Royal Lochnagar was awarded its royal prefix in 1848 — following a visit and tasting by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The event came about after the distillery manager John Begg dropped a note to their Royal Highnesses directly inviting…
Glenmorangie is a distillery in Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland. The distillery is owned by The Glenmorangie Company Ltd. Their main product is the range of Glenmorangie single malt whisky. The Glenmorangie Company ceased to produce blended whisky for supermarkets in 2009.
Glenmorangie…
Port Ellen Distillery was based on the isle of Islay, Scotland and founded by Alexander Mackay.
The distillery was built in the 1825 by, and was acquired by Distillers Company Limited in 1925. The distillery closed in 1983, although supplies…
The Old Bushmills Distillery was founded in 1608 and is now owned by the major drinks company Diageo. Bushmills whiskey is produced, matured, and bottled on-site at the Bushmills Distillery in Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The distillery is a…
History
The distillery was founded in 1967 next to the old Brora distillery (first called Clynelish distillery). The distillery was established in May 1968, but was in production in April 1969. To avoid confusion, the first Clynelish was on December…
The Rare Malts are a now-discontinued series of cask-strength releases designed by Diageo to showcase some of the hidden treasures in their portfolio. This is a classic Clynelish originally released in 1997, so stocks are now understandably very low.
According to…
Strikingly clean flavours. Salt and malt in the nose. Clear Highland malt character with subtle peatiness. Aromatic. Delicately spicy. Unshakeable grass– and grain-type vegetative associations: cut grass, wheat, fields of grain. Refreshing.
A good introduction to the delights of single…
Lagavulin Distillery is located on the island of Islay. It has a powerful, peat-smoke aroma. Described as being robustly full bodied, well-balanced and smooth with a slight sweetness on the palate.
The standard Lagavulin single malt is 16 years old…
Caol Ila Distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery near Port Askaig on the isle of Islay, Scotland.
History
Caol Ila (Gaelic for “Sound of Islay” and pronounced cull eela) was founded in 1846 by Hector Henderson. The distillery did not…
Ardbeg Distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery on the south coast of the isle of Islay.
Other distilleries on the south coast include Laphroaig and Lagavulin. Ardbeg claims to be the peatiest Islay whisky, and uses malted barley sourced from the…
