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CRAIGELLACHIE.

Location :	Craigellachie, Aberlour, Banffshire. Grampian Region.
Country :	Scotland
Type :	Highland Speyside.
Distillery :	Craigellachie Distillery Craigellachie, Aberlour, Banffshire AB38 9ST, Scotland Phone : 01340-881212 / 881228 Fax : 01340-881311 Manager : Charlie Smith Visitors : Open all year – monday to friday – by appointment only.
Owner :	DCL (White Horse Distillers.) Lates info says : William Lawson Distillers Ltd.
Founded :	1890 by Mr. Peter J. Mackie and Alexander Edward (Craigellachie-Glenlivet Distillery Ltd.) Rebuilt in 1965. Some sources says : Founded in 1888 and established in 1891.
Water :	Little Conval hill (Where the Fiddich meets the Spey ?)

Age :	14-26 Years Old or vintage
Vol :	43-46% / 40
Remark :	Only used for in blends. A component of the White Horse blends. Cask used are usual ex-bourbon The distillery have 2 wash stills and 2 spirit stills.

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CONVALMORE.

Location :	Dufftown, Banffshire. Grampian Region.
Country :	Scotland
Type :	Highland Speyside. (Dufftown)
Distillery :	Convalmore Distillery Dufftown, Keith, Banffshire.
Owner :	DCL (Buchanan-Dewar) 1925 – latest info Wm Grant & Sons Ltd. Producer William Grant & Sons.
Founded :	1894 Convalmore. (1894 Convalmore Glenlivet Distillery Co.)

Water :	Conval Hill / Springs in the Conval Hill.
Remark :	Cheek by jowl with Glenfiddich and Balvenie, and under same ownership since 1992. Distillery closed in 1985. The malt was maturing in ex-bourbon casks.

Convalmore bottlings

Age :	30 Years Old or vintage
Vol :	46,5% / 40%

(in Danish kr. 70cl. : ?,- )

AWA – Alternative Whisky Academy is a private, none-commercial, no-profit, none-selling whisky society.