Single Malt Small Batch 33YO Non Vintage
⏳ Drikkevindue
Ready to enjoy now; spirits do not mature further in the bottle and will keep indefinitely when stored properly away from direct light.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Dark chocolate, blue cheese, roasted venison
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Craigellachie is often called the 'bad boy of Speyside' due to its stubborn adherence to traditional, old-school distilling methods. While most modern distilleries transitioned to space-saving shell-and-tube condensers, Craigellachie defiantly retained its copper worm tubs—coiled copper pipes cooled in open-air water tanks. This process limits copper contact, leaving heavy, sulfurous compounds in the spirit that develop into an extraordinarily muscular, meaty, and complex character over decades of maturation. The 33-Year-Old Small Batch is a legendary testament to this slow alchemy. Resting for over three decades in oak, the initial fiery sulfur has mellowed into a luxurious tapestry of charred pineapple, beeswax, toasted macadamia nuts, and a whisper of savory smoke. It represents a rare, liquid time capsule from one of Scotland's most uncompromising distilleries.
🍾 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%