Ladyburn
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LADYBURN
20 years old
46 %
Distilled November 1966
Bottled November 1987
Proprietors: William Grant & Sons Ltd
Wm. Cadenhead, 18 Golden Square,
Aberdeen
Bottled November 1987
Proprietors: William Grant & Sons Ltd
Wm. Cadenhead, 18 Golden Square,
Aberdeen
Bleek van kleur. Licht en fruitig in de neus. Licht van body. Lichte droge iets zoete smaak. Krachtige, droge afdronk
LADYBURN
26 years old
50,4 %
VINTAGE SINGLE CASK 1973
Distilled 1973
Bottled 2000
Bourbon Wood Cask
Cask No. 3188
Limited Edition
3000 bottles
The Ladyburn Distillery
LADYBURN
VINTAGE SINGLE CASK 1973
Distilled 1973
Bottled 2000
Bourbon Wood Cask
Cask No. 3188
Limited Edition
3000 bottles
The Ladyburn Distillery
LADYBURN
27 years old
50.4 %
VINTAGE SINGLE CASK 1973
Distilled 1973
Bottled 2000
Bourbon Wood Cask
Cask No. 3177
Limited Edition
3000 Genummerde flessen
The Ladyburn Distillery
Distilled 1973
Bottled 2000
Bourbon Wood Cask
Cask No. 3177
Limited Edition
3000 Genummerde flessen
The Ladyburn Distillery
This is the first single cask bottling in Ladyburn's history.
Tasting notes:
Nose: A perfect balance of delicate fragrant honey with a suggestion of oak.
Taste: Initially, beautifully soft on the palate, a mellow rounded malt hin¬ting at sweet and vanilla notes.
Finish: The finish is classic dry oak, typical of the finest Lowland malt.
LADYBURN
Girvan, Ayrshire. Eigendom van William Grant & Sons Ltd.
In 1975 gesloten en ontmanteld.
William Grant & Sons Ltd bouwden in 1963 de Girvan graan distilleerderij om niet afhan-kelijk te zijn van concurenten.
In 1965 werd binnen het complex een malt distilleerderij gebouwd: Ladyburn.
Het was een voor die tijd heel moderne distilleerderij, volledig geautomatiseerd en kon door één man worden bediend.
Ladyburn stond in een hoek van de graan distilleerderij. Het water kwam van Penwhapple Loch.
The Ladyburn distillery used to use six stainless stell washbacks.
Ladyburn had vier uivormige ketels, twee wash stills van elk 16.056 liter en twee
spirit stills met een bobbel boven het onderste deel van de ketels, van elk 14.760 liter.
De spirit still had een purifier, (die zelden werd gebruikt).
De mash tun kon acht ton bevatten en is nu in gebruik bij Glenfiddich.
Ladyburn had vijf wash backs van ijzer.
Ladyburn had vier uivormige ketels, twee wash stills van elk 16.056 liter en twee
spirit stills met een bobbel boven het onderste deel van de ketels, van elk 14.760 liter.
De spirit still had een purifier, (die zelden werd gebruikt).
De mash tun kon acht ton bevatten en is nu in gebruik bij Glenfiddich.
Ladyburn had vijf wash backs van ijzer.
Ladyburn is heel beperkt als single malt gebotteld geweest door William Grant, voor de Amerikaanse markt.
Er zouden nog een paar vaten liggen te Girvan.
Er is naar nu bekend maar één , nu historische botteling over, die van Wm. Cadenhead, uit 1987, die op veilingen record prijzen opbrengt.
Er werd veel geëxperimenteerd in de Ladyburn distilleerderij met verschillende stijlen van whisky produceren.
The Ladyburn Distillery was built in 1966 by William Grant & Sons in the south west of Ayrshire, Scotland. It remained hidden from public vieuw, quiet and invisible, displaying none of the traditional hallmarks of a malt whisky distillery.
In the history of the distillery there has never been a bottling of Ladyburn single cask.
The final production took place on November 15th 1975.
William Grant & Sons has carried out only a very limited number of bottlings of Ladyburn malt whisky, making it one of the rarest malts in the world.
When the distillery ceased production the malt master selected the finest remaining casks of Ladyburn and ensured that they laid down to mature gently.
These few casks are only sign that Ladyburn existed and its brief history remains one of the greatest secrets of malt whisky.
2001:
Uit het jaar 1973 werden tot dusver
de volgende vaten gebotteld:
1590,
1591,
3167,
3172,
3177,
3185,
3188,
3200,
3201,
3204,
3209,
3210,
3221,
3223,
3233,
4467,
4469,
4482,
4510
4525.
2007
William Grant & Sons Ltd gaan een malt
2007
William Grant & Sons Ltd gaan een malt
distilleerderij bouwen te Girvan
Er komen vier wash- en vier spiritstills.
De bouw moet in negen maanden voltooid
Er komen vier wash- en vier spiritstills.
De bouw moet in negen maanden voltooid
zijn en voor de kerst moet de eerste spirit
uit de ketels komen.
In 2012 komt dan de eerste malt whisky
In 2012 komt dan de eerste malt whisky
van 5 jaar oud uit.
De kosten bedragen 5000.000 pond
1963
De kosten bedragen 5000.000 pond
1963
William Grant & Sons builds
the grain distillery Girvan
1966
1966
The malt distillery Ladyburn is
build on the premises of Girvan
1975
1975
Ladyburn closes in November
1976
1976
The ecquipment is dismantled
2007
2007
Ailsa Bay produces since
September malt whisky
An incredibly rare whisky, Ladyburn has only been bottled on two occasions by its owner. Independent bottlings are equally hard to find. It appears to have been a straight down the line malt with some delicate floral/lemon notes and a crisp finish.
The whisky boom of the 1960s resulted in a brief fashion for malt distilleries being ensconced within grain distilleries: Kinclaith in Strathclyde; Glenflagler and Killyloch from Moffat; Ben Wyvis in Invergordon; and Inverleven & Lomond in Dumbarton. Ladyburn was a member of that gang.
It was built within William Grant & Sons’ Girvan grain complex in 1966, its four stills destined to produce fillings for the Grant’s blends and also to free up stock from Glenfiddich which was, by then, beginning to make a name for itself as a single malt brand.
However, when the grain side of Girvan’s operation needed to expand in 1975, Ladyburn was dismantled. Its spirit lingers on because, in 2007, another single malt distillery opened within Girvan – Ailsa Bay.
An incredibly rare whisky, Ladyburn has only been bottled on two occasions by its owner. Independent bottlings are equally hard to find. It appears to have been a straight down the line malt with some delicate floral/lemon notes and a crisp finish.
The whisky boom of the 1960s resulted in a brief fashion for malt distilleries being ensconced within grain distilleries: Kinclaith in Strathclyde; Glenflagler and Killyloch from Moffat; Ben Wyvis in Invergordon; and Inverleven & Lomond in Dumbarton. Ladyburn was a member of that gang.
It was built within William Grant & Sons’ Girvan grain complex in 1966, its four stills destined to produce fillings for the Grant’s blends and also to free up stock from Glenfiddich which was, by then, beginning to make a name for itself as a single malt brand.
However, when the grain side of Girvan’s operation needed to expand in 1975, Ladyburn was dismantled. Its spirit lingers on because, in 2007, another single malt distillery opened within Girvan – Ailsa Bay.
An incredibly rare whisky, Ladyburn has only been bottled on two occasions by its owner. Independent bottlings are equally hard to find. It appears to have been a straight down the line malt with some delicate floral/lemon notes and a crisp finish.
The whisky boom of the 1960s resulted in a brief fashion for malt distilleries being ensconced within grain distilleries: Kinclaith in Strathclyde; Glenflagler and Killyloch from Moffat; Ben Wyvis in Invergordon; and Inverleven & Lomond in Dumbarton. Ladyburn was a member of that gang.
It was built within William Grant & Sons’ Girvan grain complex in 1966, its four stills destined to produce fillings for the Grant’s blends and also to free up stock from Glenfiddich which was, by then, beginning to make a name for itself as a single malt brand.
However, when the grain side of Girvan’s operation needed to expand in 1975, Ladyburn was dismantled. Its spirit lingers on because, in 2007, another single malt distillery opened within Girvan – Ailsa Bay.
Ladyburn distillery had a very brief operational career. William Grant and Sons Limited established Ladyburn in 1966. The operation did not have it's own 'distillery' as such, but was instead two pairs of stills within the larger Girvan distillery, located in the Lowlands of Scotland, a short drive from Glasgow.
Sourcing official bottlings from Ladyburn is extremely difficult, even when you compare it to other obscure whiskys. One of the biggest contributing factors to the scarcity of bottlings, aside from the fact that the distillery has now been demolished, is that the Ladyburn never existed as its own fully independent distillery. The site was an extension of the Girvan distillery, and was less of an independent distillery than a pair of stills located within the Girvan complex. Ladyburn was often called 'Ayrshire' by the independent bottlers, making it even more challenging to track down. On top of all of these factors, Ladyburn operated for only ten years - surely making it one of the most elusive single malts to add to a collection. During its operational lifetime, Ladyburn didn't release any official bottlings, although in the 2000s, a few were finally released. The main purpose of the Ladyburn distillery was to produce single malt spirit to be used for blending in the Grants' blends, but the distillery did allow a small but significant number of independent bottlings performed from the Ladyburn distillery, mainly by Signatory Vintage, in addition to the official bottlings.
The Production
Unfortunately, the production capacity of Ladyburn is unknown. However, as the site used only four pot stills, it is possible to estimate that the capacity must not have been more than 2 million liters a year. The distillery used six stainless steel washbacks. The water used in production was drawn from Penwapple burn.
The distillery operated with 2 wash and 2 spirit pot stills. Although we cannot know for sure, experts agree that it seems fairly likely that the stills at Ladyburn had a traditional 'Speyside' shape, with wide spherical lids and a tall conical necks.
Ladyburn sourced it's malts from Glenfiddich, it's sister distillery. Glenfiddich still used it's own malting floors at this time, and the malts were transported down from Speyside to the Lowlands, where Ladyburn was located.
Ladyburn was aged on-site in the warehouses at Girvan distillery. The distillery's warehouse complex was composed of both dunnage and racked warehouses. The spirit was aged in a combination of European and American Oak casks.
Ladyburn distillery had a very brief operational career. William Grant and Sons Limited established Ladyburn in 1966. The operation did not have it's own 'distillery' as such, but was instead two pairs of stills within the larger Girvan distillery, located in the Lowlands of Scotland, a short drive from Glasgow. Girvan distillery itself was built in 1963, and then in 1966, William Grant & Sons decided to make a small expansion in the shape of Ladyburn. Girvan was a grain whisky distillery, producing spirit that was intended to be used in Grants' blends. Ladybank was intended to provide a small amount of single malt, also to be used as part of blends. In 1976, Grant & Sons decided to shut the Ladyburn production down. The equipment used in production was dismantled. Today the only remainders of Ladyburn's legacy are the few elusive bottlings and the Girvan complex, which is still operational.
In 2007 Wm. Grant & Sons decided to built a new malt whisky distillery inside the Girvan grain complex. It is called Ailsa Bay and has not yet released an single malt whisky.
Visitor's Centre
Sadly, the modern-day Girvan distillery is closed to the public, so it is not possible to tour the complex in which Ladyburn was produced.