Edradour

The Edradour... Whisky logo.

The Edradour... Whisky logo.


EDRADOUR, The.


 

Location : Pitlochry, Perthshire. Tayside Region.
Country : Scotland.
Type :  Highland Southern  – Single Malt.
Distillery :  Campell & Sons Ltd. (Under Pernod Richard) 
Glenforres-Glenlivet Distillery Co. Ltd. 
Edradour Distillery,
Pitlochry, Perthshire PH16 5JP,
Scotland.
Phone : 01786-473524
Fax : 01786-472002
Manager : John Reid

Visitor centre :
Phone : 01796-472095
Fax : 01796-472002
Open from March to October , Monday to Saturday from 9.30 to 17.00 (5pm) and Sunday from 12.00 to 17.00
November to February, Monday to Saturday from 10.00 to 16.00 – but only the shop.
Groups over 14 by appointment only. (Approx 100.000 visitors per year.)

Owner :  Campbell Distillers Ltd.
Founded : Est. 1825 by farmers. (?-1933 John McIntosh.)
Water : Originate from deep on Moulin Moor bubbles through peat and granite before surfacing. (Atholl) – A spring on Ben Vrackie.
Remark : 

Edradour :

Edradour is The smallest still in Scotland.
They use Ex-bourbon casks. There is one wash still and one spirit still.
The Edradour can be enjoyed as the defining whisky in a 12 years old vatted malt called Glenforres. It is also an important component of two blends, the eight year old House of Lords and the 12 years old King's Randsom.

Edradour is the smallest distillery in Scotland, the workforce consists of no more than three men. The name Edradour is derived from the Gaelic Edred dobhar, between two waters. Campbell Distillers bottling. 

From the Whisky pilot by Uniqum Systems :
The distillery was started by a group of local farmers as a co-operative. The distillery has gone through several interesting changes of ownership but it is now owned by Campbell Distillers, a subsidiary of the French company Pernod Ricard.
It is the last remaining of the once numerous Perthshire "farm" distilleries and the last actually distilling by hand.
The work at Edradour is made pretty much in the same way that it was done when the distillery was founded. The Edradour has a staff of just three(3) people but it's enough as it is Scotland's smallest distillery. Edradour's output is only 600 gallons (3,600 bottles) per week. The annual output from Edradour equals the amount that a modern distillery can produce in a week.
Edradour takes it water from a stream on Ben Vrackie called Edradour burn, derived from the Gaelic 'Edred dobhar' meaning 'between two waters'.
With the exception of the installing of electricity in 1947 the only thing that has changed since the start is that today, barley is no longer dried and malted by peat fire on the premises, but brought from a maltster in Pencaitland near Edinburgh.
The distillery has an excellent visitor centre and is situated at the roadside at the foot of a steep hill; a collection of ancient farmstead-like buildings, past which tumbles a fast-flowing burn. An idyllic setting.

One more Edradour label !!! Edradour 10 years old scotch whisky bottle and pipe Edradour 10 years old Edradour 10 years old the bottle Edradour 10 years old the label

Age :  10 Years Old
Vol. :  40%
Price (in Danish kr. 70 cl. 350,- dkr.)
Tested :  Yes, currently being tested. (If Yes, comments below.)
   
Remark : Results soon to come.. (Hmmm GI like's this one)
Total Score : 7

 

Personal taste: CP GI HT FS FR Average. Remark…
Package/Info   08         Pipe incl's a poster – look below.
Bottle   06         Standard Whisky bottle.
Label   06         Hmm….
Prop ? Metal/Kork/ Wood.    07         Cork and wood with name i top.
Color   06          
Smell   06         Behagelig men ikke special.
Taste   07         Behagelig men ikke meget special. Lidt malt. Rar.
Aftertaste   08         Middle "hang" time.. with a bit Maltyness.
Price/Quality   08         A great all-round whisky.

 
HERE'S THE TEXT FROM THE EDRADOUR POSTER INCL. WITH THE BOTTLE ! (Some of the pictures on the poster are included…) 
 
Edradour distillery drawing When it comes to moving with the times, we at Edradour have little to boast about. We're told the Edradour Distillery is unique in Scotch Whisky Distilling today; the last of the Nineteenth Century Farming Co-operatives to operate unchanged since distilling began over 160 years ago. (We must confess that 40 years ago we made an effort to modernise. After some deliberation our waterwheel gave way to electricity). Three of us run the entire operation, and our modest annual output to a week's production at an average Speyside distillery.  Edradour whisky barrels
Edradour wash and spirit stills

Generations of distillers have followed the standards set by Edradour's founding farmers, whose records are still in our tiny distillery office. Little has changed since they opened the calf-bound ledger and proudly inscribed that farmers John MacGlashan, Peter Scott, Alexander Forbes, Alexander Stewart, Ducan Stewart, William McIntosh, James Robertson and James Scott "make a new entry and enter ourselves as distillers from malt only under the form of John MacGlashan and Company at Edradour in the Parish of Moulin". 

The distillery is a delight to view, nestling in a small glen, high above Pitlochry in the heart of Perthshire. Our soft spring water, originating from deep on Moulin Moor bubbles through peat and granite before surfacing a few hundred paces away. Here in the garden of Scotland we still select and use local barley, which is malted and dried over peat fires. Each and every sack hoisted to our barn is inspected for bold golden grains, full of protein, and with a lightly peated aroma. 

Once milled, the malted barley and water are soaked together at 156F in the Mash Tun, a mere ton at a time. The resulting "wort", already taking on a bronzed straw colour cools gently in our Morton refrigerator – the only one left in Scotland – before flowing to the Washback. Each day a local farmer arrives by tractor to help empty the Mash Tun by hand, and takes away the "Draff" for cattle feed. 

Fermentation, in two original Pine Washbacks takes a leisurely fifty-six hours; Brewer's yeast is measured by hand and we patiently wait as the wort ferments not unlike beer into Wash, reaching a strength of about 6 degrees by volume. 

Edradour sacks of barley
Edradour Mashtun Mashing whisky

And so we move to the Stillman's role, responsible for so much of the final flavour of The Edradour. Our copper stills are the smallest allowed under Excise regulations – any smaller the theory goes and they'd be hidden away in a hillside. 
One visiting journalist described them rather inelegantly as "each having the size and shape of a fatman with a big belly". 
But he soon concurred with the old distillers' yardstick that the smaller the still, the finer the taste. 

The Wash is then distilled at about 180F, and the resulting low wines, now about 20 degrees, are then redistilled. As we collect here only the middle third – the stillman's skill and keen eye are essential to capture the heart of the run – a totally clear and sparkling crystal spirit now 70 degrees our raw Edradour spirit. 

Each of our 4 weekly mashes in our tiny stone built distillery produces 480 gallons of wort and finally yields about 150 gallons of spirit – enough in a good week to fill 12 casks. 

A drop in the ocean perhaps to some distillers but we have always believed that The Edradour has a quality that cannot be matched. We are one of the very few distillers to mature our malt in Oloroso Sherry casks, selected on annual visits to Spain. The Edradour then rests alongside the burn in the damp cool Highland air until we bottle it sometime after its tenth anniversary. 

The result we hope you will agree, is a magnificent malt, such as those produced in yesteryear – long before the march of stainless steel and accountants as our competitors often reminisce. Slightly sweet on the nose, it is rich and smooth on the palate with a long lasting warmth. We hope you enjoy The Edradour and we would like to welcome you to the Distillery with a 'drap' of one of our fine Scotch Whiskies. There's nothing quite like a personal visit to take in the rich heady aroma of the stillroom, and we hope you will enjoy a little of the romance and charm of Edradour. 

Edradour spirit safe
Edradour Tun A warm welcome and a wee dram await you. 

Donald Macleod 
Distillery Manager 
 


LINKS………. to official Edradour or related web pages.
Pernod Richard Pernod Richard France – (Aberlour)
Edradour Edradour
Campbell distillers Campbell distillers group Pernod Richard.

Dufftown

Dufftown Distillery (The sign) Photo by awa

Dufftown Distillery (The sign) Photo by awa


DUFFTOWN


Location : Dufftown, Keith, Banffshire
Region : Highland
Country : Scotland
Type : Single Malt
Distillery :  Dufftown Distillery

Phone : 01340-820224
Visitors by appointment : 9.00-16-00.
Larger parties should telephone in advance.

Founded : ?
(New modern still built somewhere around 1998)
Owner : United Malt and Grain Distillers Ltd.
1 Trinity Road, Elgin, Morayshire IV30 1UF, Scotland.
Producer :  ?
Water : Jock's Well
Remark : From Collins Pocket Reference : Whisky
Prettily situated at the water's edge in the Dullan Glen, this is one of seven distilleries in and around Dufftown, a major whisky production centre with plentiful resources of water, peat and, previously, barley. Despite the abundance of fresh water in the glen, there were disputes in the early years over water rights, some of which led to the nocturnal diversion and re-devision of local supplies. The distillery finally gained the right to draw its supplies from Jock's Well, a reliable source of fine, sweet water some distance away. The single malt is still relatively rare, becoming more widely available in official bottlings in United Distillers' Distillery (Flora and Fauna) Malts series early in the 1990's.
Tasting comment : A pleasant Speyside malt with a delicate, fragrant aroma which is almost flowery, and a smooth, sweet taste. Doubles as a before- or after-dinner dram.

From the label :
Highland single Scotch Whisky Dufftown distillery was established near Dufftown at the end of the C19th. The bridgth flash of the Kingfisher can often be seen over the Dullan River, which flows past the old stone buildings of the distillery on its way to the Spey. This single Highland malt whisky is typically speyside in character with a delicate, fragrant, almost flowery aroma and taste which lingers on the palate.

Notes by www.AWA.dk :
Dufftown Distillery is a new and modern distillery. It has 12 washback's and everything is engine/computer controlled. The fermentation process is around 16 hours, a hole process around 60 hours.
There is 8 employees on shift.
2 wash stills at 19775 litre, 2 Spirit stills at 24080 litre – pipe heated.
Near the Dulland river. +1 spirit and +1wash.


Dufftown Pictures taken by AWA – Dufftown 2000 Whisky Festival.

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The Dufftown distillery Dufftown Wash stills Dufftown Wash Dufftown Spirit Safe Dufftown distillery sign
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BOTTLINGS


Dufftown
08 years old
Dufftown 8 years old  
Age : 8 years old.
Vol : 43%
Type : Single Malt
Price ?
Remark : None at present time.

Dufftown
10 years old
Dufftown glenlivet 10 years old Another Dufftown label of 10 years old
Age : 10 years old.
Vol : 40%
Type : Single Malt
Price ?
Remark : None at present time.

Dufftown
15 years old
Sorry no picture.  
Age : 15 years old.
Vol : 43%
Type : Single Malt
Price ?
Remark : None at present time.

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

Deanston

Deanston 12 Years Old

Deanston 12 Years OldDeanston 17 Years Old


 

DEANSTON.


 

Location : Doune, Perthshire. Taiside Region.
Country : Scotland
Type : Single Malt, Highland Southern
Distillery : Deanston Distillery
Doune, Perthshire FK16 6AG
Phone : 01786-841422
Fax : 01786-841439
Manager : Ian Macmillian
Visitors : Trade visitors only
Owner : Invergordon Distillers Ltd. (Founded by Brodie Hepburn)
Latest info says : Burn Stewart Distillers plc.
Founded : Mill from 1785 – Still build in 1965-6 by Mr. Brodie Hepburn and Mr. James Finley % Co. on the site of a cotton mill est. 1785.
Water : Trossachs / River Teith.
Remark :  A bit sweet, best before dinner.
They use American and Spanish oak hogsheads and butts, some fresh sherry butts.
The distillery have 2 wash stills and 2 spirit stills.
Age :  12 and 17 Years Old (Also av. from Wm. Cadenhead Ltd. 14 Years Ol – 55,8%)
Vol :  12 & 17 Y.O = 40%
Price (in Danish kr. 70cl.)