Scotland, Speyside: Single malt whisky through the producing distilleries: history, making, production and tasting notes

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Speyside:

Allt-a-Bhainne

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The distillery

Allt-a-Bhainne Distillery
Glenrinnes, Dufftown
Banffshire AB55 4DI
+44 1542 783 331

Owner: Pernod-Ricard

Creation date: 1975

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The distillery has been founded in 1975 by Seagram (Chivas and Glenlivet group) to produce whisky needed for the blends of the group.
The first distilling took place in 1975, and the production capacity has been doubled in 1990.
It is a hi-tech distillery, and the whole process is conducted by just one person. This is possible because everything in the distillery is situated on the same level.
When the whisky is distilled, it is transported by tanker lorry to warehouses in Keith where it is transferred in casks and matured.
The production is used for the blends of the group: Chivas Regal, Passport, Something Special et 100 Pipers. It is not marketed as single malt, with some rare exceptions, like Ian McLeod who sells it.

The whisky

The sites below offer tasting notes for this distillery. Please click on the logo to access this notes.

		www.whisky-distilleries.info
		passionnesdumalt.free.fr/
		Club o. mosellan des amateurs de whisky
		www.whisky-distilleries.info
		www.whisky-fun.com

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Speyside

The Speyside area is situated at the North of the Cairngorm mountain and goes to the Moray firth. It is delimited by two rivers: the Findhorn at the West side and the Deveron on the East side.
The area is named after the river Spey. Most of the distilleries take their water in one of its affluents; the Fiddich, the Livet or the Avon.
About sixty distilleries from Speyside are described on this site.

Click on the map for a list of the distilleries of the area, on the title for further information
about the Speyside area, and if you want to make an "alphabetical journey" through the area, please
click on one of the pagode roofs, according to the direction you want to follow

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Last update: Friday, 15-Aug-2008 15:48:30 CEST
Wed 20 08 2008, 05:53 - 35 visiteurs au cours de la dernière heure et 7 visiteurs sur le site en ce moment.
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