Duncan Taylor is a well known Independent bottler , producing more than 500,000 bottles of whisky anuualy. Founded in 1938,and based in Huntly. DC has ownership of one of the largest privately held collections of whisky & rare whisky casks. Duncan Taylor bottles whisky under a few brands , some of which are:
Peerless – The luxury range of very old whiskies
Rare Auld – Older casks, over 18 years of age, and most over 30,bottled at cask strength, from a single cask aged at the DC warehouses.
Lonach – vatting of two casks or more , usually when older whiskies fall under the minimum ABV%.
NC2 – 10 to 15 year olds, no colouring and no Chill filtration.
i will be featuring a few DC whiskies from the Rare Auld line this week, all of which are at least 19 years of age from several distilleries.
Auchroisk (pronounced : “OH-thrusk”) [translated from Gaelic : Ford of the red stream] Lies on the road between Keith and Craigellachie in the whisky region of Speyside. It’s quite a young distillery established only in 1974. Currently owned by whisky giant Diageo, its malt is mostly used in blends, and…
As promised, i will be tasting a few Duncan Taylor bottlings from the Rare Auld line. All the Rare Auld expressions are at least 18 years of age, Single Cask, Cask Strength, Non Chill filtered … I’ve tasted only the basic 12 year old Cragganmore before, on a few occasions,…
As promised We continue our journey in Duncan Taylor land, this time with a dram coming from a Highlands distillery : Balblair. I’ve recently tasted the Balblair OB 1989 (in addition to the younger 2000 vintage), and it’s interesting to compare how the profiles differ from the OB. Ok, Let’s…
