Content with the tag: Speyside
Glenrothes Distillery
Glenrothes Distillery is loacated beside the Burn of Rothes in the Speyside region. The Glenrothes is used in blended scotch whiskies such as Cutty Sark and The Famous Grouse. The Glenrothes is owned by Berry Brothers and Rudd.
Production
The Glenrothes…
Knockando Distillery
Knockando is located at Moray, in the Strathspey whisky producing area of Scotland.
Knockando Distillery was built by John Thompson in 1898, and is named after the village in which it stands. The name derives from Scottish Gaelic Cnoc-an-dhu, meaning…
Longmorn Distillery
Longmorn Distillery is located in Longmorn, Moray, within the Strathspey whisky producing area of Scotland.
History
The Longmorn Distillery Company was founded in 1893 by John Duff, Charles Shirres and George Thomson. Duff was a former manager of the Glendronach…
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…
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 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 #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 #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…
Speyburn Distillery
The Speyburn (Glenlivet) Distillery was founded in 1897 by John Hopkins & Company for the sum of £17,000. The site was chosen by John Hopkins himself for its unpolluted water supply from the Granty Burn, one of the major…
Speyside Distillery
The Speyside brewery can be found West of Aberdeen and due South of Inverness in Drumguish.
History
The Speyside is one of the younger distilleries in Scotland, and in fact the founder of The Speyside, George Christie, is still alive…