Clynelish has a confusing history. What we see on the shelf now was distilled at a large, modern facility built in 1967-1968 to supplement the two pot stills at the old Clynelish distillery, which is now referred to as Brora. The old distillery, built in 1819, had a long and varied legacy of producing highly-regarded (and often sold-out) malt whisky. Today, the name Brora causes single-malt fanatics to foam at the mouth because of its rarity and exclusiveness ? the distillery was closed for good in 1983. Bottles labeled ?Clynelish? and distilled before 1967 would have been well-peated and originated in the old distillery. Bottles labeled ?Clynelish? and distilled between 1967 and 1983 could have come from either distillery (which for a short time were named Clynelish 1 and Clynelish 2!) although the newer facility used lightly-peated maltand thus can be distinguished. Anything labeled ?Brora? was distilled at the old distillery between 1967 and 1983 and is very valuable now.