary of Whyte & Mackay Distillers Ltd., albeit in a quite different style. However, it is Hopkins' Navy Supreme De Luxe which catches the eye of the collector today, not least because examples are much scarcer than of the two other Hopkins brands since a) it was at the premium end of the market and b) was withdrawn in the 1970’s.

As well as being blenders, this company was also distillers. They built the Speyburn-Glenlivet distillery in 1896, having acquired Tobermory distillery in 1888. Later it was closely associated with Oban distillery and successfully promoted Oban 12 Years Old Highland Malt as an early example of single malt whisky marketing.

The company’s share capital was bought up by DCL in 1916 although it was not formally incorporated into the group until 1931. DCL had seen the Hopkins export business and its strength in blending as making it something worth acquiring. It is not clear when the company ceased trading but probably in the mid-1980’s when Invergordon Distillers acquired the Old Mull brand in 1986. Invergordon in turn was bought by Whyte & Mackay in 1993.

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