Glencallan Maltings & Distillery Company (aka Glencallan or GlenCallan) is a fake Scotch whisky company created by Independent Studio Services as a prop for the 2002 television series The Shield.
Overview
Glencallan is an aged Scotch whisky which originated in Dipton, Ross-shire, Scotland, where it was first conceived by Kirk Skadden, who was well known as the "Glencallan Malt Master".
History
Multiple cases of Glencallans had gone missing in the Farmington district of Los Angeles which had been stolen by a local perp but later recovered thanks to the efforts of police officer Danny Sofer who found the whiskey cases hidden in the suspect's car trunk.
Appearances
Since Glencallan's appearance on The Shield, its various whiskey props have since appeared in various films and TV shows due to the props being frequently recycled by the prop makers at Independent Studio Services and are not examples of a shared continuity.
Television
- The Shield (2002)
- Bones (2005)
- Grey's Anatomy (2005)
- The Office (US) (2005)
- Burn Notice (2007)
- Sons of Anarchy (2008)
- Castle (2009)
- Community (2009)
- Modern Family (2009)
- Pretty Little Liars (2010)
- Breakout Kings (2011)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
- Banshee (2013)
- Chicago P.D. (2014)
- The Player (2015)
- Zoo (2015)
Films
- Black or White (2014)
Gallery
Trivia
- The brand's name is possibly an amalgam of "Glenlivet" and "Macallan," two popular real world brands of scotch.
- The frequent appearances of Glencallan Maltings & Distillery Company across these shows are not examples of a shared continuity. They are simply the result of the prop makers at Independent Studio Services frequently re-selling the same Glencallan Maltings & Distillery Company props for convenience.[1][2]
- Kirk Skadden, the purported creator of the whisky mentioned on the labels of Glencallan and J. Darby, is actually the name of one of the graphics designers at Independent Studio who helped to create some of these props.