Pràban na Linne
| Pràban na Linne | |
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 View of the building (right) of the company headquarters |
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| country | Scotland |
| region | Skye |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 8 '44.5 " N , 5 ° 47' 57.9" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | active |
| owner | family run |
| Founded | 1976 |
| founder | Iain Noble |
| Website | gaelicwhisky.com |
Pràban na Linne Ltd. ( The Gaelic Whiskey Co. ) is a Scottish independent producer, bottler and distributor of Isle of Skye Scotch whiskey . The family-run company was founded in 1976 by the landowner Sir Iain Noble († 2010) in Isleornsay . It was the first producer to carry out and advertise the bottling of non-cold-filtered whiskeys.
history
Noble is known for his commitment to promoting the peculiarity of the Gaelic-Scottish culture and language and their preservation, especially that of the Hebrides and in particular on the Isle of Skye. To develop the economy and create jobs in the southern part of the island, Noble planned the company in the 1970s and has been producing whiskey since 1976.
The Gaelic name means "whiskey depot on the Sound of Sleat ", on the coast of which the company is located in Eilean Iarmain (Isleornsay). Whereby Pràban actually means a non-legal pub , similar to the Shebeens , the name alludes to the tradition of the formerly widespread illicit distillery - the origin of today's pronounced industrial large-scale production.
Pràban na Linne's original goal was, as the company still advertises today, to produce "Gaelic whiskey" in order to sell traditional products to the primary target group of the local population as customers. In the future, the company plans to build its own distillery - the second next to Talisker - on Skye. It is said to be named "Torabhaigh" and to be built on the site of a 200 year old farm in the south of the Isle of Skye. Planning permission was granted in the mid-2000s and the construction costs are expected to be around GBP 3 million.
Products
Pràban na Linne is currently bottling three internationally award-winning blends :
- Té Bheag nan Eilan , homely oriented; smoky and peaty made from malt and grain. The company's first brand, launched in 1976, whose name means "Little Lady of the Islands".
- Poit Dhubh , made entirely from malt whiskeys, a vatted malt . The brand was introduced in 1982, the name means "black pot", a Gaelic term for illegal stills.
- Mac NaMara , for export; light and less typical of the island with a focus on smoke and peat made from malt and grain. The brand was launched in 1995 as the company's third and so far last, the brand name means "son of the sea".
For the Blend Té Bheag , the region and the age of the whiskeys used are shown: from Islay and, indefinitely, from the islands, from the Highlands and from the Speyside at the age of eight to eleven years. For the other two brands, the origin of the whiskeys used is not stated. Filling is carried out on behalf of external companies located in the Central Belt .
literature
- Stefan Gabányi: Schumann's Whisk (e) y Lexicon. Completely revised, expanded and updated new edition. Coll. Rolf Heyne, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-89910-338-6 .
- Charles MacLean (Ed.): Whiskey. World Guide, Regions, Distillers, Malts, Blends, Tasting Notes. Dorling Kindersley, New York NY et al. 2008, ISBN 978-0-7566-3349-3 .
- Walter Schobert: The whiskey dictionary (= Fischer. 15868). Revised new edition. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-596-15868-0 .