About Glen Flagler (silent)
(Glen-Flag-Ler) Glen Flagler was a Lowland single malt Scotch whisky produced within the Moffat distilling complex at Airdrie in North Lanarkshire. The complex was built by Inver House Distillers in the mid-1960s to supply malt and grain whisky for blends, with Garnheath producing grain whisky and separate pot stills used for malt styles including Glen Flagler, Killyloch and the heavily peated Islebrae. The name Glen Flagler did not come from a Scottish glen, but from Flagler Avenue in West Palm Beach, Florida, where Publicker Industries owner Simon Neuman had a home.
Production began in 1965 and ended in 1985, giving Glen Flagler one of the shorter lives among lost Scotch whisky names. Most of its spirit was used for blending, so single malt bottlings are scarce, usually appearing as older official releases or independent bottlings. The Moffat complex was later dismantled, leaving Glen Flagler as a rare closed Lowland whisky name associated with light malt, cereal, gentle fruit, soft spice and old-style Lowland character.