About Kinclaith (silent)
(Kin-KLATHE) Kinclaith is one of Scotland’s rare closed Lowland single malt distilleries, built inside the Strathclyde grain distillery complex in Glasgow. Established in 1957, it was an unusual malt distillery from the start, created within a large grain whisky site rather than as a traditional standalone distillery. Its spirit was produced mainly for blending, with a close association to Long John blended Scotch whisky.
Kinclaith was closed in 1975 after less than 20 years of production and was dismantled to make way for expansion at Strathclyde. Very little was bottled as single malt during its lifetime, which makes surviving Kinclaith releases exceptionally scarce today. For collectors of lost distillery whisky, Kinclaith is a highly sought-after name, offering a rare glimpse of Glasgow malt whisky production from a short and unusual chapter in Scotch whisky history.