taliskers whisky collection and whisky tour

Whiskyroom business card new version

2006-05-27T08:54:00.000Z

Whiskyroom business card old version

2006-05-27T08:52:00.000Z

2006-05-26T16:58:00.000Z

EDRADOUR DISTILLERY, PITLOCHRY, PERTHSHIRE

2006-03-27T14:03:00.000Z

THIS DISTILLERY HAS TO BE THE JEWEL OF PERTHSHIRE'S DISTILLERIES, THE LAST OF THE 'FARM' DISTILLERIES AND THE SMALLEST IN SCOTLAND. NO GLITZ AND GLAMOUR HERE, JUST AN HONEST WORKING DISTILLERY AND STILL RUN BY 3 MEN

MASH TUN, SPIRIT SAFE AND BOTH STILLS AT EDRADOUR

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WASH STILL AT EDRADOUR DISTILLERY

2006-03-27T14:02:00.000Z

LOW WINES STILL AT EDRADOUR DISTILLERY

2006-03-27T14:01:00.000Z

Barrels at Glenturret

2006-03-27T10:47:00.000Z

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT REMEMBER, BEFORE GLENTURRET DISTILLERY BECAME THE FAMOUS GROUSE EXPERIENCE, THE BARRELS PICTURED STOOD OUTSIDE THE DISTILLERY ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO

Towser at Glenturret

2006-03-27T10:45:00.000Z

DALWHINNIE DISTILLERY

2006-02-18T14:08:00.000Z

THIS PHOTO IS OF DALWHINNIE DISTILLERY TAKEN FROM THE ROAD TO NEWTONMORE ON A GREY STORMY FEBRUARY DAY

glenturret bag 2

2006-01-13T19:29:00.001Z

glenturret bag1

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PICTURE OF THE COLLECTION (1)

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PICTURE OF THE COLLECTION (2)

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PICTURE OF THE COLLECTION (4)

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PICTURE OF THE COLLECTION (3)

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PICTURE OF THE COLLECTION (5)

2006-01-11T17:23:00.000Z

TRAPPISTES ROCHEFORT

2006-01-03T17:42:00.000Z

A COUPLE FROM SPRINGBANK

2005-12-27T09:08:00.000Z

Just when you think you have all you are going to get for Christmas, up pops your best mate with these two.
This is the Springbank malt in my collection, Springbank distillery is in Campbeltown in the Kintyre region of Scotland. The distillery malts its own barley, one of only a few distilleries to do so, it is also the first distillery to produce an organic malt whisky.

Tasting notes,

15yo at 46%vol
Colour:
Light amber.
Nose:
Sophisticated, Dundee cake, vanilla, new leather, pipe tobacco, dried apricot, peat, tea.
Body:
Full, rich, mouth coating.
Palate:
European oak, sweet tobacco, nut, smoke in the background, complex.
Finnish:
Soot, Malt.

10yo at 57.2%vol
Tasting notes to follow

Innis & Gunn

2005-12-26T13:43:00.000Z

notes later

ANOTHER 2 FROM TULLIBARDINE

2005-12-26T09:06:00.000Z

Christmas at my house usually brings more whisky, this year was no exception.
For a start, 2 more bottlings from Tullibardine Distillery in Perthshire. Tullibardine Distillery http://www.tullibardine.com sits only 11 miles from Glenturret Distillery so it has an interesting heritage and popular neighbour.
These 2 whiskies are both distilled in 1993, just before the distillery closed, the distillery restarted production in November 2004 and they were bottled in 2005.
The first is a Portwood Finnish having spent time in port pipes, this 70cl bottle is 46%vol and is unchill-filtered. The second is a Marsala Finnish, again a 70cl bottle at 46%vol, this is also unchill-filtered.
it will be interesting to see what type of casks are bottled in the coming months and as the arrive they wil be added to my collection and will be listed here.

TWO FROM GLENTURRET

2005-12-19T17:23:00.000Z

Glenturret Distillery just outside Crieff in Highland Perthshire is the oldest working distillery in Scotland.
Sadly it had been re-branded as the Famous Grouse Experience and has lost it's heritage some what.
Very few malt whiskies are coming out of the distillery at the moment and the 2 here are no longer available in this packaging, not even sure they are available at all.
On the left, a 21yo bottled at 40%vol in a 70cl copper lustre flaggon made by Wade. On the right is a 25yo bottled at 43%vol in a 70cl ceramic globe, again made by Wade.
They have become very collectable and sometimes become available on on-line auction sites both full and empty.

Dallas Dhu 10yo

2005-12-17T14:10:00.000Z

Originally to be called the Dallasmore in 1898, the plans for the new distillery, designed by local Elgin architect Charles Doig, caused much correspodence in the local paper, the Forres Gazette. This included some verses from a local councillor. The fillings were eventually advertised as Dallas Dhu in November 1899, when it came on stream. One of several distilleries on the land on the local laird, Alexander Edward. Who in 1900, sold the distillery to the proprietors of Roderick Dhu, a whisky blend popular at the end of the 18th century.
The still house was burnt down in 1939 and did not re-open until 1947. It closed in 1983 and the licence was cancelled in 1992. The distillery buildings were handed over by Scottich Malt Distillers to the Historic Buildings and Monuments department of the Scottish Office who now run them as a model example of a distillery on the tourist trail.
It is still possible to get special bottlings from old casks, although supplies of the whisky are now dwindling. Dallas Dhu is a perfectly preserved example of what a small Highland distillery would have ben like at the end of the 18th century. Had its water supply been more plentyful, it is most likely that the distillery would have been one of those chosen for expantion had it still been in operation.
http://www.awa.dk

Dallas Dhu 10yo at 40%vol, bottled by Godon & Macphail

Colour:
Light Gold
Nose:

Spring meadows, flowery with some oak and peat fragrances
Taste:

Sweet, honey notes, syrupy with some spring flowers and some peat and smoke
Finnish:

Dry Oloroso Sherry, crisp and supprisingly long for this 10yo with some smoke and just a hint of oak.

Not sure this can be found any more and that is sad because it can compete well with today's popular malts, if you find it, snap it up.

Young Talisker

2005-12-16T19:15:00.000Z

Tullibardine Whisky Ale

2005-12-11T09:52:00.000Z

You could say that this whisky ale is a by product of the whisky industry and in some ways you would be correct. When fermentation has taken place and the liquer (at about 7%vol) is drawn of for the first distillation, normally what happens with the spent malted barley (draf) is that it is sent for processing as animal feed, not in this case. It is sent to a local micro brewery at the Bridge of Allan and grain and hops are added and it is re-fermented up to again 7%vol. The resulting beer is then matured in used whisky casks from Tullibardine Distillery for upto 12 weeks and than bottled. Production of this ale is limited to the amount of malt whisky bottled at the distillery, currently, the aim is to bottle about 300 casks a year at 160 bottles of whisky ale per cask. as whisky production goes up then more ale will be bottled but this a long term project and will not change qickly overnight.

The ale has a wonderful whisky aroma when poured and on the nose it also has some citrus notes. you need to remember that this is a strong ale and more than 2 in my opinion is a waste and at £3.50 a bottle its not cheap or a session ale.
It is quite pale, just a little darker than larger but don't be fooled, it has a kick.

For any of you that have been to a distillery you will know the aroma as soon as you walk into the mash house, well this aroma is on the nose of the ale as well as the taste. it has a fruity flavour but this does not overpower the ale, try it with a dram of Tullibardine 10yo, the go together so well