Speyside Malts

 

 

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ABERLOUR: Charleston of Aberlour, Banffshire. [The Centre]
Comment: pronounced “aber-lower”, the Aberlour-Glenlivet distillery is built on the site of a kirk which was sanctified by the early Christian missionary, the Pictish St. Dristan [St. Dunstan - later the Archbishop of Canterbury], who used the Lour water popular in France - vive l’Auld Alliance.
Notes: est. 1826 [renovated 1879]; water - a Ben Rinnes spring. Best: after eating.

Name

 

Age/Dist. Date

 

Alc. Vol
Bottlers
£ Dram

£ Nip

ABERLOUR
10yo
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00

 

“rich with whiffs of warm tablet”

 

Double Cask
12yo
43.0%
OB
9.75
5.75
ALLT-A-BAINNE Connoisseurs Choice
1991
43.0%
G&M
5.00
3.00
Old Malt Cask
16yo 1985
50.0%
DL
13.50
8.00
An CNOC
12yo
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
ARDMORE
1987
40.0%
G&M
5.00
3.00
 
1977
40.0%
G&M
5.75
*


 

 

AUCHROISK: Mulben, Banffshire [The Centre]
Comment: Auchroisk [pronounced “othroysk”, and means “ford across the red stream”] is a modern designer distillery [it gained a Saltire Award for outstanding architectural achievement in a traditional Scottish style]. It uses mainly sherry casks.
Notes: est. 1974; water - soft, from Dorie’s Well, The Mulben Burn. Best: after nouvelle cuisine.

AUCHROISK Flora & Fauna
10yo
43.0%
OB
5.50
3.25
The Singleton
10yo
40.0%
OB
6.75
4.00

 

 

 

AULTMORE: Kieth, Banffshire. [Isla]
Comment: Aultmore-Glenlivet’s name derives from the Gaelic “big burn”, and this isolated distillery is situated in an area where to outwit the “wretches, hired by those to whom excise is paid” [Dr. Johnson] covered peat stacks with large white cloths as a warning when danger approached the “sma’ stills”.
Notes: est. 1895; water - The Auchinderran Burn, peat from Foggie Moss. Best: before eating/with seafood.

AULTMORE
8yo 1989
59.9%
Adel.
9.25
5.50
BALMENACH Connoisseurs Choice
1988
40.0%
G&M
5.00
3.00
 
1973
40.0%
G&M
6.75
*
Connoisseurs Choice
20yo 1979
58.0%
Scott
12.25
*

 

 

 

THE BALVENIE: Dufftown, Banffshire. [Dufftown]
Comment: built next to Glenfiddich by the same owners, William Grant; though now run by the 5th generation it still proudly retains all the proper, traditional methods of production - growing its own barley, floor malting, employing coopers for the casks and a coppersmith for the stills.
Notes: est. 1892; water - The Robbie Dhu or Dubh springs [pronounced “doo”]. Best: after Xmas Eve dinner.

The BALVENIE Doublewood
12yo
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00

 

“rich, spicy marmalade nose of Christmas - chocolate, oranges,
sherry, spices and walnuts with a long, warm tingling finish”

 

Single Barrel
15yo
50.4%
OB
7.50
4.50

 

“still Christmas but decked with honeysuckle”

 

 
15yo
50.4%
?
7.00
*
BANFF Connoisseurs Choice
1976
40.0%
G&M
8.50
5.00
Connoisseurs Choice
1974
40.0%
G&M
10.00
*

 

 

BENRIACH: Longmorn, Elgin, Moray. [Lossie]
Comment: the ill-fated Benriach-Glenlivet distillery opened just as the whisky market bubble burst and so it was soon, sadly, mothballed, only re-opening in 1965.
Notes: est. 1898; water - local springs. Best: with an afternoon coffee

BENRIACH
10yo
43.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
Connoisseurs Choice
1982
40.0%
G&M
5.75
*
Cask
13yo 1982
62.4%
G&M
6.25
3.75
 
11yo 1986
63.7%
Adel.
10.00
6.00
BENRINNES Connoisseurs Choice
1989
40.0%
G&M
5.00
3.00
Connoisseurs Choice
1972
40.0%
G&M
6.75
*
 
20yo 1979
57.6%
Scott
12.50
*



 

BENROMACH: Forres, Moray. [Findhorn]
Comment: a small distillery designed by the Elgin architect Charles Doig and bought by Gordon & MacPhail in 1992.
Notes: est. 1898; water - Chapeltown springs. Best: after dinner.

BENROMACH Traditional
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00

 

“fruit trees in full bloom”

 

 
12yo
40.0%
OB
5.50
3.25
Organic
43.0%
OB
6.25
3.75
Tokaji Wine Cask
21yo 9/2004
45.0%
OB
8.00
4.75
Connoisseurs Choice
1968
40.0%
G&M
6.75
*
Cask
1982
63.0%
G&M
10.50
*
 
21yo 1978
56.0%
Scott
12.25
*
BRAES of GLENLIVET Connoisseurs Choice
1975
40.0%
G&M
6.75
4.00
CAPERDONICH Connoisseurs Choice
1980
40.0%
G&M
6.25
3.75
Connoisseurs Choice
1968
40.0%
G&M
7.50
*
CARDHU
12yo
40.0%
OB
5.50
3.25
COLEBURN Connoisseurs Choice
1972
40.0%
G&M
6.25
*
CONVALMORE Connoisseurs Choice
1981
40.0%
G&M
5.00
Connoisseurs Choice
1969
40.0%
G&M
8.50
CRAGGANMORE
12yo
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
Connoisseurs Choice
1978
40.0%
G&M
8.50
*
Cask
18yo 1978
60.1%
G&M
10.50
*
CRAIGELLACHIE Connoisseurs Choice
1988
40.0%
G&M
6.75
4.00
Connoisseurs Choice
1974
40.0%
G&M
7.00
*
 
17yo 1982
61.9%
Scott
12.25
*
DAILUAINE Manager’s Dram
17yo
59.5%
OB
25.50
15.00
Connoisseurs Choice
1974
40.0%
G&M
6.75
*
DALLAS DHU
1980
40.0%
G&M
7.50
4.50
Connoisseurs Choice
1971
40.0%
G&M
7.50
*
DRUMGUISH
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
DUFFTOWN Flora & Fauna
15yo
43.0%
OB
5.75
3.50
GLEN ALBYN Rare Malts
26yo 1975
54.8%
OB
16.00
9.50
Connoisseurs Choice
1968
40.0%
G&M
8.50
*
GLENALLACHIE Connoisseurs Choice
1992
43.0%
G&M
5.00
3.00
Cask
1969
56.8%
G&M
14.00
8.25
GLENBURGIE
8yo
40.0%
G&M
5.75
*
Cask
26yo 1966
57.6%
G&M
16.75
*
GLENCRAIG Connoisseurs Choice
1970
40.0%
OB
8.50
*
GLEN DEVERON
10yo 1992
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
GLENDRONACH Sherry Cask
15yo
40.0%
OB
5.75
3.50
GLENDULLAN
8yo
40.0%
OB
4.50
2.75
Flora & Fauna
12yo
43.0%
OB
5.50
3.25
 
18yo 1981
55.5%
Scott
12.25
*
GLEN ELGIN Connoisseurs Choice
1968
40.0%
G&M
8.50
5.00
GLENFARCLAS
10yo
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
“105”
60.0%
OB
6.25
3.75
 
30yo
43.0%
OB
13.50
8.00
GLENFIDDICH Special Old Reserve
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
Special Reserve
12yo
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
Caoran Reserve
12yo
40.0%
OB
5.50
3.25
 
15yo
51.0%
OB
5.50
3.25
Solera Reserve
15yo
40.0%
OB
5.75
3.50
GLENGLASSAUGH Macphail’s Collection
1986
40.0%
G&M
6.25
6.25
Sherrywood
22yo 1978
48.8%
Caden
11.75
7.00
GLEN GRANT
5yo 1987
40.0%
OB
4.50
2.75
 
5yo 1980
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
 
5yo 1981
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
 
5yo 1982
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
 
5yo 1983
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
 
10yo
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
 
25yo 1974
50.5%
Scott
12.25
*
 
15yo
40.0%
G&M
5.75
*
Old Malt Cask
27yo
50.0%
DL
16.50
*
 
1963
40.0%
G&M
16.75
9.75
 
1960
40.0%
G&M
17.00
10.00
GLEN KEITH
10yo
43.0%
OB
8.00
4.75
Connoisseurs Choice
1967
40.0%
G&M
10.00
6.00
The GLENLIVET
12yo
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
The Archive
43.0%
OB
5.75
3.50
French Oak Reserve
15yo
40.0%
OB
7.50
4.50
 
18yo
43.0%
OB
8.50
5.00
Archive
21yo
43.0%
OB
9.25
5.50
 
20yo
60.2%
?
7.00
*
 
12yo
40.0%
G&M
8.00
*
Cask
18yo 1978
60.2%
G&M
11.75
*
Pure Malt
7yo
75.0%
PT[P]
10.50
6.25
 
50yo 1946
40.0%
G&M
68.75
*
 
50yo 1940
40.0%
G&M
76.00
*
GLENLOSSIE Flora & Fauna
10yo
43.0%
OB
5.50
3.25
Connoisseurs Choice
1974
40.0%
G&M
6.25
*
 
16yo 1980
63.5%
Adel.
11.75
7.00
GLEN MHOR
8yo
40.0%
G&M
5.00
3.00
Cask
14yo 1979
66.7%
G&M
13.00
*
 
21yo 1976
43.0%
Hart
17.00
10.00
GLEN MORAY
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
 
12yo
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
Chardonnay
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
Chenin Blanc
12yo
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
Chenin Blanc
12yo
40.0%
OB
5.75
3.50
Manager’s Choice
1974
53.4%
OB
13.50
8.00
The GLENROTHES
16yo 1982
43.0%
OB
6.75
4.00
 
16yo
43.0%
?
6.25
*
 
8yo
40.0%
G&M
5.75
*
 
25yo 1974
50.5%
Scott
12.25
*
GLEN SPEY Flora & Fauna
12yo
43.0%
OB
5.50
3.25
GLENTAUCHERS
1990
40.0%
G&M
5.00
3.00
 
1979
40.0%
G&M
6.75
*
IMPERIAL
1990
40.0%
G&M
5.50
3.25
 
1979
40.0%
G&M
7.00
*
INCHGOWER Flora & Fauna
14yo
43.0%
OB
5.75
3.50
Rare Malts
22yo 1974
55.7%
OB
16.50
9.50
KNOCKANDO
1990
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
 
14yo
40.0%
?
5.00
*
LINKWOOD Manager’s Dram
12yo
59.5%
OB
34.00
20.00
 
15yo
40.0%
G&M
5.50
3.25
LOCH DHU
10yo
40.0%
OB
21.00
12.50
LONGMORN
12yo
40.0%
OB
5.00
*
 
15yo
45.0%
OB
5.75
3.50
 
15yo
45.0%
?
5.50
*
 
29yo 1970
57.2%
Scott
13.25
*
The MACALLAN
10yo
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
Fine Oak
10yo
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
 
1979
43.0%
OB
9.75
*
 
18yo 1983
43.0%
OB
10.00
6.00
Anniversary Malt
25yo 1971
43.0%
OB
20.25
12.00
 
8yo 1989
43.0%
Bl.Int.
5.50
3.25
 
1989
51.4%
MF
5.75
3.50
 
8yo 1989
60.8%
Bl.Int.
6.25
3.75
 
10yo
57.0%
?
6.75
*
MACDUFF Connoisseurs Choice
1988
40.0%
G&M
5.00
3.00
MANNOCHMORE Connoisseurs Choice
1984
40.0%
G&M
5.00
3.00
 
21yo 1978
55.8%
Scott
12.25
*
MILLBURN Cask
18yo
65.6%
G&M
9.25
*
MILTONDUFF
12yo
43.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
Milton Duff
12yo
43.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
 
12yo
43.0%
?
5.00
 
10yo
40.0%
G&M
5.00
3.00
MORTLACH Manager’s Dram
19yo
55.8%
OB
25.50
15.00
 
15yo
40.0%
G&M
5.00
3.00
 
18yo
63.1%
?
7.00
*
 
50yo 1936
40.0%
G&M
119.00
*
MOSSTOWIE Connoisseurs Choice
1979
40.0%
G&M
6.25
3.75
Connoisseurs Choice
1975
40.0%
G&M
8.50
*
PITTYVAICH Flora & Fauna
12yo
43.0%
OB
5.50
3.25
ROYAL BRACKLA Connoisseurs Choice
1974
40.0%
G&M
7.00
4.25
SPEYBURN
10yo
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
Connoisseurs Choice
1971
40.0%
G&M
6.25
*
The SPEYSIDE
10yo
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
STRATHISLA
1980
40.0%
G&M
5.75
*
Cask
24yo 1972
62.6%
G&M
15.50
*
 
26yo
62.6%
?
8.75
*
STRATHMILL Manager’s Choice
15yo
53.5%
OB
34.00
20.00
Connoisseurs Choice
1991
40.0%
G&M
5.00
3.00
First Cask
26yo 1974
46.0%
DIR
8.75
5.25
TAMDHU  
40.0%
OB
4.25
2.50
Cask
8yo 1988
60.8%
G&M
9.25
*
 
13yo
61.5%
Adel.
9.75
5.75
TAMNAVULIN
10yo
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
 
16yo 1984
60.2%
Bl.Int.
7.50
4.50
Cask
8yo 1988
58.9%
G&M
9.25
*
TOMINTOUL
10yo
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
TORMORE
12yo
40.0%
OB
5.00
3.00
Provenance
10yo
43.0%
DMcG
8.75
5.25

 


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