Dailuaine 14 - Cask Strength

Aromas of marzipan, vanilla, Scottish tablet, honey and ripe strawberries in a warming sunshine. Overall a sweet and fruity dram with a suggestion of lemon zest later on. A slight bitterness develops and quickly disappears again, not in the least disturbing. The finish is nice and creamy, and again a hint of malty bitterness at the end.

Dailuaine was founded in 1852 by William Mackenzie. In 1916 a consortium of its customers purchased the distillery since William’s son Thomas died without heirs. These customers were blenders John Dewar & Sons, John Walker & Sons and James Buchanan & Co. That threesome would be amalgamated a decade later into The Distillers Company Ltd (DCL), the forerunner of present day Diageo. On the site is a beautiful row of old style dunnage warehouses that are no longer in use but serve as a landmark to the distillery. The malting floors are still intact but decommissioned for quite some time. Malted barley is bought in from a commercial maltster.

Water source: Balliemullich Burn

Malt source: Burghead Maltings

Capacity: 5.2 million litres of alcohol per annum

Location: Carron, Speyside