Single Malt Refill Barrel 'Full Cask' No 800592
⏳ Drikkevindue
Ready to enjoy upon bottling, this spirit will remain stable and can be savored over many decades.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Smoked duck breast, blue cheese, sticky toffee pudding
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Craigellachie is often whispered about among whisky connoisseurs as the defiant rebel of Speyside. Founded in 1891 during the late-Victorian whisky boom by the legendary Peter Mackie and Alexander Edward, the distillery has stubbornly resisted modern efficiency in favor of character. While most distilleries transitioned to modern condensers, Craigellachie famously retained its traditional copper worm tubs—coiled pipes cooled in cold water tanks. This slow condensation process limits copper contact, leaving a heavy, sulfurous, and meaty character in the new-make spirit. When filled into a refill barrel, such as Cask No 800592, the wood plays a supporting role. Rather than masking the spirit with heavy oak or sherry influence, the refill wood allows Craigellachie's muscular, pineapple-tinged, and savory distillate to take center stage, maturing slowly into a complex and unapologetically old-school single malt.
🍾 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.