Whisky
Glen Breton Rare 8 Year Old was our first single malt whisky and it was the first single malt whisky produced in North America.
It sold out not long after hitting the shelves in 2000, and since then we’ve introduced many product offerings, including but not limited to our flagship products: Glen Breton Rare 10 Year Old, 13 Year Old, 14 Year Old, 15 Year Old, 19 Year Old, 21 Year Old, 25 Year Old, 30 year old, and the first single malt finished in ice wine barrels.
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Glen Breton Rare 10 Year Old Single Malt Whisky
Glen Breton Rare 10 Year OLD- 750ml, 43% Alc/vol
Our signature single malt product. Aged for 10 years with American Oak in the apple orchard of the Glenora Distillery.Awards
Gold Medal, 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Gold Medal, 2021 New York International Spirits Competition
Gold Medal, 2011 International Review of Spirits, Chicago
Rated in Top 50 Spirits Worldwide, Wine Enthusiast Magazine
Tasting Notes
Nose - Orange, Spice, Chocolate, Honey, Vanilla, with hints of Maple & Cherry
Palate - Fruit, Chocolate, Hazelnut, Maple and Cherry
Finish - Long and smooth, eventual Apple and Ginger
Fiddler's Choice -750ml, 43% Alc/Vol
Glen Breton Fiddler’s Choice Single Malt Whisky
The tradition of Scottish fiddle music continues to be preserved by Fiddler's Choice, a whisky we feel truly captures the Spirit of Cape Breton. Matured in Kentucky Bourbon barrels.
Tasting Notes
Nose: Nutty, apples
Taste: Sweet and light, Hints of apple, hazelnut and maple
Finish: Rounded, Flavour Development
Glen Breton 14 Year Old Single Malt Whisky
Glen Breton Rare 14 Year OLD- 750ml - 43% Alc/vol
Our 14-Year-Old has suggestions of almond, vanilla and oak, with a hint of lightly baked coconut on the nose. Smooth and malty with just the slightest touch of sweetness and a dash of orange citrus, this is a light and flavourful dram.
Awards
2023 Bronze Medal - Canadian Whisky Awards
2022 Gold Medal San Francisco World Spirits Competition
2021 Bronze Medal - New York International Spirits Competition
Triple Gold Medal Winner – Micro Liquor Awards
Tasting Notes
Nose - Wild Apple, heather, honey and maple
Taste - Light and smooth with hints of apples, chocolate, vanilla and touch of toasty wood and maple
Finish - Lingering flavour, including nuts, and berries and fruitiness
Cabot Cliffs 15 Year Old Canadian Single Malt Whisky
Special Edition 15-Year-Old CABOT CLIFFS RESERVE Single Malt Whisky
This rare limited edition was hand-selected from some of our oldest barrels and bottled at 43% ABV. Only 688 bottles have been produced to date, making it a must-have for any collector or connoisseur.
This box is one of our favorites and captures the truly magnificent landscape of this beautiful course.
750ml, 43% Alc/vol
BATTLE OF THE GLEN - 15 Year Old Canadian Single Malt Whisky
Glen Breton Battle of the Glen Single Malt Whisky
The Scotch Whisky Association launched its law suit against us in 2000, shortly after the release of our first bottling proudly called "Glen Breton Rare.” A media frenzy soon followed in newspapers, magazines, online newsletters, forums, and blogs. We, North America's only Single Malt Whisky distillery, were a hot topic amongst both the international and local communities. Upon a hard-fought victory in the summer of 2009, we decided to dedicate a bottling to celebrate this epic battle. Fittingly, we called it the "Battle of the Glen.”
Awards
Gold Medal and Best Rest of the World Single Malt Whisky 13 years and over, Whisky Magazine 2011
Tasting Notes
Nose - Subtle, summer-cut applewood, with undertones of Highland honey;
Taste - Taking by surprise, come the waves of malt, powerful, but without overbearing, then a complex orchard of flavour;
Finish – With a rich and almost lubricious mouth feel, the malt withdraws into heat, resolving into the warm caress of an enduring companion. The peat character is very subtle, tasting like wisps of hardwood smoke and evoking memories of autumn leaves.
Gleann Dubh (The Dark Glen)- 16 Year Old Peated - 750ml- 43% Alc/Vol
"Gleann Dubh" is Gaelic for "The Dark Glen"
By definition, a "glen" is a small valley. As it turns out, although it originally referred to glens in Scotland and Ireland, today the term is applied to any valley, wherever it may be found, such as in the Highlands of Cape Breton.
Inevitably, Glenora became subject to a lawsuit over its right to use the word "Glen" in a trademark for it's brand name. The battle was fought all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada, and when the smoke had cleared away it was Glenora that emerged victorious.
To match a growing reputation as the "black sheep" of the whisky world, a whisky with a darker expression was essential. So was born "The Dark Glen." Gleann Dubh is ours and this Glen is definitely dark. Enjoy "The Dark Glen."
Ghleann Dubh 16 Year Old PEATED Canadian Single Malt Whisky
Glen Breton Alexander Keith’s 18 year old Canadian Single Malt Whisky
Glen Breton Alexander Keith's 18 year old Canadian single malt whisky- 700ml, 43% Alc/vol.
Eighteen years ago, Glenora distilled several batches of Alexander Keith’s IPA, placed it in bourbon oak barrels and tucked it away in a dark corner of a warehouse in the magical hills of Cape Breton.
After 18 years of quietly maturing, it garnered a wonderful taste of malted barley that was enhanced by the spring waters and apple trees scattered throughout Glenora’s property.
The end result is a whisky with soft notes of maple cream, butterscotch, and a rounded lingering light applewood finish. As with Alexander Keith's IPA, those who like it, will like it a lot.
Glen Breton Rare 19 Year Old Single Malt Whisky
Glen Breton Rare - 19 Year Old- 750ml- 43% Alc/vol
Awards
2023 Platinum Medal - L.A. Spirits Awards
2023 Best North American Single Malt Whisky - L.A. Spirits Awards
2021 Bronze Medal - New York International Spirits Competition
Tasting Notes
Nose: Orange, pine, honey, oil, brine, subtle smoke
Palate: Pepper, cedar, lemon, hazelnut, maple
Finish: Long, smooth
Cabot Links 19 Year Old Single Malt Whisky
Glen Breton rare cabot links Reserve- 19 Year Old
Tasting Notes
Nose – Black licorice, cherry, honey with hints of maple, apple & pine
Palate – Apple, maple, cherry, ginger
Finish – Long with a whisper of peat
Glen Breton Rare - 21 Year Old- 750ml, 43% aLC/VOL
Glen Breton Rare 21 Year Old Single Malt Whisky
Awards
Winner of Gold medal- 2016 New York World Wine and Spirits Competition
Tasting Notes
Nose – Hints of apples and maple syrup
Palate – a touch of butterscotch and wild apples
Finish – Smooth with hints of hazelnut and toffee
Glen Breton silver anniversary edition 25 Year OLD
Glenora 25 Year Old Single Cask Single Malt Whisky
This rare collector’s edition is a “one-of ” single cask offering, with only 130 of these packages existing. Distilled in 1990, and bottled in 2015, this special edition package of 25-year-old single malt whisky contains:
Two hand-blown crystal tasting glasses made by Nova Scotian Crystal, housed in a stunning case of wood, glass & leather. All hand crafted in Nova Scotia.
A pure silver bar with the bottle number engraved for posterity by Citadel Coins N.S, embedded in the special wood case by local artist Jonathan Otter.
Tasting Notes
An exceptionally smooth malt with vibrant finishes. Flavours are imparted by the forest of maple, apple and spruce trees found near MacLellan’s Brook.
Bruce Jardine Reserve 25 year Old - 750ML, 43% aLC/VOL
Glen Breton Jardine Reserve 25 Year Old Canadian Single Malt Whisky
Having reached this momentous milestone of 25 years, Glenora felt it necessary to honour Bruce Jardine, the original founder of Glenora. Bruce Jardine passed away in 1999 before the release of his dream – a single malt whisky produced in Cape Breton.
The team at Glenora is proud to continue Bruce’s dream and has released a very limited bottling of single malt whisky that Bruce himself helped to distill in the fall of 1990. It is a superb dram that honours not only the memory of Bruce Jardine and his family, but also the dream that is Glenora Distillery.
Glen Breton Triginta- 30 year old Single malt whisky
Glen Breton Triginta - 30 year old single malt whisky
“Triginta” - Latin for 30
For 30 years Glen Breton has been one of the best kept secrets in the world of single malt whisky.
These casks have been aged silently and in isolation for thirty years in three different barrels, twice in bourbon oak barrels and once in Sherry butts. We present to you a refined distinguished single malt of superbly unmatched and well balanced quality.
Glenora takes great pride in this fine whisky with notes of sweetness and heather with highland complexities that are known through all Glen Breton Malts.
Glen Breton Ice
One of our fans suggested we experiment with the award winning Nova Scotia winery Jost Vineyards, requesting to use one of their oak barrels. Jost Vineyards agreed, and supplied us with the barrel used to make their Ortega Ice Wine. We decided to use it for finishing one of our cask strength whiskies. Ice Wine is powerful in its own unique way, which is why Glenora tasted the whisky each day as it picked up trace hints of sweetness and fruit from the Ortega Ice Wine grapes. After 4 months we felt the ideal finish was achieved, leaving us with a truly unique whisky.
Glen Breton Ice 10 Year Old - 250ML, 57.2% aLC/VOL
Awards
Innovator of the Year Award, 2008
Gold and Silver Medals, San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Tasting Notes
Nose - Honey, Cinnamon, Apple, Vanilla
Palate - Grape Peel, Sweet Apple, Vanilla, Hazelnuts, Spice
Finish - Lingering Cherry, Wine, Ginger, Cedar
Glen Breton Ice 10 Year Old Single Malt Whisky
GLEN BRETON ICE 17 YEAR OLD - 250ML - 54.6% aLC/VOL
Glen Breton Ice 17 Year Single Malt Whisky
Tasting Notes
Nose - fruity, apple, grape, raisin, earthy
Palate - ice wine taste first, now whisky, sharp on tongue due to cask strength.
Finish - sweet, quite long then slowly fades with a hint of banana
Glen Breton Ice 19 Year Old Single Malt Whisky
GLEN BRETON ICE 19 YEAR OLD - 250ML - 53.7% aLC/VOL
Awards
Innovator of the Year Award, 2008
Tasting Notes
Nose – Honey, Cinnamon, Apple, Vanilla
Palate – Grape Peel, Sweet Apple, Vanilla, Hazelnuts, Spice
Finish – Sweet, with lingering berry, Wine, Maple