Single Malt 13YO
⏳ Drikkevindue
Ready to enjoy upon release; once opened, best consumed within 1 to 2 years to maintain its aromatic intensity.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
blue cheese, cured meats, dark chocolate
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Craigellachie's 13 Year Old Single Malt is a defiant, old-school expression of Speyside whisky-making, standing apart from its modern, lighter neighbors. Often referred to as the 'bad boy of Speyside,' this malt owes its muscular, sulfurous, and robust character to the distillery's stubborn insistence on using traditional copper worm tubs for condensation. This cooling method limits copper contact, leaving heavy, savory compounds in the spirit. The 13-year-old expression is matured in a combination of ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks, resulting in a fascinating interplay of sweet, fruity notes like baked apples and toasted marshmallows, set against a backdrop of striking bonfire smoke, flint, and a signature meaty complexity. It represents a liquid history lesson in how Speyside malts tasted before modern industrialization.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Craigellachie Distillery blev grundlagt i 1891 af Alexander Edward og den legendariske whiskypioner Peter Mackie. Destilleriet troner stolt i hjertet af skotske Speyside, hvor floderne Spey og Fiddich mødes. Ud over sin markante historiske arkitektur, tegnet af Charles Doig, er destilleriet berømt for sin kompromisløse fastholdelse af klassiske produktionsmetoder – ikke mindst den fortsatte brug af traditionelle 'worm tubs' i kobber til kondensering. Denne særlige destillationsteknik giver råspritten en robust, muskuløs og let svovlet karakter, som harmonerer smukt med livlige tropiske frugtnoter og en rig maltet dybde. I dag ejes Craigellachie af John Dewar & Sons under Bacardi og leverer anmelderroste, karakterfulde single malt whiskies, der skiller sig markant ud som både modige og nonkonformistiske i Speyside-regionen.
🍇 Base Ingredient
Malted Barley
🍷 Alkoholprocent (ABV)
46%