Dunhill

Sorry no picture of Dunhill Pictures at present time.


DUNHILL OLD MASTER


Location : ?
Region : ?
Country : ?
Type : Blend
Distillery :  Justerini & Brooks
London
Founded : ?
Owner : Justerini & Brooks
Producer :  ?
Water : ?
Remark : From Collins Pocket Reference : Whisky
Justerini & Brooks' was established in London by the Italian wine merchant, Giacomo Justerini, in 1749 and began selling Scotch whisky thirty years later. In 1962 the company built on previous amalgamations by combining with W. & A. Gilbey to form International Distillers and Vintners Limited (IDV). Grand Metropolitan bought IDV, then part of Watney Mann & Truman, in 1972. J & B have created a range of high quality premium whiskies for Alfred Dunhill Limited, including Dunhill Centenary, Dunhill's Celebration Edition and Dunhill's Gentlemen's Speyside Blend.
Tasting Comment : A combination of some thirty individual whiskies, some more than twenty years old, Dunhill Old Master is an exceptionally smooth, richly flavoured blend.

DUNHILL BOTTLINGS


Dunhill Old Master
Sorry no picture.  
Age : ? years old.
Vol : 43%
Type : Blend
Price ?
Remark : None at present time.

LINKS………. to official Dunhill Old Master or related web pages.
URL : None at present time.

Dewar’s

Dewar's White Label

Dewar's White Label


 

DEWAR'S

 


Location : Perth, Scotland
Region : Highland
Country : Scotland
Type : Blend
Distillery :  John Dewar & Sons
Founded : 1846
Owner : United Distillers,
Banbeath, Leven, Fife
Producer :  ?
Water : ?
Remark : From Collins Pocket Reference : Whisky
John Dewar and Sons was one of the blending companies instrumental in the development of new whisky markets outside Scotland. Begun in Perth in 1846, it was the first company to sell its whisky in bottles as well as casks, thus opening up a new market in the home rather than just the licensed shop, pub or hotel. Dewar was also a pioneer of whisky advertising and was one of the first companies whose bottles carried its company name. By the time it became part of the Distillers Company Limited in 1925, it owned seven distilleries, who of which (Aberfeldy and Glen Ord) are still licensed to Dewar. More than 90% of production is exported.
Tasting comment : Dewar's White Label, the bestselling Scotch whisky in the USA, has a slightly smoky aroma and a complex, delicate malty flavour with a clean, dry finish.

DEWARS BOTTLINGS


Dewar's
White Label
Dewar's White Label Dewar's white label finest scotch whisky label Dewar's fintest scotch whisky white label - label
Age : ? years old.
Vol : 40%
Type : Blend
Price ?
Remark : None at present time.

LINKS………. to official Dewar's or related web pages.
Dewar's "Dewar's" and "Dewar's White Label".
John Dewar and Sons Ltd.
Inveralmond, Perth.
Owned by United Distillers PLC.

Dalmore

Dalmore Whisky bottle. (1/3 L. from the taxfree catalog.)

Dalmore Whisky bottle. (1/3 L. from the taxfree catalog.)


DALMORE.


 

Location : Alness, Ross-shire. Highland Region.
Country : Scotch.
Type :  Highland Northern.
Distillery :  Mackenzie Brothers since 1867.
Founded : 1839 by Dalmore Distillery.
Age :  12 Years Old
Vol :  40%
Water : Alness River (The only still allowed to drain water from the River.)
Remark : Biggest part blends in Whyte & Mackay's blends.
Price (in Danish kr. 70cl. : ?,- )

 

Testet : Yes – Comming up…
After taste : Weird orange !
Remark : from mul@post11.tele.dk / elc@post11.tele.dk
price (June `97): Dkr 350.- (in Germany. DM 30.-)
Taste: sublime!
Aftertaste: Strong, full, mellow.
Status: Highly underestimated!
 
Ja… ja… det er en tynd side… "Men denne whisky har ikke særlig høj priotet…"

Dalmore Whisky label.

White horse

United Distillers South Africa.

WHITE HORSE


Location : Port Dundas, Glasgow, Scotland.
Region : ?
Country : Scotland
Type : Blended
Distillery :  White Horse Distillers Limited
99 Borron Street, Port Dundas, Glasgow, Scotland.
Founded : in 1861 by James Logan Mackie.
Owner : United Distillers, Glasgow.
Producer : ?
Water : ?
Remark : Fine old Scotch Whisky
Owned by United Distillers ( URL : http://www.united.distillers.co.uk/ ) Glasgow.
From White House Distillers – Glasgow & London.
It's known as a blended scotch whisky – 43% vol.
The Whisky is a smooth and distinctive whisky with peaty elements in both its aroma and flavour. It is the leading standard blend in Japan.

White House Distillers was known until 1924 as Mackie and Co., and was established by a Mr. James Logan Meckie in 1861.
The Compagny became succesfull under its second head Mr. Peter Mackie an entreprenour and the driving force who registered the name 'White Horse' named after a famouse Edinburgh coaching inn for his blend in 1890.

When he died in 1924 his whisky was one of the foremost blends in the entire world.
Tree years later in 1927 the White House Distillers joined the Distillers Company Limitedm with whom Mackie had had difficult relations during his lifetime.

White House also produce brands called Logan and White House Extra Fine de luxe blends for the export market.
– – –
From The Scotch Whisky Book by Mark Skipworth.:

Parent company : Guinnes plc.
Available in all types of U.K outlets.
Its export markets are Europe, USA, Japan, Australia, Africa and South America.

The present day firm was founded by Mr. James Logan Mackie in 1883 in Glasgow but it would seem that the family were also in possession of the famous White House Inn in Canongate, Edinburgh, White Horse Close, which housed the inn, was named after the white palfrey that carried Mary Queen of Scots to and from the nearby Palace of Holyroodhouse.
The name White Horse was not officially registered until 1891. By this time James Mackie's nephew Peter Mackie had succeeded him. He trained at the Lagavulin distillery on Islay which had been run by a partnership of James Logan Mackie and Captain Graham since 1883. It was Peter Mackie who was first to recognize the importance of a standard whisky and a brand name for it. Hence White Horse.
'Restless Peter' built the firm up so that White Horse Distillers Limited was one of what was known as the 'Big Five' in the Scotch whisky world. He was a great fighter tor the cause of maturing whiskies.
It was also White Horse that were the pioneers with screw caps: until then bottles had been corked.
In 1915 Peter Mackie bought the Craigellachie distillery on Speyside, whose product is part of the White Horse recipe.
In 1924 when Peter Mackie died, Mackie and Co. as it had been known since 1890 took its present title of White Horse Distillers Limited, and in 1927 became part of The Distillers Compagny Limited.
Today White Horse products are exported to almost 200 countries.

Mellow, full-bodied, Clean taste. Dark Color.

The name White Horse comes from the white horse that were used to carry Mary Stuart to and from the Holyroodhouse Palace.
From the Whisky pilot by Uniqum Systems :
James Logan Mackie founded the company in Glasgow back in 1883. Peter Mackie, the brother of James, succeeded him and it was Peter that registrated the trademark White Horse in 1891. Peter had received his knowledge at the Lagavulin distillery and it now come handy as he developed the company during the next decades.
He was one of the first to recognise the importance of maintaining a continuos standard of the whisky and also the importance of a strong trademark. He also advocated forcefully for maturing of whisky and White Horse was the first distillery to sport screw caps. In 1915 the company bought Craigellachie distillery, one of the whiskies used in the White Horse blend.
Later the company also bought the Glen Elgin distillery and when Peter died in 1924 he left a company that was one of the five largest in the industry. The same year that Peter died the company changed its name from Mackie and Todd to White Horse Distillers Ltd.
– – –
Peter Mackie has been described as 'one-third genius, one-third megalomaniac and one-third eccentric'. He had trained at the Lagavulin Distillery on Islay, which had been run in part by his uncle. Mackie was responsible for building up White Horse Distillers Ltd., as it became known after his death.
He was the champion of maintaining a high standard for Scotch whisky and was a great fighter for the cause of maturing whiskies.

Glen Elgin Founded 1898, and Lagavulin (pronounced "Lagga-voolin") which means "the hollow where the mill is" contributes whisky to the White Horse blends and the animal decorates the distillery sign.
Lagavulin has been operating since 1816 and in 1890 it was bought by Mackie & Co of Glasgow.

Additional information :
The name "White Horse" comes from an ancient inn in Edinburgh's Canongate frequented it is said by Bonnie Prince
Charlie's men. A white horse has long been a symbol of victory. John(ny) Walker was originally a licensed grocer in Kilmarnock before he, but principally his son, built up the business and the brand name. [rjsm]

– – –
Additional there is another whisky called Very Old Black and White Horses orinal from Chile.



WHITE HORSE BOTTLINGS


White Horse
Sorry no picture.  
Age : ? years old.
Vol : 43%
Type : Blend
Price ?
Remark : None at present time.

LINKS………. to other White Horse related web pages.
  There is a book called : The spirit of the White Horse by Jack House
United Distillers South Africa. United Distillers South Africa. (The Six Classic Malts)
United Distillers Switzerland United Distillers Switzerland
With a Click able map to distilleries
United Distillers UK - Careers. United Distillers UK – Careers.
Diageo Diageo


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William Lawson

William Lawsons bottle scotch blended whisky

William Lawson


Location : North East Scotland
Region : ?
Country : Scotland
Type : Blended
Distillery :  William Lawson Distillers
(William Lawson Distillers, is a subsidiary of Barcadi Ltd., Bermuda.)
Founded : 1849 by Wiliam Lawson
Owner : ?
Producer  :  ?
Water : ?
Remark :

William Lawson :

From the Whisky pilot by Uniqum Systems :
Created in 1849 by Wiliam Lawson.
Glen Deveron is one of the malts used in the blend.
Today the plant in Coatbridge proiduces about 20 million bottles of William Lawson per year.

William Lawson started out as a whisky merchant in Dundee in the 19th century. The company had severe financial problems during WWII but managed to recover and moved to new Liverpool a few years after the war. At that time Liverpool was bustling with activity and Lawson's business expanded rapidly. They invested in a bottling plant in Coatbridge, necessary due to the increased export, which in turn was achived largely thanks to their business relation with Martini & Rossi.
In 1972 they bought the Macduff Distillery, a natural step to ensure a contious flow of the whisky that was the heart of their blended whisky. Today the annual output of the Coatbridge plant exceeds 20 million bottles.

One of the few companies to move successfully to Scotland from England.


William Lawson Bottlings


William Lawson
Finest Blend Scotch Whisky
William Lawsons bottle scotch blended whisky  
Age : 3 years old.
Vol : ?%
Type : Blended
Price ?
Taste : ?
Remark : Sorry no William Lawson remarks at present time.

William Lawson's bottling
Sorry no William Lawson picture.  
Age : ? years old.
Vol : ?%
Type : Blended
Price ?
Taste : ?
Remark : Sorry no William Lawson remarks at present time.

LINKS………. to official William Lawson or related web pages.
William Lawson at http://www.william-lawson.co.uk/ William Lawson's Scotch Whisky Site.


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Claymore Scotch blended whisky

Claymore bottle

 


 
CLAYMORE, The


Location : Scotland
Region : ?
Country : Scotland
Type : Blend
Distillery :  ?
Founded : 1882
Owner : Whyte & Mackay
KYNDAL SPIRITS LTD
Head Office: Kyndal Spirits Ltd.
310 St. Vincent St, Glasgow G2 5RG
Tel: +44 (0) 141 248 5771
Fax: +44 (0) 141 221 1993
E-mail: denise.marshall@kyndal.co.uk
Website: www.kyndal.co.uk


Sales and Marketing : Kyndal Spirits Ltd.
9 – 21 Salamander Place, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 7JL
Tel: +44 (0) 131 554 4404
Fax: +44 (0) 131 554 1531

Producer :  ?
Water : ?
Remark : From Collins Pocket Reference : Whisky
The Claymore is a popular blend which is owned by Whyte & Mackay, the blending and bottling company begun in 1882 by whisky merchants James Whyte and Charles Mackay. As with many of the company's whiskies, The Claymore is popular in export markets as well as in the UK, where it is among the bestselling blends. In 1993 Whyte & Mackay acquired Invergordon Distillers, adding seven malt distilleries (three of which have now been mothballed) and the big Invergordon grain distillery to their holdings.
Tasting comment : A nicely rounded, medium bodied blend with a mellow aroma and a well balanced, smooth and rich taste.


BOTTLINGS


The Claymore
Claymore bottle  
Age : ? years old.
Vol : ?%
Type : ?
Price ?
Remark : None at present time.

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


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Johnnie Walker Scotch Whisky ( Johnny Walker )

The Johnnie Walker Logo.

The Johnnie Walker  Logo.


JOHNNIE WALKER (Johnny Walker)


Location : Dufftown, Banffshire, Gramp Region.
Region : Highland Speyside
Country : Scotch
Type :  Blended, Single Malt etc.
Distillery William Grant & Sons Ltd. / The Johnnie Walker Distillery. 
AKA: Johnnie Walker & Son.
Adress : 33 Ellersly Road, Edinburgh EH12 6JW
+44 131 337 7373
Owner : United Distillers. ( Diageo plc )
Founded : Est. 1892 (Some sources say 1820)
Water : Robbie Dubh and Fiddich Burn. (Same as Glenfiddich.)
Remark :

Johnnie Walker scotch whisky :

The Johnnie Walker distillery has been owned and managed by an independent family company for five generations 
This has ensured that the Johnnie Walker distillery is still dedicated to the traditions, care and craftsmanship of malt whisky making. 
Nowhere else will you find a distillery that still grows its own barley, that still malts in its own traditional floor maltings, that still coopers to tend the barrels, and coppersmiths to tend the stills. 
The Johnnie Walker range of single malt whiskies is unique. 
Three single malt whiskies of different age and different character. Each Johnnie Walker single malt reflects in its individuality, different aspects of the tradition, skill and care that are the hallmarks of the Johnnie Walker Distillery. 
A distillery firmly rooted in its past but forever seeking to refine the art of making malt whisky.

The Scotch Whisky Book by Mark Skipworth
– – –
In, 1820, John Walker bought a grocery, wine and spirit business in Kilmarnock.
But it was his son Alexander who joined him in 1856, who was really responsible for laying the foundations of the company's success in the 20th century.
He exploited Kilmarnock as a centre for carpets and textiles, spreading the name of the family's whisky through the salesmen who came to the town.
And he made use of the merchant venturers system to get the whisky sold abroad.
Alexander went to England and in 1880 opened an office in London.
The timing couldn't have been better for the dearth of French cognac ensured a ready market for Scotch whisky.
In those days, Walker's Whisky was known simply as Walker's Kilmarnock Whisky.
In 1890 Alexander Walker opened an office in Sydney Australia, and in 1897 agents were appointed in South africa and an office opened in Birmingham.
It was not until 1908, near 20 years after Alexander's death, that the brand name 'Johnnie Walker' began to be used.

Overseas market ware reached through the 'merchant venturer' system whereby got were entrusted to the captain of the ship who would sell them on commission at the best price he could get.
The system was favoured by the Johnny Company and by this relatively simple means, Johnnie Walker became known throughout the world.
In 1917 the grain distillers of Distillers Company Ltd, were able to carry on (After the first world war.) , though, producing industrial alcohol for the war effort.
After the war, many of the weakened independents agreed to amalgamate with Distillers Company Ltd.
The interwar years also saw that company amalgamate with major blending firms.
Master-minded by William Ross, managing director and later chairman of Distillers, Buchanan-Dewar (Who already joined forces), John Waler, White Horse Distillers and lager, William Sanderson came into the company.
Haig, the fifth member of the Big Five, was one of the founders of Distillers.

It was at the beginning of the twentieth century that Tom Browne designed the striding Johnnie Walker figure, Lord Stevenson coined the phrase ' Johnnie Walker, born 1820-still going strong' and the name Walker's Kilmarnock Whisky dropped in favour of the red and black slanted labels.

Johnnie Walker Red label is the world's largest selling Scotch Whisky.
Johnnie Walker Black label is the world's best selling de luxe whisky.

Here's one from the movie "A beautiful Mind"

(Roommate having a big time hang over.)
Officer i saw the driver of the car that hit me.
His name is Johnnie Walker.


BOTTLINGS


 

Johnnie Walker 
Black Label
Aka : Extra Special Highland Malt Whisky.
Johnnie Walker - Black Label The Johnnie Walker - Black Label Bottle
Type : Scotch blended.
Age : 12 Years Old
Price (Dkr. 70cls. aprox : 300,-)
100 cls. Dkr. 184,- tax free in Whisky World – Copenhagen Airport.
Tested : Yes
Total Score :  5/6
Remark Johnnie Walker Black Label was originally known as 'Extra Special Old Highland'. It was renamed Johnnie Walker Black Label in 1909.
Johnnie Walker Black Label is the top-selling de luxe Scotch whisky in the duty-free market worldwide.
The favourite Scotch of Sir Winston Churchill; a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black Label is the main feature of his painting 'Bottlescape'.
Johnnie Walker has held the royal warrant since 1933, when it was granted to the company by King George V.

Johnnie Walker 
Blue Label.
 
Johnnie Walker Blue label Scotch whisky Johnnie Walker Blue label Johnnie Walker Blue label Johnnie Walker Blue label Johnnie Walker Blue Label 40% vol the label Another Blue label picture of the bottle
Price 100 cls. Dkr. 1300,- tax free in Whisky World – Copenhagen Airport.

Johnnie Walker
Gold label
Johnny Walker Gold Label  
Type :  Blended
Age :  18 Years old
Price 100cls 559,- Dkr. in Whisky World – Copenhagen Airport.
Remark : The newest member of the Johnnie Walker Whisky family introduced to the South African market late 1996, Johnnie Walker Gold Label, is unique in that it is literally touched with gold. 

Clynelish, the rare malt whisky which is at the heart of the Johnnie Walker Gold Label blend of 15 distinguished malts, derives its water from the Clynemilton Burn in which prospectors panned for gold in the 1880's and into which traces of gold still wash. Other important malt whiskies in the blend are Cardhu, which has a silky smoothness, Talisker, which contributes intensity and depth and Royal Lochnagar, which imparts fragrance and richness. 

Johnnie Walker Gold Label is also distinctive in that it has its origins in the blending notes compiled 75 years ago by Sir Alexander Walker, grandson of the founder of the company. His aim at that time to create a blend of exceptionally mature malts for Johnnie Walker's centenary were thwarted by a shortage of these rare products following World War I. 

In 1950 when the master blender who inherited Sir Alexander's notebooks wished to blend a tribute to him, he in his turn was hampered by problems of supply resulting from the disruption of World War II. The production of Extra Special Old Reserve which ensued was of necessity very limited and reserved for the exclusive use of the company's blenders and directors. 

Now with small stocks of some of the rarest and most mature whiskies required for Sir Alexander's blend to hand, his secrets have at last been revealed in Johnnie Walker Gold Label. Blended in limited quantities for Johnnie Walker's 175th anniversary last year, it is now available at selected outlets in South Africa – a connoisseur's delight. The elegant packaging features a square-shaped bottle with a slanted silver and gold label.


Johnnie Walker
Premier
Price 100 cls. Dkr. 918,- tax free in Whisky World – Copenhagen Airport.

Johnnie Walker
Red Label
 
Johnnie Walker red label bottle Johnnie Walker - Red Label. Another red label johnnie walker picture of the bottle Bottle box and glass picture Johnnie Walker red label (pour res)
Testet : Yes
Remark : Not a whisky we would recomend straight. (Sorry Mr. Walker.)
Scotch in an Irish Whisky ? – This Scotch perhaps… – Perhaps so popular due to the fact that it wount insolve anyones taste.
Total Score : 2/3
Type :  Blended.
Price Danish kr. 70cl. : 185,- i Skjold Burne (Tidligere Amager Vincenter). 
Danish kr. 100cl. : 117,- tax free in Whisky World – Copenhagen Airport

Johnnie Walker
Swing.
 
Type : Scotch
Price 75 cls. Dkr. 279,- tax free in Whisky World – Copenhagen Airport.
Remark : Very popular in Japan.

Johnnie Walker 
15 Years old Pure malt.
 
Johnnie Walker - Pure Malt - 15 Years old. johnnie wallker pure malt 15 yo Aka : Green label
Country : Scotch
Type :  Blended – Pure Malt.
Founded : Est. 1820
Age :  15 Years Old
Vol :  43%
Price (in Danish kr. 70cl. : ?,- )
Total Score : 2/3
Remark : In some countries this is sold as Green label.

Johnnie Walker 
Old High White Label.
 
Picture wanted.  
Type :  ?
Age :  + Years Old
Vol :  ?%
Price (in Danish kr. 70cl. : ?,- )
Total Score :
Remark : From the book : Classic Blended Scotch – By Jim Murray :
(Page 185)…
In 1908 the Jame Johnnie Walker was patented and at first they marketed their three existing brands, Old High White Label, Special Red Label and Extra Special Black Label.
The cheaper White label fell by the wayside as Red and Black took off globally,…..

LINKS………. to official Johnnie Walker or related web pages.
Johnnie Walker Johnnie Walker – UK – Blended Scotch from United Distillers.
(Now with sites in different countries and languages)
United Distillers South Africa. United Distillers South Africa. (The Six Classic Malts) – site down when checked
United Distillers Switzerland United Distillers Switzerland
With a Click able map to distilleries
United Distillers UK - Careers. United Distillers UK – Careers. (Site seems to be down)
Johnnie Walker.net Johnnie Walker.net site may be doown
Scotch.com may not work Scotch.Com – Scotch Whisky and Scotland
United distillers had a link to this page… (Is it a UD page ?)
Connoisseur's Corner – Scotland Journal – Fine Whiskies (Johnnie Walker) – Tartan Club and Information


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Antiquary, The

Sorry no picture of The Antiquary at present time.


ANTIQUARY, The


Location : Scotland
Region : ?
Country : Scotland
Type : De luxe bland
Distillery :  J & W HARDIE Ltd
Edinburgh
Scotland
Founded : Established 1857
Owner : United Distillers
Producer :  Sanderson under contract by UDV
Water : ?
Remark : From Collins Pocket Reference : Whisky
Now owned by United Distillers, Sanderson is the producer of The Antiquary. The company was one of the blenders who began trading in the early to mid nineteenth century, who were responsible for the popularizing of blended whiskies in the lucrative market of southern England. Sanderson was also a founder of the North British Distillery company in 1885, ensuring supplies of good grain whisky for his blends.
Comments : A smooth, well balanced, premium blend which displays the mellowness expected from its blend of whiskies all aged 12 years and over.


BOTTLINGS


The Antiquary
Sorry no picture.  
Age : 10 years old.
Vol : 43%
Type : blend
Price ?
Remark : None at present time.

The Antiquary
Finest Old Scotch Whisky
Sorry no picture.  
Age : 12 years old or more.
Vol : 40%
Type : De luxe blend
Price ?
Remark : None at present time.

LINKS………. to official Antiquary, The or related web pages.
URL : None at present time.


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