Aultmore Whisky
Aultmore Speyside Single Malt Skotsk WhiskyOwner: Region/district: John Dewar & Sons Speyside (Bacardi) Founded: Status: Capacity: 1896 Active 3 030 000 litres Address: Keith, Banffshire AB55 6QY Tel: website: 01542 881800 - History: 1896 – Alexander Edward, owner of Benrinnes and co-founder of Craigellachie Distillery, builds Aultmore. 1897 – Production starts. 1898 – Production is doubled; the company Oban & Aultmore Glenlivet Distilleries Ltd manages Aultmore. 1923 – Alexander Edward sells Aultmore for £20,000 to John Dewar & Sons. 1925 – Dewar’s becomes part of Distillers Company Limited (DCL). 1930 – The administration is transferred to Scottish Malt Distillers (SMD). 1971 – The stills are increased from two to four. 1991 – UDV launches a 12-year old Aultmore in the Flora & Fauna series. 1996 – A 21 year old cask strength is marketed as a Rare Malt. 1998 – Diageo sells Dewar’s and Bombay Gin to Bacardi for £1,150 million. 2004 – A new official bottling is launched (12 years old). Bogen er på Engelsk skrevet af Ingvar Ronde, samt en masse whiskyeksperter bl.a.: Chris Bunting, Gavin D Smith, Ian Buxton; Charles MacLean, Dominic Roskrow, Colin Dunn, Neil Ridley 2012 udgaven er udvidet med 24 sider til i alt 300 sider. Malt Whisky Yearbook 2012 fortæller alt om alle skotske, irske & japanske destillerier krydret med mere end 500 billeder. Derudover en detaljeret gennemgang af helt nye og planlagte destillerier samt destillerier fra lande vi normalt ikke forbinder med Whisky. Kort sagt, Malt Whisky Yearbook 2012 er et fantastisk opslagsværk, der fortæller dig alt hvad du behøver at vide om verdens maltwhisky - og mere til!  |
