Founded in 1897 and built in 1898 the distillery sits within the Speyside region of Scotland’s whisky production. Built in a “ boom” period for whisky production the 1890s witnessed around 33 licensed distilleries built and with 21 of these located within Speyside it showed the region was the perfect setting for the production of…
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Miltonduff 10 year old – Claxton’s
Miltonduff Officially founded in 1824 when Andrew Peary and Robert Bain obtained a license for a property that had previously operated as an illicit distillery known as Milton distillery. Over the years the distillery changes hands several times and in 1936 the distillery is transferred to Hiram Walker Gooderham and Warts who later transferred administration…
Longmorn 10 – 2008 from Claxton’s
Longmorn Founded In 1893 by John Duff, Charles Shirres and George Thompson the distillery began producing spirit in December of 1894.. John Duff buys out the partners in 1897 before building a sister distillery next door ( BenRiach) but soon after faces bankruptcy due to the Pattisons crash.. James R Grant takes control. 1970 the Longmorn…
Ledaig 10 years old 2008 – Claxton’s
Tobermory distillery ( this distillery produces both Tobermory and the peated Ledaig ) was established back in 1788 by the British Fisheries Society in a small farming settlement, built around the medieval church at the top of the hill. Then in the 1790’s an inspired a bold new vision by John Sinclair, a local kelp…
Santis 10yo – That Boutique-y Whisky Company.
Another new whisky hits the shelf in the form of this Swiss offering Santis 10 year old from That Boutiquey Whisky Company, and I hear you all asking who or what is Santis… Well I had to look it up and ask a few questions because this is a new name to me. Located in…
Claxton’s Orkney single cask.
As with a few single cask releases from independent bottlers these days the distilleries are asking them to withhold the identities and / or “teaspooning “ the casks ( this involves adding literally a “teaspoon” or a small amount of whisky from a different distillery to stop this being classed as a single malt )…
A tweet tasting with Glenallachie.
Built in 1967 by Mackinlay McPhearson & Co in the Speyside area of Scotland’s whisky production the distillery is today back into private ownership headed by Billy Walker after acquiring the distillery from Chivas Brothers ( Pernod Ricard) in the middle of 2018.. Located at the foot of Ben Rinnes and taking water from the…
BenRiach 10yo Triple Distilled.
This expression is a little different from the usual Malts produced at BenRiach and most other Scotch producing distilleries as the majority of distilleries in Scotland practice double distillation with the odd one using either 2.something or the triple distillation technique for which the Irish whiskies are more well known for.. Generally the use of…
Claxton’s Glen Moray 10 yo.
Claxton’s, the family owned independent bottlers based in Ripon near York are about to launch another set of fine single cask bottlings.. After a very successful first year which resulted in releases like the Glen Elgin 20 and the superb Glenrothes 19 yo to name but two, the company is now ramping up production and…
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