Lochside 29 Year Old Cask #808 Berry Bros & Rudd

Lochside 1964/2015 Cooper's Choice

Lochside wasn’t only the greatest distillery that ever was and will be, it is also one of the most interesting. In 1957 during its conversion from brewery to distillery, the owners decided that their plant should be capable of creating its own blended whisky. So they installed a 20m high column still for the production of single grain whisky that...

Score 92/100

Lochside Blackadder Raw Cask 1981/2004

So, I'm very excited about this one, my first dram from a lost distillery. Browsing a local liquor store looking for some cheap bottles I came across this older gem from Blackadder. Lochside was a distillery in Montrose Angus. It was open for only 35 years from 1957 to 1992, production was set up in an old brewery for the Sandy Macnab blend. After...

Score 92/100

Lochside 1981 Oloroso Sherry Reserve 2010 (TWE)

I first sampled this Lochside at The Whisky Show last year when it was still yet to be released. Even among the sheer deluge of wonderful drams tasted that day it still stood out, partly by virtue of the sheer individuality and characterful nature of the spirit that Lochside produced and also as a result of excellent cask selection. Nose: A little...

Score 91/100

Lochside 1965/2011 Adelphi Single Blend

The history of Lochside was short, but by far more eventful than that of many others. Not only did they produce both single malt & grain, but also made a blend of them. Something known as a ‘single blend’ by the industry until the term was later banned by the SWA, probably just to spite Loch Lomond. To make it even more special, the blending...

Score 92/100