Here’s my homework outline for my presentation at the KOTQ Las Vegas, 15Q3\/Q4 on January 16, 2016. I’ll put the summary first:<\/p>\n
The Glenglassaugh Distillery in Summary: 1875-1907: THE FOUNDING 1907-1960: DARK TIMES 1960-1986: SUPPORT OF BLENDS 1986-2008 WAREHOUSE OPERATES Post 2008: REVIVAL! CAMPAIGNS<\/em><\/p>\n – “Spirit That Cannot Be Named” et al (because it wasn’t legally scotch due to its age) expression released in 2009 Here’s my homework outline for my presentation at the KOTQ Las Vegas, 15Q3\/Q4 on January 16, 2016. I’ll put the summary first: The Glenglassaugh Distillery in Summary: 1) Tradition of quality from water, coastal location (warehousing), and equipment configuration; resisted blend corruption 2) Beneficiary of large Portsoy warehouse (Rare Cask Series, Massandra Collection, perhaps focus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1142"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1149,"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142\/revisions\/1149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n 1) Tradition of quality from water, coastal location (warehousing), and equipment configuration; resisted blend corruption
\n 2) Beneficiary of large Portsoy warehouse (Rare Cask Series, Massandra Collection, perhaps focus of Scaent Group) and 21st century single malt boom
\n 3) Benriach Distillery positive future (Benriach, Glendronach, Glenglassaugh – pronounced GlenGlassOCH) characterized by traditonal operations and high quality, high character expressions
\n – “2015 has been a stellar year for the company. As well as winning these coveted ‘Malt Maniacs’ medals, we took a further ten medals…at the IWSC (International Wine and Spirit Competition) awards…and we became the ‘Global Whisky Distiller of the Year’ at the ‘Icons of Whisky’ awards.”
\n – Look for Benriach’s approach to standard expressions in the upcoming months and years<\/p>\n
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\n – Coastal distillery (which I believe they prefer to be categorized as a [Eastern] Highland! I’ve updated their region in our database); popular among illicit distillers of the time
\n – Col James Moir and 2 nephews; emphasis on quality
\n – Upon the death of 1 of the nephews sold to Highland Distillers<\/p>\n
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\n – Highland Distillers kept the assets but mothballed operations
\n – Used as a military bakery in WWII<\/p>\n
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\n – New design, facilities, and increased capacity for the purpose of supplying to blends
\n – Highly complex character problematic to blenders
\n – Famous Grouse, Cutty Sark
\n – Victim of 1980s recession; large warehouse retained operation leading to advanced-aged expressions<\/p>\n
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\n – stocks available as an asset for future purchase
\n – 12yo and 19yo released by the Highland\/Edrington group (available at TWE)<\/p>\n
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\n – Two owners: The Scaent group (whisky enthusiasts, used stores for revenue; began spirit operation) and The Benriach Co (quality emphasis: unique combination of water source, nor-eastern coastal warehousing, and equipment configuration (most of the important original equipment endures with low automation and small, highly-skilled craftsman operation)
\n – 16 DEC 2008 first spirited casked<\/p>\n
\n – “Revival” release in 2012 (4 yo); first scotch from new operation. KOTQ tasted 6 yo in June, 2014.
\n – Rare Cask Release Series (“fruit bombs”), (Benriach release, Scaent designed), ancient single casks; available at Binny’s in a triple-pack
\n – Massandra Connection (2010); (Benriach release, Scaent designed), ancient single casks with an unprecedented finishing in various wine caskets (Sherry, Muscat, Madeira, Port and Aleatico) from Yalta\/Crimea\/Ukraine region of winemaking
\n – 30 yo and 40yo: FIRST RELEASES BY BENRIACH, vatted, not single casks
\n – Look for Benriach’s approach to standard expressions in the upcoming months and years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"