Aultmore
| Aultmore | |
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| country | Scotland |
| region | Speyside |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 34 '5.3 " N , 3 ° 0' 4.1" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | active |
| owner | Bacardi |
| Founded | 1896 |
| founder | Alexander Edwards |
| Water source | Alsoinderran Burn |
| Washstill (s) | 2 × 15,500 l |
| Spiritstill (s) | 2 × 14,859 l |
| Production volume | 2,900,000 l |
| Website | www.aultmore.com |
Aultmore is a whiskey distillery near Keith , Banffshire, Scotland , UK .
history
The distillery was built by Alexander Edwards in 1896. In 1898 it became part of his Oban & Aultmore-Glenlivet Distilleries . In 1913 it was owned by John Dewar & Sons and in 1925 it was taken over by Distillers Company Limited (DCL) .
In 1970/1971, Aultmore was renovated and expanded from two to four stills. In 1987 United Distillers (UD) took over the distillery. In 1998, Diageo / UD sold the distillery as part of Dewar’s together with Bombay Sapphire Gin to Bacardi for £ 1,150 million .
production
The water of the distillery, which belongs to the Highlands / Speyside region, comes from the Auchinderran Burn. The malt comes from the United Distillers-Maltings in Burghead, Roseisle and Glenesk . The distillery has a mash tun ( mash do ) (9.2 tons) of steel and six fermentation tanks ( wash backs ) (per 46,500 liters) of larch . Distillation takes place in two wash stills (15,500 l each) and two spirit stills (14,859 l each) that are heated by steam.
Bottlings
A 12-year-old single malt has been available as an original bottling since 2004. There is a 21 year old from the United Distillers Rare Malts series. The Shieldaig collection has a 16 year old (251 bottles) and a 23 year old (162 bottles).
See also
literature
- Charles MacLean (Ed.): Whiskey. World Guide, Regions, Distillers, Malts, Blends, Tasting Notes. Dorling Kindersley, London et al. 2008, ISBN 978-0-7566-3349-3 .
- Walter Schobert: The whiskey dictionary. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 2003, ISBN 978-3-596-15868-3
- Ingvar Ronde (Ed.): Malt Whiskey Yearbook 2017 MagDig Media Limited, Shrewsbury. 2016, ISBN 978-0-9576553-3-1
Web links
swell
- ↑ Information about the sale ( Memento from June 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive )