Glen Moray
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| country | Scotland |
| region | Speyside |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 38 '39.2 " N , 3 ° 20' 28.2" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | active |
| owner | La Martiniquaise |
| Founded | 1897 |
| founder | Glen Moray Glenlivet Distillery Co. Ltd. |
| Water source | Lossie |
| Washstill (s) | 3 × 9,900 l |
| Spiritstill (s) | 3 × 5,800 l |
| Production volume | 3,500,000 l |
| Website | www.glenmoray.com |
Glen Moray is a whiskey distillery near Elgin , Moray , Scotland , UK .
history
Glen Moray was founded in 1897 by Glen Moray Glenlivet Distillery Co. Ltd. built. A brewery dating back to 1828 (West Brewery) was converted for this purpose. In 1910 the distillery was closed. It was reopened in 1912 but closed again shortly afterwards. In 1920 Glen Moray was bought by Macdonald & Muir Ltd. which had already bought Glenmorangie two years earlier . In 1923, Glen Moray reopened. In 1958 the distillery was renovated. The floor maltings were replaced by a Saladin box . In 1978 own malting was given up. In 1979 the stills were expanded from two to four and in 1992 the two older stills were replaced by new ones. 1996 called Macdonald & Muir in plc Glenmorangie. around and were taken over by Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy in October 2004 ; Glen Moray was sold to La Martiniquaise in September 2008. In the course of 2014, the distillery was expanded by two stills, and another ten stills were installed in 2015.
A new visitor center was officially opened on July 6, 2004.
Glen Moray has its place in the history of whiskey, because it was here that Macdonald & Muir began their experiments in wood finishing, which later made their other distillery, Glenmorangie, so famous.
production
The Speyside distillery's water comes from the Lossie River . The malt comes from other malt houses (Pauls and Simpon's). After expansion in 2013, the distillery has a mash tun ( 7.5 tonnes) made of stainless steel and ten fermentation vats (wash backs) (39,600 l each), also made of stainless steel. Distillation takes place in three wash stills (9,900 l each) and three spirit stills (5,800 l each), which are heated by steam. A total of eight wash stills and eight spirit stills have been used since 2015 .
Bottlings
Glen Moray is number 5 single malt in the UK. As original bottling, there were some single malts with an age of eight (so-called "Classic"), 12, 16 and 30 years. There were also three original bottlings with special wood finishings: a 12-year-old and a 16-year-old Chenin Blanc and a Chardonnay with no age information.
Four product lines have been developed since 2016, which replaced the earlier bottlings:
- Elgin Classic: with Classic Single Malt (aged for around 7 years in Burbon barrels), Classic Peated Single Malt, Classic Sherry Cask Finish, Classic Port Cask Finish and Classic Chardonnay Cask Finish (each without any age information; first matured in Burbon barrels, then for some time in the respective sherry, port or Chardonnay barrels)
- Elgin Heritage (higher quality whiskeys in four different ages): 10 years "Fire Oak" (matured in strongly carbonated casks), 12 years (Bourbon casks), 15 years (Bourbon and sherry cask maturation) and 18 years ("first fill American oak "barrel)
- Elgin Reserve with changing bottlings. After a 25-year port cask finish, a single malt Chardonnay finish will be available at the end of 2019.
- Elgin Prestige: "Glen Moray Mastery", a blend of different grades and barrel types. The oldest whiskey used dates from 1970.
In addition, a changing "Distillery Selection" from different barrels, z. B. Burgundy offered.
See also
literature
- Ralf Bernhardt, Hans Georg Würsching: The Glen Moray Single Malt Whiskey Collector's Guide . Cluaran Verlag, Einhausen 2006, ISBN 3-9809344-7-0 .
- 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 .
