The Golden Cask Craigellachie 10 Years

Age: 10 years Alcohol: 54.2% vol Content: 70 cl Distilled: 2006 Bottled: 2017 Barrel number: CM 237 Edition: 134 bottles Single cask bottling, uncoloured, not chill-filtered Manufacturer address: Cumbrae Supply / House of MacDuff, Houston House, 95 Wright Street, Renfrew PA4 8AN, United Kingdom Telephone: +44 (0) 141 889 5454 Email: info@houseofmacduff.co.uk Tasting notes Color gold Nose: sweet and fresh, grassy and floral, vanilla Palate: sweet, honey, vanilla and some pepper Finish: medium long Conclusion: beautiful, "classic" Speyside malt from an ex-bourbon cask Origin The distillery was built in 1891 by the Craigellachie-Glenlivet Distillery Company. Co-owners included Alexander Edward and Peter Mackie (d. 1924), who continued the business of his uncle James Logan Mackie (creator of the blended whisky White Horse, whose base malt was produced in the Craigellachie Distillery). The architect was Charles Doig, who planned and built many distilleries of this period and is considered to be the inventor of the so-called pagoda roof, which he first built at the Dailuaine Distillery in 1889. The first spirit was not produced until 1898. In 1916, the distillery was taken over by Mackie & Company Distillers Ltd. - the owners of White Horse. In 1927, it was taken over by the Distillers Company Limited (DCL), a predecessor of Diageo. In 1930, Craigellachie became the property of Scottish Malt Distillers (SMD). In 1964, the distillery was renovated and the number of stills increased from two to four. In 1987, Craigellachie was sold to United Distillers & Vintners (UDV), which sold it on to Bacardi Martini in 1998, along with Aberfeldy, Royal Brackla and Aultmore and the blending company John Dewar & Sons. The water for the distillery, which is part of the Speyside region, comes from Blue Hill (formerly Little Conval Hill). The malt is sourced from United Distillers-Maltings in Roseisle and Burghead. The distillery has a stainless steel mash tun with a capacity of 9 tons and eight fermentation tanks, each with a capacity of 45,000 l. Distillation takes place in two wash stills (28,185 l each) and two spirit stills (also 28,185 l each) which are heated by steam.