Whisky Distillery Caol Ila
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10 Year old Caol Ila volume 1 - Only 311 Bottles released Bottle No. 128
About the distillery
Caol Ila Distillery, region Islay, located on Isle of Islay was founded in 1846 by Hector Henderson. The distillery changed hands on numerous occasions an in 1920 the distillery owners Bulloch Lade Ltd went into liquidation. A small group of individuals formed Caol lla Distillery Company Ltd and acquired the distillery before it was further sold onto the Distillers Company in 1927 and Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd in 1930 who were a subsidiary of DCL. The distillery did close its doors during WW2 between 1942-1945 when it reopened and continued to produce until 1972 and the distillery was re built and modernized. In 1986 DCL were acquired by Guinness forming United Distillers and in 1997 merged with Grand Metropolitan forming Diageo who remain owners of the distillery to date.
- Distillery Caol Ila
- Age10
- ABV57.5%
- Size70cl
Whisky Distillery Linkwood
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7 Year old Linkwood volume 2 - Only 322 Bottles released Bottle No. 218
About the distillery
Linkwood Distillery, region Speyside, located in Elgin, Was founded in 1821 by Peter Brown, Production at the distillery started in 1825. In 1868 Peter passed away leaving Linkwood Distillery in the hands of his son William who rebuilt and expanded the distillery in 1872. The Browns family formed the Linkwood-Glenlivet company with the distillery remaining in the family until 1897 when William Brown died. Operation of the distillery was passed to the managing director Robert Innes who continued at the distillery until his death in 1932 and the Linkwood-Glenlivet company was purchased by Scottish Malt Distillers who were a subsidiary company to DCL. The distillery closed its doors between 1941 & 1945 during the Second World War. In 1945 re-opened with Roderick Mackenzie Managing the distillery. The Distillery was re-built again and modernised in 1962. In 1971 a new distillery constructed named Linkwood B which lay alongside the current Linkwood distillery where the intention was for Linkwood B to take over the operation of the original Linkwood Distillery. Everything was duplicated from the dents that were in the original stills to the cob webs that lay in the distillery, however with significant demand for Linkwood whisky, this lead to both Linkwood Distilleries remaining in production until 1985 when the original Linkwood was used for experimentation purposes and Linkwood B took over the production operations now running under the name Linkwood. In the Original Linkwood distillery was demolished to allow for the New Linkwood distillery to expand. 1986 DCL were acquired by Guinness forming United Distillers. In 1997 United Distillers merged with Grand Metropolitan forming Diageo.
- Distillery Linkwood
- Age7
- ABV59.1%
- Size70cl
Whisky Distillery Dailuaine
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11 Year old Dailuaine volume 3 - Only 230 Bottles released Bottle No. 134
About the distillery
Dailuaine Distillery, region Speyside, located in Aberlour was founded by William Mackenzie. Just after completion William Mackenzie died with the distillery being rented by James Fleming until 1884 when Thomas Mackenzie (Williams son) took back operation of the distillery and went onto modernise the distillery which was completed with Scotland's first pagoda roof. Opening in 1981 the distillery opened under the new company ownership Dailuaine-Glenlivet Distillery Ltd, formed by Thomas, In 1915 DCL purchased the distillery after the death of Thomas to continue production for many of the DCL blends. In 1986 DCL were acquired by Guinness forming United Distillers and in 1997 merged with Grand Metropolitan forming Diageo who remain owners of the distillery to date.
- Distillery Dailuaine
- Age11
- ABV59.9%
- Size70cl
Whisky Distillery Benrinnes
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9 Year old Benrinnes volume 4 - Only 291 Bottles released Bottle No. 3
About the distillery
Benrinnes Distillery, Region Speyside, Located in Aberlour was founded in 1826 by Peter Mckenzie however this distillery wasn't the Benrinnes Distillery we see today, Unfortunately Benrinnes has had a tough run of luck in the past when flooding in 1829 cause peter to close its doors, fortunately John Innes took the Helm and rebuilt the distillery in 1835 calling the rebuilt distillery Lyne of Ruthrie but again this time for John he was forced to sell to bankruptcy. The Distillery was sold to William Smith who renamed the distillery Benrinnes. The distillery changed ownership again with Alexander Edward taking ownership but its run of bad luck continued in 1896 when a fire broke out causing severe damage, The distillery was rebuilt and modernized, In 1922 John Dewar & Sons Acquired Alexander Edward's Assets, the distillery went through modernization during a re build in 1955. Benrinnes used to operate a triple distillation process operation from 1974-2007
- Distillery Benrinnes
- Age9
- ABV60.4%
- Size70cl
Whisky Distillery Mannochmore
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12 Year old Mannochmore volume 5 - Only 252 Bottles released Bottle No. 5
About the distillery
Mannochmore Distillery, region Speyside, located in Glenlossie was founded in 1971 by Scottish Malt Distillers a subsidiary of DCL and was managed by John Haig & Co. Ltd. Mannochmore played a big part on producing for Haig Blends until 1985 when the distillery was mothballed when DCL began managing their portfolio due to over production in the whisky market causing the industry to essentially crash. In 1989 the distillery was brought back into operation under the now ownership of United distillers who had been formed by Guinness after they acquired DCL in 1986. It released its first official single malt by Flora & Fauna in 1992 although remains a focus on producing for Haig's Blends. In 1997 United Distillers merged with Grand Metropolitan forming Diageo.
- Distillery Mannochmore
- Age12
- ABV55.5%
- Size70cl