Glencraig

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GLENCRAIG

20 years old

40 %
CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distilled 1970
Bottled 1990
Proprietors: Jas. & Geo. Stodart Ltd
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

For a few years a small number of distilleries dotted around Scotland produced special

whiskies. Glenburgie thoughwas one though those “Lomond”stills were fed by the same washbacks which also fermented for the ordinary stills, this very different whisky was re –

named and treated as if from a different distillery, in this case Glen Craig.

GLENCRAIG

24 years old

40 %
CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distilled 1970
Bottled 1994
Proprietors: J. & G. Stodart Ltd
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

GLENCRAIG

26 years old

40 %
CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distilled 1970
Bottled 1996
Trade Mark of Proprietors:
J. & G. Stodart Ltd
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

GLENCRAIG

24 years old

40 %
CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distilled 1975
Bottled 1999
Trade Mark of Proprietors:
J. & G. Stodart Ltd
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

GLENCRAIG

25 years old

40 %
CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distilled 1975
Bottled 2000
Proprietors: J. & G. Stodart Ltd
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

GLENCRAIG

29 years old

40 %
CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distilled 1975
Bottled 2004
Proprietors: J & G Stodart Ltd
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

GLENCRAIG

22 years old

57,5 %

Speyside
AUTHENTIC COLLECTION
Cask Strenght
Distilled 1981
Wood Type: Bourbon Hogshead
Bottled July 2003
No. of Bottles: 216
Wm. Cadenhead Limited,
Campbeltown, Argyll
Wm. Cadenhead bottles all products as single cask. To ensure all the natural character of the product we do not chill filter or add caramel.

Wm. Cadenhead: an independent bottler not connected with the distiller.

GLENCRAIG

28 years old

57,1 %
SIGNATORY VINTAGE
CASK STRENGHT COLLECTION
Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Matured in a Bourbon Barrel
Distilled: 1975
Bottled: 2004
Cask No;   7934
181 Numbered Bottles
Natural Colour
Signatory Vintage
Scotch Whisky Co, Ltd, Edinburgh

GLENCRAIG

28 years old

56,8 %
SIGNATORY VINTAGE
CASK STRENGHT COLLECTION
Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Matured in a Bourbon Barrel
Distilled: 1975
Bottled: 2004
Cask No;   7935
173 Numbered Bottles
Natural Colour
Signatory Vintage
Scotch Whisky Co, Ltd, Edinburgh

GLENCRAiG

30 years old

51,1%

SINGLE CASK SCOTCH MALT WHISKY
Date distilled Jun 74
Date bottled Mar 05
Society Cask code: 104.6
Outturn 199 Bottles
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society,
The Vaults, Leith, Edinburgh
'Bright zing despite the years'
This malt was made on Lomond stills at Hiram Walker's Glenburgie Distillery between 1958 and 1981. and was named after the company's head of production.

The Lomond technique, which was invented by Alistair Cunningham (who later became M D of Allied Distillers, successors to Hiram Walker), allowed whiskies of different character to be produced from the same wort. This sample is certainly from the lighter end of the scale, though no less interesting for that.

A refill barrel has produced a straw-gold colour and a light, sweet floral and sol venty nose with notes of pineapple, marzipan and vanilla¬ tastes as it smells but is dry and has enough acidity to give it a bright zing despite the many years.

This distillery, between Forres and Alves, produced spirit using Lomond stills in the

60’s and 70’; few casks survived.

The nose has huge fruit perfume – ripe cantaloupe melon, cola cubes and windfall apples

in autumn orchards. Occasionally it has old leather and nail – varnish – one panel member

was reminded of ‘naughty dungeons’(no – one asked for more information) The unreduced

palate has apple, melon and other exotic fruits, as well as elderflower and touches of smoke

and spice.

With water, the nose has fabulous perfume, macadamia nuts and church incense, while the

taste turns to red liquorice. Gloriously different

GLENCRAIG

30 years old

40.2 %
RAREST OF THE RARE
SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY
A Historic Collection of
Cask Strenght Single Cask Whiskies
from Distilleries which no longer exist
CASK STRENGHT
Unique Whiskies of Distinction
Fons et Origo
DTC
Distilled:   03.1974
Bottled: 10.2004
Cask no.   2928
229 Numbered Bottles
Duncan Taylor & Co, Ltd, Huntly, Aberdeenshire

GLENCRAIG

Aged 30 years

49,6 %
SIGNATORY VINTAGE
CASK STRENGHT COLLECTION
Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distilled on: 11/06/1976
Matured in a Bourbon Barrel
Cask No: 4251
219 Numbered Bottles
Natural Colour
Signatory Vintage scotch Whisky Co, Ltd, Edinburgh

GLENCRAIG

Aged in oak 33 years

50,5 %

SINGLE CASK SCOTCH MALT WHISKY
Society cask no. 104.9
THE ANNIVERARY 25 YEARS
1983 - 2008
Date distilled Jun 74
Cask type Refill Barrel
Date bottled Mar 08
Outturn 204 bottles
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society,
The Vaults, Leith, Edinburgh
'Church incense in naughty dungeons'
This distillery, between Forres and Alves, produced spirit using Lomond stills in the

60’s and 70’; few casks survived.

The nose has huge fruit perfume – ripe cantaloupe melon, cola cubes and windfall apples

in autumn orchards. Occasionally it has old leather and nail – varnish – one panel member

was reminded of ‘naughty dungeons’(no – one asked for more information) The unreduced

palate has apple, melon and other exotic fruits, as well as elderflower and touches of smoke

and spice.

With water, the nose has fabulous perfume, macadamia nuts and church incense, while the

taste turns to red liquorice. Gloriously different

GLENCRAIG
1 9 7 6

42,7 %
Aged 35 years
SIGNATORY VINTAGE
CASK STRENGHT COLLECTION
Speyside Single malt Scotch Whisky
Distilled on: 11/06/1976
Matured in a Bourbon barrel
Bottled on: 01/11/2011
Cask No. 4255
185 Numbered Bottles
Natural Colour
Casks Individally Selected and Bottled
by Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky Co, Ltd,
Pitlochry

Speyside
GLENCRAIG also see GLENBURGIE - GLENLIVET / Glen Keith, Glenisla

Forres, Morayshire. Licentiehouder: James & George Stodart Ltd. Onderdeel van Allied Distillers Ltd. Deel uitmakend van Hiram Walker Ltd. Eigendom van Allied - Lyons Pic.

Glencraig is maar 22 jaar geproduceerd geweest, van 1958 tot 1980. Deze uit de 'Lomond' ketels afkomstige single malt whisky van de Glenburgie - Glenlivet distilleerderij is wat wilder, exotischer dan de gewone single malt whisky van deze distilleerderij en werd daarom ook onder een andere naam uitgebracht.

De 'Lomond' ketels is een uitvinding van Fred Whiting, een medewerker van Hiram Walker, en was een variant op de pot still ketel en bestond uit een bijna drie meter kolom in plaats van de normale zwanenhals met een watermantel aan het bovenste stuk van deze kolom, die de hoeveelheid bepaalde van de neerslag die terugloopt in de ketels.
Deze ketels werden voor het eerst gebruikt in de Lomond distilleerderij bij Dumbarton, later ook bij Glenburgie - Glenlivet, Miltonduff en Scapa.
De ketels zijn in 1980 weer verwijderd.
Bill Craig was de General Manager van Allied Distillers's malt whisky distilleerderijen, die de groep 49 jaar diende en in 1993 met pensioen
ging.

For a few years a small number of distilleries dotted around Scotland produced special
whiskies. Glenburgie thoughwas one though those "Lomond"stills were fed by the same washbacks which also fermented for the ordinary stills, this very different whisky was re -
named and treated as if from a different distillery, in this case Glen Craig.

In 1955 Alastair Cunningham and his Hiram Walker colleague, draftsman Arthur Warren, developed the Lomond still to produce a light, fruity spirit for the likes of Ballantine’s.

After a successful trial at Inverleven, the malt whisky distillery within the firm’s Dumbarton distillery complex in Dumbarton, it was decided to install a Lomond wash and spirit still at Glenburgie in Moray in 1958.

Christened Glencraig, its newmake spirit was distinct from Glenburgie’s, and gave Hiram Walker another malt for its blends without having to invest in a whole new distillery.

Unfortunately the so-called rectifying plates in the neck of Lomond stills were notoriously hard to clean, and in 1981 they were abandoned at Glenburgie. Since then occasional bottles of Glencraig single malt have been released by Duncan Taylor, Gordon & MacPhail, Signatory and the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

Today Glenburgie distillery is operated by Chivas Brothers, its whisky still largely used for the Ballantine’s blend.

1955

Alastair Cunningham and Arthur Warren

develop the Lomond still

1956

Hiram Walker installs the first Lomond

still at Inverleven within its Dumbarton

distilling complex

1958

A Lomond wash and spirit still are

installed at Glenburgie, and Glencraig is born

1981

Production of Glencraig ceases as Glenburgie

abandons its Lomond stills

2004

The original Glenburgie distillery is demolished

and rebuilt into a more open plan plant

2005

Glenburgie joins Pernod Ricard’s

Chivas Brothers Holdings

Pernod Ricard

2005 - present

Chivas Brothers Holdings

2005 - present

Allied Domecq

1994 - 2005

Allied Lyons

1987 - 1994

Hiram Walker & Sons

1958 - 1987

GLENCRAIG

SPEYSIDE SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY

While independent bottlings of Glencraig occasionally appear, it was never intended as a single malt in its brief life. It was distilled by Hiram Walker at the Glenburgie distillery to provide a different style of malt for the firm’s blends, such as its top-selling Ballantine’s Finest.

The difference came from using Lomond stills which incorporated various perforated plates and an adjustable lyne arm to vary the reflux. It was named Glencraig after Hiram Walker’s production director, Willie Craig.

A 1975 bottling by Gordon & MacPhail was described as ‘sweet and fruity… with a spicy edge and orange peel aromas’.

PRODUCED AT

Glenburgie

m and his Hiram Walker colleague, draftsman Arthur Warren, developed the Lomond still to produce a light, fruity spirit for the likes of Ballantine’s.

Christened Glencraig, its newmake spirit was distinct from Glenburgie’s, and gave Hiram Walker another malt for its blends without having to invest in a whole new distillery.

Today Glenburgie distillery is operated by Chivas Brothers, its whisky still largely used for the Ballantine’s blend.