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Cragganmore

Location :	Ballindalloch Estate, Banffshire. Grampian Region. - North of the A95 between Grantown-on-Spey and Ballindalloch, close to the River Spey.
Region :	Highland Speyside
Country :	Scotland
Type :	Single Malt
Distillery :	Distillery Cragganmore Ballindalloch Ballindalloch, Banffshire AB37, 9AB, Scotland Phone : 01807-500202 Fax : 01807-500288 Manager : Mike Funn Visitor centre : Phone : 01807-500202 Fax : 01807-500288 Trade visitors and public by appointment only.
Founded :	1869 By John Smith. (Son of Geroge Smith founder of The Glenlivet Distillery.)
Owner :	United Distillers. (Diageo)
Producer :	?
Water :	Craggan Mor Hill / The Craggan Burn.
Remark :	Cragganmore : One og the six Classic Malt of Scotland. A 12 year old elegant, sophisticated Speyside with the most complex aroma of any malt. Astonishingly fragrant with sweetish notes and a smoky maltiness on the finish. They use ex-bourbon casks. The distillery have 2 wash stills and 2 spirit stills. From the Whisky pilot by Uniqum Systems : Mr John Smith founded Cragganmore distillery in 1869 in the mountain district, high on the River Spey where it meets the Avon and the Livet. The distillery never closed for even a fortnight in any year up until the summer of 1901, when reconstruction began. The distillery was rebuilt in 1902 and expanded in 1964 from two to four stills. An interesting feature is that the spirit stills have flat topped, T-shaped lyne pipes instead of the usual swan necks. The stills have cooling worms rather than condensers. The distillery drains its water from the Craggan Burn, a spring on the Craggan More Hill. Cragganmore occupies a site north of the A95 between Grantown-on-Spey and Ballindalloch, close to the River Spey. It was the first Speyside distillery to be located to take advantage of railway transport, the former railway line (now the Speyside Way footpath) passing the distillery's doors.

The entrance to the Cragganmore distillery picture from www.scotchwhisky.net

Cragganmore Bottlings

Cragganmore 12 years old

Age :	12 years old.
Vol :	40%
Type :	Single Malt
Price :	(in Danish kr. 70cl. : 395,- )
Taste :	Scotch malt !
Remark :	A bit smokey but still soft and medium long finish.

Testet : Yes

Color : Medium
Taste : Sød malt.
Eftersmag : Efterlader en let røget malt smag.
Remark : God whisky - Dog lidt for dyr i forhold til kvaliten. Andre er måske ikke helt på højde med denne whisky, men de koster25% mindre i dkr. De 25% man betaler mere for denne, får man kun 5% mere hvad angår duft og smag.
Total Score : 8

Cragganmore Highland Speyside Single Malt Speyside 12 12 Years old.
Cragganmore 12 years old (DCL) Single Speyside Speyside 12 45,7 DCL bottling (pre-Guinness) bottling.
Cragganmore 12 years old (UD) Single Speyside Speyside 12 40 The water is taken from the Craggan Burn. In the past, peats having been left to dry on the peat moss for a `year' were then stored in stacks for 3 years prior to being used. United Distillers bottling, one of the Classic Malts. Available in 70cl and 5cl bottles.
Cragganmore 17 years old Single Speyside Speyside 17 1976 53,8 Gordon & MacPhail bottling: cask nos. 3588-91 distilled 21st July, 1976.
Cragganmore 1976 Single Speyside Speyside 1976 40 Gordon & MacPhail bottling.
Cragganmore 1976 Cask Strength Cask Strength Speyside 1976 53,8 Available as 1976 distillings.
Cragganmore 1977 Single Speyside Speyside 1977 40 The water is taken from the Craggan Burn. In the past, peats having been left to dry on the peat moss for a `year' were then stored in stacks for 3 years prior to being used. The 1977 distilling will be followed by the 1978 distilling. Available in 70cl and 5cl bottles.