Aberlour distillery

Aberlour distillery

Aberlour [ pronunciation: Abəɹ'lur ] is a whiskey distillery in Charlestown -of- Aberlour, Speyside ( Scotland ( UK ) ). Instantaneous owner Chivas Brothers Ltd.. for Pernod Ricard, France.

History

Production

The water belonging to the Speyside distillery comes from sources at Ben Rinne. It has two mash vats (12 each t) and six fermenting vats ( per 70,000 l) stainless steel. Is distilled which are heated by steam in two wash ( per 21,120 liters ) and two spirit stills ( together 35 456 l). For the bearings sherry and bourbon casks are used. When Alfred Barnard visited the then young distillery in 1886 as part of his whiskey journey, he left detailed records of the facilities. At that time, each a wash and a Spirit Still in operation, the preconceived 7300 or 5500 l.

Products

The approximately 60 % and very strong sherry embossed filling a'bunadh ( Gaelic for "origin" ) has a varying alcohol content. Four to five times a year, a number of first-fill Oloroso sherry casks selected by the Master Blend, which are then married to a'bunadh, the bottles are labeled with the batch number and the individual alcohol concentration of the respective batches. The taste can vary significantly between the different batches. Some older batches of the a'bunadh are now traded at prices that are significantly above the original price. Currently in trade (as of January 2013) are to find the batches 39 to 44.

Furthermore, they may be offered by the distiller various special bottlings, especially for duty-free shops and the export and there are independent bottlings.