Balmenach
| Balmenach | |
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| country | Scotland |
| region | Speyside |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 19 '33.2 " N , 3 ° 32' 2.7" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | active |
| owner | Inver House Distillers Ltd. |
| Founded | 1824 |
| founder | James McGregor |
| Water source | Cromdale Burn |
| Washstill (s) | 3 × 16,000 l |
| Spiritstill (s) | 3 × 10,500 l |
| Production volume | 2,000,000 l |
| Website | www.interbevgroup.com/group-inver-house.php |
Balmenach (pronunciations vary between [bal'mɛnəx] and [ˌbalme'nax] ) is a whiskey distillery near Cromdale , Moray , Scotland , Great Britain .
history
The distillery was probably founded by James McGregor in 1824. In 1897 it became the Balmenach Glenlivet Distillery Company . In 1930 the distillery was sold to Scottish Malt Distillers ( SMD ). Balmenach was closed from 1941 to 1947. In 1962 the number of stills is increased from four to six. In 1964 the malting floors are closed and replaced by a Saladin box which was used until the 1980s. In 1987 United Distillers ( UD ) bought the distillery. In May 1993 Balmenach was closed. In December 1997 the distillery was bought by Inver House Distillers and on March 2, 1998 production started again.
production
The water for the Speyside distillery comes from the Cromdale Burn. The malt is sourced from United Distillers-Maltings. The distillery has a mash tun ( mash do ) (7.6 t) of steel and six fermentation tanks ( wash backs ) made of Douglas fir (per 40,000 l). Is distilled in six stills , three of which are coarse blisters (wash stills) (per 16,000 l) and three fine blisters ( spirit stills ) (per 10,500 l) which are heated by steam.
Bottlings
There is currently no original bottling from Balmenach; The sherry-heavy 12-year-old bottling from the Flora & Fauna series by Diageo has disappeared from the market and can only be found at collectors. Since production only started again in 1998, it will probably be a few years before an original bottling comes onto the market again. Independent bottlers like Gordon & MacPhail still have some Balmenach bottlings in their product range.
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jhb/whisky/sounds/balmenac.wav
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
