Arran
The Arran Distillery lies on the same named Island and is the only distillery there. Its first bottles where bottled in 2001 and are now sold worldwide.
| Information about the Distillery | |
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| Scotland, Islands | |
| -5.280175 55.699477 | |
| Active | |
| Arran Distillers | |
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1 x 7,100 l
Tall
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1 x 4,300 l
Tall
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| 1995 | |
| 1,200,000 l | |
| http://www.arranwhisky.com/ |
| Average tasting notes Tasting Notes |
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Nosing
Fruit:
Sweet:
Vanilla:
Spices:
Peat Smoke:
Sherry:
Pear:
Oak:
Zitrus:
Herbs:
Malt:
Honey:
Nuts:
Alcohol:
Tropical Fruit:
Lemon:
Chocolate:
Caramel:
Pineapple:
Apple:
Almonds:
Cinnamon:
Herb:
Peach:
Cherry:
Floral:
Maritime Notes:
Dark Chocolate:
Banana:
Heather:
Raisin:
Melon:
Orange:
Seaweed:
Grape:
Hay:
Plum:
Cake:
Dried Fruit:
Wheat:
Chili:
Salt:
Barley:
Berries:
Grass:
Green Apple:
Kiwi:
Blackberry:
Mint:
Coffee:
Nutmeg:
Clove:
Pepper:
Oil:
Medicinal Smoke:
Grapefruit:
Tobacco:
Lime:
Hazelnut:
Ginger:
Anise:
Lemon Peel:
Leather:
Iodine:
Coconut:
Date:
Bonfire Smoke:
Fig:
Strawberry:
Tasting
Sweet:
Fruit:
Spices:
Oak:
Vanilla:
Nuts:
Peat Smoke:
Chocolate:
Sherry:
Zitrus:
Malt:
Honey:
Chili:
Oil:
Cinnamon:
Apple:
Alcohol:
Herb:
Caramel:
Maritime Notes:
Herbs:
Ginger:
Lemon:
Pepper:
Orange:
Dark Chocolate:
Cherry:
Tropical Fruit:
Salt:
Pear:
Dried Fruit:
Heather:
Grape:
Plum:
Seaweed:
Berries:
Raisin:
Hazelnut:
Coffee:
Grapefruit:
Cake:
Blackberry:
Almonds:
Floral:
Pineapple:
Banana:
Leather:
Green Apple:
Date:
Melon:
Tobacco:
Lime:
Nutmeg:
Peach:
Mint:
Iodine:
Wheat:
Clove:
Grass:
Hay:
Medicinal Smoke:
Coconut:
Fig:
Strawberry:
Barley:
Bonfire Smoke:
Kiwi:
Anise:
Lemon Peel:
Finish
Spices:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Oak:
Malt:
Nuts:
Chocolate:
Peat Smoke:
Herb:
Oil:
Sherry:
Maritime Notes:
Chili:
Herbs:
Dark Chocolate:
Pepper:
Vanilla:
Cinnamon:
Alcohol:
Salt:
Zitrus:
Apple:
Heather:
Coffee:
Orange:
Seaweed:
Almonds:
Floral:
Hazelnut:
Ginger:
Honey:
Grape:
Pear:
Cherry:
Tropical Fruit:
Dried Fruit:
Berries:
Banana:
Raisin:
Wheat:
Fig:
Mint:
Lemon:
Barley:
Hay:
Leather:
Tobacco:
Green Apple:
Caramel:
Grapefruit:
Pineapple:
Medicinal Smoke:
Iodine:
Blackberry:
Melon:
Date:
Nutmeg:
Peach:
Anise:
Strawberry:
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The Whisky
Even though the Arran distillery is a very young distillery, it offers a very large range of whiskies. There is the 10 year old, the 12, the 14, the 16 and the Robert Burns edition. These are the standard bottlings and most of them are bottled at 46% ABV, because Arran doesn't chill filter its whiskies.
There is also a big range of wine cask finishes. These consist of Sherry, Sauternes, Amarone and port wine. There is also a special peated edition called Machrie Moor, a bourbon cask edition and a Sherry finish edition.
Besides that Arran has been offering a cream liqueur with 17% ABV since 2004.
The Production
The Arran distillery has two pot stills and an annual output of around 750,000 litres. Most of the output goes into the production of the single malt whisky. A small proportion goes into their own blended malt range.
The Pot Stills
The pot stills are very wide and round at the bottom. They have no reflux bowls or constricting pieces at the bottom of the neck. But the neck of the pot still is pretty long to allow the alcohol fumes to separate well.
The Malting
The malt at Arran is a carefully selected blend between the types Optic and Oxbridge. The distillery buys the malt and due to the short history it has never had any malting floors.
The Warehouse
Distillery.The warehouses of the distillery are full of ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks to balance out the flavour profile. In addition, there are a lot of different wine casks in the warehouses to produce the many different cask finishes.
History
Construction of the distillery began in 1994. It officially opened in June 1995. Two years later the queen herself visited the distillery and got two casks for her grandsons William and Harry.
The Visitor Centre
There is a nice visitor centre, and you can book three different kind of tours. The top tour includes a full tour through the distillery and a premium guided VIP tasting with six different Arran malts.
User Notes about the Distillery
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