McClelland's Single Malt is a range of Single Malt Scotch

Single malt Scotch

Single Malt Scotch is whisky made in Scotland using a pot still distillation process at a single distillery, with malted barley as the only grain ingredient...

 whiskies from four of Scotland's key whisky distilling regions—Highland

Highland Single Malts

Highland Single Malts are single malt Scotch whiskies produced in the Highland region of Scotland. This categorization includes the whiskies produced on the islands around the perimeter of Scotland , except for Islay...

, Islay

Islay whisky

Islay whisky is Scotch whisky made on Islay or Ìle in Gaelic, the southernmost of the Inner Hebridean Islands located off the west coast of Scotland. There are eight active distilleries on the island, as of early 2008, with a ninth being made ready for production...

, Speyside

Speyside Single Malts

Speyside single malts are single malt Scotch whiskies, distilled in Strathspey, the area around the River Spey in Moray and Badenoch and Strathspey, in northeastern Scotland....

 and Lowland

Lowland Single Malts

Lowland Single Malts are single malt whiskies distilled in the lowlands of Scotland.The region now only has three currently producing distilleries: Glenkinchie, near Edinburgh; Auchentoshan, near Clydebank; and Bladnoch in Galloway....

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There is no McClelland's distillery per se; with the scotch being supplied by McClelland's parent company Morrison Bowmore Distillers. The Highland, Islay, and Lowland bottlings were introduced in 1986, with Speyside added in 1999. While most of the McLelland's bottlings do not specify an age, the brand added a second Speyside bottling with a listed age of 12-years in 2008.

The packaging of McClelland's was updated in 2007 by Nevis Design of Edinburgh to support the expansion of the brand worldwide. It now features Scottish imagery by British artist Kathy Wyatt. Incorporated in the imagery is the character "Mr. McClelland", a 1920's explorer making his way around Scotland taking in the sights, sounds and drams as he goes. He reports back in blog format on the McClelland's website.

McClelland's key markets include the United States of America, Canada, Japan and France, with new markets in South Africa, the UK, Taiwan, South America, and Sweden.

Bottlings

McClelland’s Highland	McClelland’s Islay	McClelland’s Lowland	McClelland’s Speyside	McClelland’s Speyside 12YO

McClelland's also sells their range as 5cl miniatures—both separately and in the McClelland's Journey Tin, a gift pack of four 5cl miniatures with a tasting guide.

History

T&A McClelland’s was a Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

 based whisky blending and export firm established in 1818. The company was purchased in 1970 by what became Morrison Bowmore Distillers Ltd., now a division of Suntory

Suntory

is a Japanese brewing and distilling company group. Established in 1899, it is one of the oldest companies in the distribution of alcoholic beverages in Japan. Its business has expanded to other fields, and the company now offers everything from soft drinks to sandwich chains...

. MBD Ltd. continues to produce a number of their original blends along with the newer single malt offerings.

Morrison Bowmore distilleries

Scotch distilleries owned by Morison Bowmore include:

• Auchentoshan (Lowland)
• Bowmore (Islay)
• Glen Garioch
  Glen Garioch
  Glen Garioch Highland Single Malt Whisky |Doric]] dialect of Aberdeen), is one of the oldest whisky distilleries in Scotland, dating back to 1797.-History:...
  
  (Highland)