Aberlour (whiskey distillery)
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 Aberlour distillery |
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| country | Scotland |
| region | Speyside |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 28 '2 " N , 3 ° 13' 48" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | active |
| owner | Pernod Ricard |
| Founded | 1826 // 1879 |
| founder | James Gordon and Peter Weir // James Flemming |
| Water source | Sources at Ben Rinnes |
| Washstill (s) | 2 × 21,120 l |
| Spiritstill (s) | 2 (total 35,456 l) |
| Production volume | 3,500,000 l |
| Website | www.aberlour.com |
Aberlour (debate [abəɹ'laʊ̯ɹ] or [abəɹ'lɶɹ] ) is a whiskey - distillery in Charlestown of Aberlour , Speyside ( Scotland ). The current owner is Chivas Brothers Ltd. for Pernod Ricard, France.
history
- 1826 Founding of an Aberlour distillery by James Gordon and Peter Weir
- In 1879, after a fire, rebuilt by James Flemming at a new location, around a mile from the old location
- Sold to R. Thorne & Sons in 1892
- 1898 A large part of the distillery buildings and the whiskey stocks are destroyed in another fire caused by an explosion in the mill. Reconstruction under the direction of Charles Chree Doig.
- 1917–1919 No production
- 1920 sold to WHHolt & Sons
- 1942 sold to James Donald Stewart, no production
- 1945 sold to S. Campbell & Sons Ltd
- 1962 Closure of the company's own malt floors
- 1973 Expansion of the distillery by one more wash still and one spirit still
- 1974 Pernod Ricard joined the company through the takeover of S. Campbell & Sons Ltd , the license holder is Chivas Bros. Ltd
production
The water of the distillery belonging to the Speyside region comes from springs on Ben Rinnes . It has two mash tuns (12 t each) and six fermentation vats (70,000 l each ) made of stainless steel . Distillation takes place in two wash stills (21,120 l each) and two spirit stills (together 35,456 l), which are heated by steam. For the bearings are Sherry - and Bourbon barrels used. When Alfred Barnard visited the then young distillery in 1886 as part of his whiskey trip, he left detailed records of the facilities. At that time there was a wash still and a spirit still in operation, each holding 7300 and 5500 liters.
Products
| Surname | Type | Age | Vol% | since | to | finish | comment |
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| Aberlour | Single malt | ten years | 40% (0.7 l.) / 43% (1 l.) | Blend of bourbon and sherry barrels, | |||
| Aberlour White Oak 2001 | Single malt | 11 years | 43% | 2012 | - | ||
| Aberlour | Single malt | 12 years | 43% | 2011 | Sherry barrel | ||
| Aberlour Non-chill-filtered | Single malt | 12 years | 48% | 2011 | Sherry barrel | not cold filtered | |
| Aberlour Sherry Cask | Single malt | 12 years | 43% | pure sherry cask maturation | |||
| Aberlour | Single malt | 15 years | 43% | Blend of bourbon and sherry barrels | |||
| Aberlour Double Cask | Single malt | 16 years | 43% | 2010 | Sherry barrel | ||
| Aberlour | Single malt | 18 years | 43% | pure sherry cask maturation | |||
| Aberlour a'bunadh | Single malt | o. indication | div. | 1997 | not cold-filtered, undyed, cask strength - the alcohol content varies, first fill oloroso cask |
The approximately 60% strong and very sherry-shaped bottling a'bunadh ( Gaelic for "origin") has a varying alcohol content. Four to five times a year, a number of First Fill Oloroso Sherry casks are selected by the Blendmaster, which are then married to the a'bunadh, the bottles are marked with the batch number and the individual alcohol concentration of the respective batch. The taste can vary significantly between the individual batches. Some older batches of a'bunadh are now traded at prices that are well above the original price. Batches 39 to 44 are currently available in stores (as of January 2013).
Furthermore, the distillery offers various special bottlings , especially for duty-free shops and export , and there are independent bottlings.
The Blend White Heather is made from the malt from Aberlour and is marketed by the Pernod-Ricar company.
literature
- Ralf Bernhardt, Hans Georg Würsching: The Aberlour Single Malt Whiskey Collector's Guide . Cluaran Verlag, Einhausen 2003, ISBN 3-9809344-0-3 .
- Alfred Barnard: The United Kingdom's Whiskey Distilleries , Monsenstein and Vannerdat , Münster 2012, ISBN 978-3-86991-497-8 . Original edition: A. Barnard: The Whiskey Distilleries of the United Kingdom. Harper's Weekly Gazette, London 1887.
- Wolfgang F. Rothe: Whiskey pilgrimages. A spiritual guide to Scotland. Editions, Sankt Ottilien 2018, ISBN 978-3-8306-7875-5 , pp. 76–85.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ audio record [1] , min. 1:27
- ^ Alfred Barnard : The United Kingdom's Whiskey Distilleries. Monsenstein and Vannerdat, Münster 2012, ISBN 978-3-86991-497-8 , pp. 163–166.
- ^ Gilbert Delos: Les Whiskeys du Monde. Translation from French: Karin-Jutta Hofmann: Whiskey from all over the world. Karl Müller, Erlangen 1998, p. 111.