Dallas Dhu

Dallas Dhu 10 years old - label

Dallas Dhu


Location : Findhorn, Forres, Morrayshire.
East of an unclassified road which forks south of the A940 on the southern outskirts of Forres.
Region : Morrayshire
Country : Scotland
Type : Malt – Highland Speyside.
Distillery :  Dallas Dhu Distillery
Mannachie Road, Forres, Morayshire IV36 0RR
Phone : ?
Distillery closed in 1983 but can be reinstated.
Visitors : (There is a living museum under the stewardship of historic Scotland.)
Phone : 01309-676548
April to September from 09.30 to 18.30 (6.30 pm), last admission at 18.00 – Sunday 14.00 to 18.30.
October to Marts from 09.30 to 16.30, last admission at 16.00. Sunday 14.00 to 18.30
Closed Thu PM and Friday.
(Visitors per year : 18.000)
Founded : 1899 (No longer licensed)
Owner : United Distillers (in the care of historic Scotland)
Producer  :  ?
Water : Altyre Burn
Remark :

Dallas Dhu :

They used ex-bourbon and sherry casks.
The distillery had 1 wash still and 1 spirit still.

From the Whisky pilot by Uniqum Systems :
Originally to be called Dallasmore in 1898, the plans for the new distillery, designed by local Elgin architect Charles Doig, caused much correspondence in the local paper, the Forres Gazette. This included some verses from a local councillor. The fillings were eventually advertised as Dallas Dhu in November 1899, when it came on stream. One of several distilleries on the estate of the local laird, Alexander Edward, who in 1900 sold the distillery to the proprietors of Roderick Dhu, a whisky brand popular at the turn of the last century.
The stillhouse was burned down on 9 April, 1939 and it did not re- open until 1947. It closed in 1983 and the licence was cancelled in 1992. The distillery buildings were handed over by Scottish Malt Distillers to the Historic Buildings and Monuments department of the Scottish Office who now run them as a model example of a distillery on the tourist trail.
It is still possible to obtain special bottlings from old casks, although supplies of the whisky are now dwindling all the time. Dallas Dhu is a perfectly preserved example of what a small Highland distillery would have been like at the turn of the century. Had its water supply been more plentiful, it is most likely that the distillery would have been one of the ones chosen for expansion in recent years.
As it is, its single pair of old stills has been preserved, as have all the old plant and machinery and the fine old distillery buildings.
Built in a hollow to the east of an unclassified road which forks south of the A940 on the southern outskirts of Forres.
Water from the Altyre Burn (known locally as the Scourie Burn).


Dallas Dhu Bottlings


Dallas Dhu bottling
  Dallas Dhu 10 years old - label
Age : 10 years old.
Vol : 42%
Type : Single Highland Malt
Price ?
Taste : ?
Remark : Sorry no Dallas Dhu remarks at present time.

Dallas Dhu bottling
Dallas Dhu 12 years old  
Age : 12 years old.
Vol : 40%
Type : Single Highland
Price ?
Taste : ?
Remark : Also available as Connoisseurs Choice from the 1971 distilling.

Dallas Dhu Highland Speyside – Malt. Highland Dallas Dhu Distillery (Findhorn)
Dallas Dhu 18 years old Single Highland Highland 18 1974 Dallas Dhu Distillery 60,8 Signatory bottling.
Dallas Dhu 1969 Single Highland Highland 1969 Dallas Dhu Distillery 40 Gordon & MacPhail bottling.
Dallas Dhu 1971 Single Highland Highland 1971 Dallas Dhu Distillery 40 "Dallas Dhu is gaelic for Black water valley. The distillery ceased production in the early 80s. Available in 70cl and 5cl bottles. Gordon & MacPhail bottling." Dallas Dhu 1974 Single Highland Highland 1974 Dallas Dhu Distillery 40 Gordon & MacPhail bottling.
Dallas Dhu 20 years old Single Highland Highland 20 Dallas Dhu Distillery 43 Blackadder International bottling.
Dallas Dhu 24 years old Single Highland Highland 24 Dallas Dhu Distillery 60,6 United Distillers bottling.
Dallas Dhu specially selected for Scotch Single Malt Circle Dallas Dhu specially selected for Scotch Single Malt Circle


LINKS………. to official Dallas Dhu or related web pages.
URL : None at present time.

An Cnoc / AKA: Knockdhu

The Knockdhu Distillery

The Knockdhu Distillery


AN CNOC / AKA: KNOCKDHU


Location :  Knock, Banffshire, Grampian Region, Highland Speyside, Strathisla
Region : Speyside
Country : Scotland
Type : Malt
Distillery :  AN CNOC – Knockdhu Distillery
Knock, By Huntly, Banffshire (Aberdeenshire AB5 5LJ)
Phone: +44 01466-771223
Fax: +44 01466-771359
No visitor centre.
Manager : S. Harrower.
Founded : Built in 1893
Owner : Inver House Distillers (Since 1988).
Founded : Built by D.C.L in 1893
Water : The river Isla / Springs at the foot of Knockdhu.
Remark : The distillery have 1 wash still and 1 spirit still.
They use oak hogsheads casks.
Bottled under the Gaelic name An Cnoc – 'the hill', this highland malt was named after the hill where the distillery was established.
An Cnoc (Speyside whisky) were originally sold as Knockdu, the same name as the distillery.
The Knockdhu Distillery was founded in 1893 and production started in October 1894 following the discovery of several springs of the purest, crystal clear water on the southern slopes of Knock Hill. The location was perfect, since it was within a few miles of the fertile farmlands of Moray, a district noted for its barley, and on the edge of an inexhaustable supply of peat, an essential ingredient on the making of an excellent malt whisky. The surrounding crofting community also offered an ideal source of labour.
Working in Distilleries over the winter was a traditional way of life for the crofters.
During the summer months they worked their small farms, scattered over the surrounding hillsides, growing barley and food to sustain them in winter.
After the crops had been harvested, the distilleries would open, taking in the surplus barley and giving the crofters work.
This still has the distinction of having been the first distillery to be built by D.C.L.
Is was established to provide malt whisky for the Haig Blends, and was/is not easy to find as a single malt
It was closed by United Distillers (then known as DCL) in 1983 (the mid 1980s), purchased and re-opened by Inver House Distillers in 1988 and Inver House started production in 1989.
It's re-opening marked then end of a dreary decade for whisky and painted an optimistic picture for the future.
To avoid confusio with Knockando, it changed name from Knockdhu to : An Cnoc. in 1993.
Its single malt is one of the few which does not take its distillery's name.

From the book 'The Scottish Collection' Classic Malts by Carol P. Shaw:
Tasting notes : An Cnoc's dryish aroma is complemented by a mellow sweetness in the flavour. This highland malt was previously known as Knockdhu. Taste rating = 2-3
Knockdhu Distillery was established in 1893 on a favoured site: with water available from Knock Hill, barley from the nearby farmlands, and a good supply of local peat. Although both its buildings and machinery have since been modified, the production process remains essentially the same, with the two originally desighed pot stills remaining. Previously owned by the Distillers company Ltd and licensed to Haig, Knockdhu was sold in 1988 to Inver House Distillers, who reopned it after a lenthy silent period. Its single malt is one of the few shich does not take its distillery's name.


BOTTLINGS


Knockdhu 10 years old.
Connoisseurs Choise
Sorry no picture.  
Age : 10 years old.
Vol : 40%
Price Unknown
Bottled by : Gordon and Macphail
Proprietors : James Munro and Son Ltd.

An Cnoc 12 years old.
Sorry no picture.  
Age : 12 years old.
Vol : 40%
Price Unknown

An Cnoc 21 years old.
An Cnoc 21 year old.  
Age : 21 years old.
Vol : ?%
Price Unknown

LINKS………. to official An Cnoc / Knockdhu or related web pages.
An Cnoc http://www.inverhouse.com/ancnoc.html – at the official :
Inver House Distillers. Inver House Distillers website.


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