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Independent bottlers |
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Since most distilleries choose to offer only a limited
range of official bottlings, the existence of
Independent Bottlers if of great benefit to the whisky
industry. Independent Bottlers buy casks from
distilleries and other sources and thus gain control of
the whisky and of how it will be used. They may for
example decide to finish the whisky in a different cask
from which it was stored, they may decide to allow the
whisky to mature for several more years and they may
vary the alcohol content at which the whisky is bottled.
They often also buy stores from distilleries which have
been closed down, thus rescuing whisky which otherwise
might have been lost.
Since the Independent Bottlers often buy only a few or
even a single cask at a time, there is often a limited
supply of their releases. The bottles are commonly
labelled with information about:
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When the whisky was distilled
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When it was bottled
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At
which distillery it was distilled (not all
distilleries agree to this)
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What type of casks the whisky has been stored in
(sherry butts, bourbon barrels, port pipes etc)
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The
casks in which the whisky has been matured
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The
number of the bottle
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The
number of bottles in the release
Independent Bottlers often bottle their whisky at cask
strength without adding any colour additives and without
chill-filtering the whisky. Once the whisky is bought it
is often removed from the warehouses of the producing
distillery. The difference in the microclimate allows
the whisky to mature a bit differently from the official
bottlings –another example of how Independent Bottlers
enrich the whisky industry.
A few examples
of Independent Bottlers
Adelphi >>
Berry Bros
& Rudd >>
Blackadder >>
Brands Development Worldwide >>
Cadenhead >> Butik i London
Compass Box Whisky >>
Douglas Laing >>
Douglas Murdoch (Murdoch's Perfection blends)
Duncan Taylor & Co Ltd >> (köp en egen tunna...)
Gordon & MacPhail >>
Hart Brothers >>
Ian
MacLeod >>
Inveratrity Vaults >>
Loch
Fyne >> (även en whiskybutik online)
Murray McDavid >>
Prabàn Na Linne Ltd. >>
Scottish
Malt Whisky Society >>
Spirit of Scotland >>
Signatory (email) >>
The Master of Malt >>
The Vintage Malt Whisky Company >> (Cooper's Choice,
Finlaggan, Tantallan, Glenalmond)
Whisky Castle >>
Whisky Galore >> |
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