Content with the tag: Speyside
Malt Mission 2010 #383
The Macallan 18yo scotch whisky Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky 43% abv£72$150 (USD)$289.95 (CAD)The Macallan is one of the most well-recognised malts in the world, and as such, often attracts a good deal of attention, both positive and negative.T…
Malt Mission 2010 #382
Glenfiddich 102 Distillery Edition 15 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Whisky 51% abv£38 $59.99 (USD)Naturally, the world’s favourite single malt isn’t used to playing second fiddle. But in the USA, the world’s #1 Single Malt Scotch Whisky lives in it’s …
Malt Mission 2010 #381
Glen Moray 12yo Speyside Single Malt Whisky 40% abv £22 $34.99 (USD)Built in 1897 out of the old West Brewery, Glen Moray has been a 4 still workhorse for blended whiskies for decades. Macdonald and Muir, later to become Glenmorangie plc (1996), purch…
Malt Mission 2010 #374
The Balvenie 17yo Madeira CaskSpeyside Single Malt Whisky 43% abv£67 $130 (USD)Dr. Whisky’s most recent post attracted a good share of attention. This attention took various forms and lead to variable responses from varied corners of this world wide w…
Malt Mission 2009 #373
Benromach 10yo Speyside Single Malt Whisky43% abv £29 $50When I was in Scotland in July I was in touch with Ian Chapman at Benromach and after a short volley of emails he very kindly invited me to see their distillery. Upon arrival, I was greeted by I…
Benriach Distillery
The BenRiach distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery in the Speyside area of Scotland. It is operated independently by the BenRiach Distillery Company Limited, formed by two South African whisky enthusiasts Geoff Bell and Wayne Keiswetter and Scotch…
Aultmore Distillery
Aultmore Distillery lies several miles north of the town of Keith on the eastern fringe of Speyside. The distillery was establishedby Alexander Edwards and building commenced in 1895. The distillery initially did very well and production was doubled in the…
Ardmore Distillery
Ardmore distillery was founded in 1898, on the Eastern edge of Speyside at Kennethmont. Just one year after it was built, the whisky market collapsed due to over supply but Ardmore survived. This was mainly due to the fact that…
Glenglassaugh Distillery
The Glenglassaugh Distillery is a 133 year old whisky distillery located in a picturesque site just outside the Speyside region in Northeast Scotland, close to the small town of Portsoy, Banffshire some 54 miles Northwest of Aberdeen. The Distillery was…
Tormore Distillery
Tormore distillery is located approximately 1 km south of the River Spey.
History
The Tormore is one of the younger Scottish whiskies, the distillery being completed in 1960. It was the first new distillery to be built in the country in…