Clynelish is an anglicised version of the Gaelic for “green pasture”. And, though it’s a coastal whisky, this is fitting for a Scotch with sweet floral fragrances and verdant flavour notes. It’s a name with a long history, one that predates the distillery we know today, but which has adorned the labels of whisky bottles for two hundred years.

Built in 1819 on farmland belonging to the Marquess of Stafford (later the Duke of Sutherland), life here was a virtuous circle. The local mine provided coal to heat the stills while spent grains from the distillery fed local livestock. Their manure improved the quality of the land, where the barley was grown. The resulting whisky was sold around the beginning of the twentieth century as “The Finest Highland Malt Whisky.”

Now also known as the Highland home of Johnnie Walker, the distillery continues its legacy of crafting exceptional drams to this day.