The Glenrothes Releases Its Oldest Scotch Whisky Yet

The Glenrothes was built in 1879. Much of the stonework on its original site was likely chiseled and constructed by hand. To drink its oldest whisky to date, which launches this season, you’ll need to put in some work, too—by hammering the bottle out of a stone encasing.

Scotch distilleries are always messing around with elaborate sculptures and artistic presentations for bottles, but The Glenrothes took it to the next level. Every person who buys one of the 100 limited-edition bottles of its oldest whiskey ever...