Welcome to day 8 today we have a lesser known distillery and when picking the notes I am not really sure why. This is light, fruity, and tasty and I will need to find more. I really don’t know what more to say here so let’s just dig in and enjoy!
Whisky
Country: Scotland
Age: 10
ABV: 46%
Profile
The Glencadam Distillery was founded in 1825, by merchant George Cooper, about 200 yards from Brechin Distillery. David Scott was proprietor from 1827 to 1837. The distillery changed hands a number of times between 1837 and 1891. Gilmour, Thompson & Company Limited purchased the distillery in 1891 and used some of the Glencadam product in their Royal Blend brand of blended whisky. The distillery, as with most others, reduced production during World War II owing to fuel and grain rationing.
Hiram Walker bought the distillery in 1954, they were bought by George Ballantine & Son Ltd two years later, and ownership of the distillery eventually passed to Allied Domecq through further consolidation in the industry. Allied Domecq mothballed the distillery in 2000 before selling the distillery to the present owners, Angus Dundee plc in 2003. Angus Dundee also own the Tomintoul Distillery.
The present owners quickly resumed production and the product from the distillery is used in their own blended and vatted malt whisky products, as well as being sold to other blenders. As of July 2010 Glencadam Malt Whisky is available in a range of official bottlings aged 10 to 21 years, as a component of Ballantine’s and Stewart’s Cream of the Barley blended whiskies, Angus Dundee’s own blended and vatted whiskies, and in a number of other blended brands. Independent bottlings are also readily available, both as single malt and as vatted malts.
In November 2008, Angus Dundee plc re-launched the Glencadam line with new packaging and added a new 10 year-old single malt. Then, in July 2010 the company added three new expressions: a 21-year-old, a 12-year-old finished in port wood, and a 14-year-old finished in an oloroso sherry cask. More recently a 17-year-old finished in port wood was also released.
History
The company was formed in 2003 by Angus Dundee Distillers to acquire the Glencadam distillery from Allied Distillers.
The Brechin distillery, which was built in 1825, had produced a light, fruity malt whisky for blending, but had been mothballed by its owner since 2000.
Following its takeover by Angus Dundee, Glencadam was reopened and in 2008 released its own range of single malts.
Tasting Notes
Nose: Hay, Fruit, Gentle wood influence, Light vanilla, Spice
Taste: Tart fruits, Freshly cut hay, Vanilla sweetness,
Finish: Barley malt, Fruit
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