Dalwhinnie

DALWHINNIE.

Location :	Dalwhinnie, Inverness-shire. Highland Region. Drumochter pass 356 meter over the sea.
Country :	Scotland
Type :	Highland (Central) Malt. / Single-malt.
Distillery :	Dalwhinnie, Invernessshire, PH19 1AB, Scotland Tel: 01528 52264 or 01528 522208 (visitors centre) Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. (Highest distillery in Scotland.)
Founded :	1898 by Strathspey Distillery.
Age :	15 Years Old
Vol :	43%
Water :	Allt ant Sluic. (Should be the pure'st water in Scotland.)
Remark :	One of the six – Classic Malts of Scotland.(Highest distillery in Scotland.) A 15 year old gentle, delicate malt from the wild and windswept Highlands. It is subtle, smooth delicately smody malt with a heathery honey finish
Price :	(in Danish kr. 70cl. : Approx 350,- dkr.)

Taste : Medium Smoked !

Palate : Medium

LINKS……….	to official Dalwhinnie or related web pages.
	Dalwhinnie at Scotch.com
	United Distillers South Africa. P O Box 23104, Claremont, 7735 Cape Town, South Africa Tel: +27 (0)21 613116 Fax: +27 (0)21 615973
	Another United Distillers South Africa site.
	United Distillers Switzerland United Distillers SA Rue de Cossonay 194 Case Postale CH-1020 Renens-Lausanne Switzerland With a Click able map to distilleries
	United Distillers UK – Careers. Cherrybank, Perth, PH2 0NG

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5. januar 2008

Cragganmore

Location :	Ballindalloch Estate, Banffshire. Grampian Region. – North of the A95 between Grantown-on-Spey and Ballindalloch, close to the River Spey.
Region :	Highland Speyside
Country :	Scotland
Type :	Single Malt
Distillery :	Distillery Cragganmore Ballindalloch Ballindalloch, Banffshire AB37, 9AB, Scotland Phone : 01807-500202 Fax : 01807-500288 Manager : Mike Funn Visitor centre : Phone : 01807-500202 Fax : 01807-500288 Trade visitors and public by appointment only.
Founded :	1869 By John Smith. (Son of Geroge Smith founder of The Glenlivet Distillery.)
Owner :	United Distillers. (Diageo)
Producer :	?
Water :	Craggan Mor Hill / The Craggan Burn.
Remark :	Cragganmore : One og the six Classic Malt of Scotland. A 12 year old elegant, sophisticated Speyside with the most complex aroma of any malt. Astonishingly fragrant with sweetish notes and a smoky maltiness on the finish. They use ex-bourbon casks. The distillery have 2 wash stills and 2 spirit stills. From the Whisky pilot by Uniqum Systems : Mr John Smith founded Cragganmore distillery in 1869 in the mountain district, high on the River Spey where it meets the Avon and the Livet. The distillery never closed for even a fortnight in any year up until the summer of 1901, when reconstruction began. The distillery was rebuilt in 1902 and expanded in 1964 from two to four stills. An interesting feature is that the spirit stills have flat topped, T-shaped lyne pipes instead of the usual swan necks. The stills have cooling worms rather than condensers. The distillery drains its water from the Craggan Burn, a spring on the Craggan More Hill. Cragganmore occupies a site north of the A95 between Grantown-on-Spey and Ballindalloch, close to the River Spey. It was the first Speyside distillery to be located to take advantage of railway transport, the former railway line (now the Speyside Way footpath) passing the distillery's doors.

The entrance to the Cragganmore distillery picture from www.scotchwhisky.net

Cragganmore Bottlings

Cragganmore 12 years old

Age :	12 years old.
Vol :	40%
Type :	Single Malt
Price :	(in Danish kr. 70cl. : 395,- )
Taste :	Scotch malt !
Remark :	A bit smokey but still soft and medium long finish.

Testet : Yes

Color : Medium
Taste : Sød malt.

Eftersmag : Efterlader en let røget malt smag.

Remark : God whisky – Dog lidt for dyr i forhold til kvaliten. Andre er måske ikke helt på højde med denne whisky, men de koster25% mindre i dkr. De 25% man betaler mere for denne, får man kun 5% mere hvad angår duft og smag.

Total Score : 8

Cragganmore Highland Speyside Single Malt Speyside 12 12 Years old.
Cragganmore 12 years old (DCL) Single Speyside Speyside 12 45,7 DCL bottling (pre-Guinness) bottling.
Cragganmore 12 years old (UD) Single Speyside Speyside 12 40 The water is taken from the Craggan Burn. In the past, peats having been left to dry on the peat moss for a `year' were then stored in stacks for 3 years prior to being used. United Distillers bottling, one of the Classic Malts. Available in 70cl and 5cl bottles.
Cragganmore 17 years old Single Speyside Speyside 17 1976 53,8 Gordon & MacPhail bottling: cask nos. 3588-91 distilled 21st July, 1976.
Cragganmore 1976 Single Speyside Speyside 1976 40 Gordon & MacPhail bottling.
Cragganmore 1976 Cask Strength Cask Strength Speyside 1976 53,8 Available as 1976 distillings.
Cragganmore 1977 Single Speyside Speyside 1977 40 The water is taken from the Craggan Burn. In the past, peats having been left to dry on the peat moss for a `year' were then stored in stacks for 3 years prior to being used. The 1977 distilling will be followed by the 1978 distilling. Available in 70cl and 5cl bottles.

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

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5. januar 2008

The six classic malts of Scotland

THE SIX CLASSIC MALTS OF SCOTLAND.

Dalwhinnie, Talisker, Craggenmore, Oban, Lagavulin, Glenkinchie

The Six Classic Malts of Scotland is carefully selected to best representeach of the mail whisky producing regions of Scotland.They embrace the full diversity of regional tastes and styles.Appropriately the Classic Malts symbol is the Quaich, which for centuries has been the traditionalScottish drinking bowl reserved for toasting the finest single malt whiskies.

DALWHINNIE – TALISKER – CRAGGANMORE – OBAN – LAGAVULIN – GLENKINCHIEAround the horn.: (Below sorted : From a bit sweet to smoked)

OBAN (Sweet)	A 14 year old combining the sophistication of the Highlands with a touch of the peaty style of the Islands. It is rich and full-bodied with a mellow fruity finish.
GLENKINCHIE (Ladies whisky)	Glenkinchie is a soft, sweetly aromatic malt from the 'Garden of Scotland'. Is has a fresh, grassy sweetness balanced with a warming, dryish finish.
CRAGGANMORE (Medium)	A 12 year old elegant, sophisticated Speyside with the most complex aroma of any malt. Astonishingly fragrant with sweetish notes and a smoky maltiness on the finish.
TALISKER A bit smoked.	A 10 year old and the only malt produced on Skye. Its seaweedy, smoky nose and sweet maltiness is perfectly complimented by its spicy, long finish.
DALWHINNIE	A 15 year old gentle, delicate malt from the wild and windswept Highlands. It is subtle, smooth delicately smody malt with a heathery honey finish.
LAGAVULIN (This is Smoked.)	A 16 year old distinctive and powerful Islay malt. It is deeply smoky and peaty with a velvety, complex finish.

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