Craigellachie DistilleryDistillery News
Month: March 2021
Jura creates Rum Cask Finish whisky
The new Jura Rum Cask Finish (40% ABV) is the third expression in the Jura Cask Editions range, following a Sherry cask-finished bottling and a red wine cask-finished single malt in 2020. Originally matured in American white oak ex-Bourbon barrels, the single malt was finished in Caribbean rum casks. The resulting liquid has a nose of exotic …
New stillhouse at Ardbeg is awash with whisky tradition
Ardbeg Distillery have unveiled their new purpose-built stillhouse. The new stillhouse will increase the distillery’s capacity significantly. Retaining the character of Ardbeg was at the heart of this project, so the new stills were designed to the exact specification as the old ones – right down to the millimetre. Every nut, bolt and rivet had …
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Annandale Distillery cheers ‘revolutionary’ whisky cask investment deal
Annandale Distillery, based in Dumfries and Galloway, has cheered an exclusivity deal with a London brokerage that promises a “revolutionary step towards transparency in whisky cask investment”. The deal will entitle whisky cask broker VCL Vintners to half of Annandale’s output each year – some 276,000 litres – for sale to investors.
VCL Vintners signs distillery exclusivity deal
VCL Vintners is delighted to announce a five-year deal of exclusivity with the renowned and award-winning Annandale Distillery, situated in Southern Scotland. The deal will entitle VCL Vintners to half of Annandale’s output each year – some 276,000 litres – for sale to investors. In a market that has traditionally been closed off to outsiders …
£6m investment to reintroduce floor maltings and direct fire heating to Glen Garioch whisky Distillery
The firm behind a hugely popular Aberdeenshire whisky distillery has announced plans to invest heavily in return to more traditional production processes. Global drinks giant Beam Suntory say they intend to invest £6 million in Glen Garioch distillery in Oldmeldrum in a bid to reintroduce floor maltings and direct firing to the wash still as well as reducing the distillery’s carbon …
The last-ever bottling of The Glenrothes’ 50-year-old whisky was sold at a charity auction for £39,000
There will always be a sense of bittersweet finality that comes along with endings. Graduation. Break-ups. Skimming past the last sentence of a favourite new book. The last-ever bottling of The Glenrothes’ 50-year-old whisky — the distillery’s oldest single malt whisky release yet — went to auction last month. The hammer struck; and so, a …
Islay whisky legend Jim McEwan unveils new signature collection
One of the most famous names in the Scotch whisky industry is set to release a new range of bottles from his very own collection of his finest creations. Master Distiller Jim Mcewan, who headed up the revival of the iconic Islay distillery, Bruichladdich, is releasing the final casks from his own private collection, built up during …
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