GLENFIDDICH 12 YEARS OLD

Glenfiddich was founded in 1886 and has been operational ever since. What might be less known is that Glenfiddich is widely recognised as the distillery which started today’s single malt market. Single malt is not a new product but blended malt was for a long time the main product marketed by Scottish distilleries. Glenfiddich changed this when it paved the way for single malt with the launch of Glenfiddich Pure Malt in 1963. 

It is sobering to realise that single malt as we know it today is just 60 years old. Distilleries might brag about their centenary traditions but in reality, we are exploring a product that is very much still being explored and shaped by new distillers as well as older ones. Even the Glenfiddich 12 I am trying today is relatively new